Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-12-12
FOREARM DEMONSTRATION
Continued from Page Four.)
penses of the farm demonstration

penses of the farm demonstration
agent.
A. A. McKeown of Rock Hill, district
demonstration agent requested that the
delegation Immediately make known
its decision as to whether or not the
appropriations would be granted FOR
another year. This the delegation de-
clined to do, reserving its decision un-
TIL a later time.
Addressing the delegation at the
hearing held yesterday, Mrs. S. G.
Ashe of .YorkvilIe said she thought
York county would 2be taking a step
backward if the delegation declined to
continue the county appropriations for
the support of the, farm workers.
Mrs. w. B. Moore of Yorkville said
she thought the farm demonstration
workers had been responsible for an
improvement in the cooking of the
rural population of the county. She
thought the appropriation should be
continued:
Mrs. ]. NJ. 'Brice of York No. 4, ap-
peared as a representative OF the
Woman's Home Demonstration club Of
Sharon. She told of the value of the
home and farm demonstration agents
to the farmers and farm women OF
York county. She said that the curb
market established in Yorkville had
been of untold value to not only the
farm women but the town women.
Mrs. w. Grady Adams of York No.
l, said she appeared before the COM
mittee in the interests of the Dixie
club. She thought that the services OF
the agents should be continued in the
interests Of the farmers of the county
and in the interests of the farm
women. ."-...-
Miss Lula Smith, president of the
Yorkville Marketing Association said
that if the services of the woman's
home demonstration agent were dis"
continued that the market in Yorkville
would be discontinued. She said it was
impossible for the women of this sec
ton to conduct the curb market in
Yorkville without the help and advice
Of the agent.
Miss Leslie Witherspoon said she
spoke for the women Of Yorkville. She
said that while she had not kept up
closely with the work of the woman's
home demonstration forces recently,
she was in close touch with it during
the administration Of the late Miss
Lillis Ashe. She had visited many OF
the rural districts with Miss Ashe and
was convinced of the value of the
work. She thought the ladies Of York
Vile wanted it continued.
Miss Tarrant of Greenwood, district
agent for the woman's home demon
stration work, told the delegation that
there were twenty-six curb markets
established under the. auspices Of the
work during the year coming to a
close. The two markets in York counr
ty, she said, those in Yorkville and
Rock Hill sold produce valued at SS,-
1852 during the year. Total sales for
the twenty-six markets in the state
during the year were $72,22O.22.
Demonstration Agent. '','...
A. A. McKeown, district farm
demonstration agent of Rock Hill said
he was before the delegation relative
to an appropriation of $500 for the
York county agent another year. A
number of counties, he said, had vol
UNFAIRLY made appropriation for the
next year without consulting him. II
York county wanted the services OF a
farm demonstration agent another
year, very we'll. If they did not want
the services of an agent another year,
it was we'll. Mr.. McKeown said he
had declined to bring people before the
delegation to testify to the value of the
work this year. He could have gotten
plenty of such testimonials, however.
Referring to the per capita cost of
the farm demonstration work to the
citizens Of York county, Mr.. McKeown
presented figures taken from the
comptroller generals report of 1921:
The value of farm lands and build
ings in 1921 as returned to the comp
troller, he said was $3,765,7SO. The
value of all taxable property in the
county was S13,S16,O94. The amount
Of taxes for all purposes in York coun-
ty last year was $632,75O The amount
of county funds necessary to maintain
the farm demonstration agent last year
was $780, The amount that would be
paid by taxes from farm lands and
buildings would be q per cent. The
amount paid by taxes on other proper
ty in the county would be 73 per cent.
of the whole. The amount paid by
taxes on each 100 acres of farm land
with buildings would be 3 cents.
The various representatives having
been heard, the meeting adjourned.
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