The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1922-03-30
COUNTY AGENTS NOTES
Robert =. Spence

Cove community Is prOgIeSshs
RAPIDLY along the line promoted by
the Community and Junior Agricul-
ture Club. MAJ McNew is repairing
his poultry house and planning to
make il bigger this coming fall.
Thanks to the telephone system In
Cove Valley. The County Agent ar
rived at 800 p. m. and visited Elem
Parrett. Junior Club Leader, with w.
c. Johnson. and after discussing club
work and laying some plans for l922.
Mr.. johnson suggested having
meeting in order to discuss poultry
and club work and have a sociable
time. The telephone started to ring
at $50 and at 1880 a good crowd OF
Cove people gathered at the school
house to discuss community prob
lens. The Telephone brings the lips
and brains of our neighbors and
friends to the ear for good. The
farmer will live easier and be hap
pier if he has a phone. A ring calls
a personal interview-"Hello" Good
morning!" "How are your" etc.
The sick will be better cared for-the
well will enjoy living and grow more
anxious to help others to live.
Wednesday morning the County
Agent called and Inspected Glenna
and Jessie Johnson's flock of r. l.
Reds. These club girls have a first
class flock of Reds. The flock is
headed by a rooster that won the
"Blue" at State Fair. He is worth
$500 TO $500 to the flock. These
girls are making money as well as
being educated along the line Of
raising poultry. Mr.. Johnson once
in a while makes a mistake and says
"My flock" but he quickly changes
it to the Girls birds"
Mr.. johnson visited Elem PARROT
and J. W. Riddle with the County
Agent and helped to Gull their birds
and also visited four club members.
Mr.. Riddle is pruning his orchard and
putting it in fine shape. We are
hoping that he will spray it this year.
Pruning. spraying. cultivating and
fertilization will bring fruit to Rock
castle county.
A visit to the Livingston Bank and
a conversation with c. c. Brown,
cashier, resulted in Mr.. Browns de-
cision to furnish pure-bred r. I. Red
eggs to the people who wanted them.
The people who want eggs for hatch
ing should call and see Mr.. Brown
and have him order the eggs at once.
A visit with A. NJ. Hiatt, Cashier
Citizens Bank, Brodhead, marked a
progressive step for the bank and
the county. Mr.. Hiatt, last year put
out hundreds of eggs for Matching;
this year he is not buying eggs from
outside the county to distribute, but
is getting eggs from county flocks
that were started last year and dis
tributing to others. Eggs can be
had at the Citizens Bank at any
time. Call and put in your order.
The County Agent had the pleasure
of meeting with the Educational
Board of Rockcastle county, this
week, and discussing a plan for our
County Agricultural and School Fair
for 1922. The plan calls for the &C.
tive cooperation of all educational
forces in the county. The plan was
approved by the board; this plan will
be known later when it has been
worked out in detail.
Now's the time to prune and spray.
Don't put this off for the fruits sake.
The garden needs an application If
manure. If there's not enough Of
manure to give the garden a good
dressing, use acid phosphate ferti-
lizer at the rate of 500 to 1000 pounds
per acre broadcast.
Set the old hen early. Rockcastle