Evening journal., 1923-01-27
TRAVELLED 5000
=. MILES IN 1922.
90 III
Leader M. o. Pence TeAs of
Work of Three Comfy
Agents
MAKES REPORT
TO UNIVERSITY
c-Seciai to The Evening Journal.

the world. Is the distance covered
by the three county agents In
- giving service 20 the ten thousand
farmers OF Delaware. in helping tC
make farming more profitable, farm
life more attractive to the farm
family and IN bringing about a
closer cooperation OF all agencies
for agricultural Improvement" ."
says NJ. o. Pence, county agen;
leader, in his annual report 20 the
United States Department Of Agri-
90, culture and the University OF Della
ware.
The general public who support
this work are not aware" gays Mr..
Pence, "of the material benefits re-
sulting from the activities Of the
three county agents. a few OF which
might be mentioned az follows.
Each agent had on an average STA
office calls by farmers, wrote 1910
= letters in relation to farm problems
or activities, mailed out circular
letters 10 the extent OF 1921, visit
ed 3S4 farmers on their own farms,
answered S57 telephone calls re-
lating to agriculture. travelled $500
miles by auto and 400 miles by
= railroad in pursuit OF his duties,
spent 1876 days or work IN the field
and 10 days in the Office and con-
= Quoted 10s demonstrations on farms
TO show by actual practice some I'M
proved method of practice, or plan
II more economical production, OF
: scheme OF farm management. The
main value. however. Of the
County Agents work IS not 70 be
: measured by a partial review Of
statistics but more emphasis
should be given 10 his real achieve
: ments. his development OF a pro-
gram Of work looking TO the utiliza-
ton Of a country's potential agricul-
tural resources. and his development
OF a new leadership 10 carry out
such a program IN each county In
Guiding the cooperation of all
agencies in its full fruiton.
THE County Farm Bureau, with
paid membership OF some 1900
= farmers in the State, work in CO.
operation with each County Agent
IN helping TO develop and promote
. a general agricultural extension.
program Of work, but not to the
exclusion OF any other farm organ
szation or any individual who may
be a member Of no organization.
In this respect the County Agent Is
a public servant and during the
> past year has worked with the fol-
lowing organ mutations. including the
Farm Bureau, along some phase Of
extension work in his county. name
", local oranges. Holstein-Friesian
Association OF Delaware. state
Board OF Agriculture, State Bureau
OF Markets, Delaware State Bank
ers' Association. and local banks.
County Farm Loan Associations. !
Delaware State Fair. Kent-Sussex
Fair. Delaware Corn Growers As
sociation, Cooperative Cannery As
sociations, Produce Growers Asso- |
Citations Of Sussex county. Interstate
MIX Producers Association and
Interstate Dairy Council Delaware
Egg Marketing Association and the
Brfdgevgle Packing Association. /
Through the above organizations /
the county agents haye been able 10 /
render greater service, with more /
= efficiency, than IL working with in
dlviduals. Through organizations /
the County Agents are able TO null I
tiply their efforts.
County agents are teachers, not I
by text books, but by means of ,
demonstrations carried out under /
actual farm conditions 10 be used /
as a community example.
"As an example of how demon /
stration work is conducted we can /
refer TO the introduction Of certified /
seed potatoes in Delaware last year.
Certified seed Of certain varieties
has proven more productive wher-
ever used because it carries less dis
ease and is selected for yield. Our
potato yields in Delaware were be-
low normal, which was felt TO be
due to poor seed mainly. The three
county agents co-operated with five
farmers in each county who agreed
20 grow three or four varieties Of
certified seed compared to home
grown seed. The increase in WELD /
due TO certified seed on the various
plots was from rs TO 100 per cent.
In order TO bring out these facts the
county agents held meetings In the /
fields of the farmer, and in New
Castle county fifty farmers took an
auto tour arranged by County Agent
Bausman. to see the different tests
OF certified seed as it was being
grown on eight different farms. l,
The value OF certified seed was made ;
so evident through demonstrations {
that the farm bureaus in each coun- {
ty are planning TO pool their orders {
for at least a car load of seed for S
each county this spring. The use {
of this much certified seed will in {
crease the crop value several thou I
sands of dollars and lower the cost a
of production per bushel at the I
same time. c
"Delaware's commercial APPLE L
growing sections have many prob s
lens, among the most serious be- &
ing the codling moth which causes c
what IS commonly known as side c
worm injury. In the orchard sec h
ton around Wyoming this insect C
has been known to ruin as much as {
$4,000 worth Of winter apples in a
D single season. County Agent r. y
r. Wilson, of Dover, in co-opera- g
ton with the u. S. Department of
Agriculture, used cages last spring ! o
10 collect codling moths and make l
D study of the time of emergence. d
BY spraying at the time of maxi C
hum emergence OF each brood of L