Pocahontas star herald., 1925-12-03
SUMMARY OF WORK
OF COUNTY AGENT
CContinued from preceding pagel


who were seeking some type of infor-
nation.
Visits to demonstrators, 174-These
visits were made to the farms OF men
and boys who are cooperating by doing
some form Of demonstration work
under the supervision Of the county
agent, or acting upon the advice OF
the county agent.
Visits to club boys, S1-These visits
have been made to the homes where
the boys were doing club work. The
county agent gives advice on keeping
records and the planting and cultiva-
tion of the club acres.
Visits to other farmers, 3O4-This
means that the county agent has visit
ed these farmers and talked with them
about their farm problems and has
given advice when asked for by the
farmer
Farms visited 164-These farms
have been visited during the year with
several visits to farms that are carry
ing on some form of demonstration
work
Articles written for county paper,
52-An average of one article has been
written for the county paper to print
so the farmers may have the advan-
tage of the county agents advice once
each week, since it is impossible for
him to reach each Of you each week.
Cars of corn sold i'm cooperative
way, Your county agent assisted
the farmers in selling n car load of
corn on which they made $3.50 more
by selling together.
Canning factories established in
county, Through the influence of
your county agent there has been es-
tablished 2 canning factories in your
county, and these factories have paid
to the farmers of this county for toma-
toes and labor about $4,000.
Cars of fertilizer bought cooperative
| ly, 9-Through the influence of the
county agent 8 ears of fertilizer were
brought TO the county and sold to the
farmers at the price it cost to get it
to POcahontas. There was $S625l
saved for the farmers in doing this.
Cars of Pyrotol (dryamite) bought
comparatively, 2-This explosive was
bought for use in blasting stumps and
boulders at saving of better than
$25OO.
Attendance at Farmers Week, IL
| Your county agent influenced II peO-
pie from this county who were farmers
or directly interested to attend the
Farmers Week at Fayetteville. Here
and en- route many new things were
| learned by the farmers which will
help them to better solve their own
| problems.
Boys attending the short course at
JonesbOrO, 6-Each year the boys of
Northeast Arkansas meet at Jonesboro
for weeks instruction along agri-
cultural lines and for fun and recrea-
tion.
Boys attending the Tri-State Fair at
Memphis, 2-These boys attended the
Tri-State Fair to take part In a Corn
Judging contest. While there they
had an opportunity to see one Of the
best fairs of the south.
Communities doing dairy work, 10
During the past ten years there has
been 10 or more communities to have
some farmer selling cream. In all
there are between 95 and 100 farmers
in this county who have sold cream at
some time during the year.
Farmers making some kind of i'm
provement in their dairy herds, 25-
This means that they have secured
better cows, fed better ratiOns, made
better pastures for the cows, built new
barns, or improved their old barns, or
bred their cows to better bulls.
Demonstration in culling poultry. 3
| Your county agent has assisted in
at least 8 cases with the culling out of
the poor layers in the flOcks and sug-
gested means of producing better poul-
try.
Poultry flocks improved, 10--Through
the influence of your county agent
there has been at least 10 families to
make some kind of Improvement in
their flock of poultry.
Better pastures, 25-Due to the in
fluence of the extension work in this
county more than 25 farmers have en-
deavored to establish better pastures
for their livestock. Many more need
to do this
Soy bean demonstrations, 15.-MOre
than 10 farmers have planted and pro-
| fitted by the use of soy beans on their
farms for the production of more and
better feeds.
Fertilizer demonstrations. 525-As a
result of the county agents efforts and
the specialists from the Division of
Extension, Little Rock, more than five
hundred farmers have used commercial
fertilizers this year
Crop rotations, 10-These farmers
have seen the advantages of crop rota-
tion and have profted by carrying on
some kind of crop rotation.
Demonstrations in terracing of land,
These farmers have taken advan-
tage of the benefits to be derived from
the terracing of their hillsides on the
farm. Don't LET your land wash away
Short courses held in county. -
Under the supervision of the county
agent one short course and two One-day
schools were held, at which the farm
ers received information from the
leading agricultural men of the state
County fair grounds established l.
As a result of the county agents and
the county superintendent's work, a
County Fair grounds was permanently
established this year. Here is the
place where the farmer can do his big
ADVERTISING of his business and
get pay for it, The farmer must ad-
vertise like the business men in town
advertise their business.
Method demonstrations held, S5-The