Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1929-05-09
CIVITANS FAVOR
CO. FARM AGENT
Club Unanimously Adopts Resolu-
tion Asking Commissioners to
Take Action on Matter at Once;
DIR. Rankin Speaks

resolution, which fully sets forth the
logic behind the movement, was in
troduced by Civitan, George P.
Hagaman, and after a brief discus
sion, was unanimously adopted:
Resolution
Whereas, the financial condition in
Watauga county is unsatisfactory;
the majority of families are living
beyond their incomes; too many peo-
pie are in debt and getting in deep
cl every year.
This condition cannot continue
without disastrous results.
Watauga is naturally one of the
best counties in the state. There
are great opportunities for develop
ing:
1. The beef cattle industry.
2. The dairying business.
3. Truck farming, with products
well graded and packed
5. The poultry business.
5. Sheep raising.
The production of kinds of feed
for livestock. Fruit growing and
many other things.
A good, sensible, well equipped
farm agent could be a wonderful
help to the farmers in all these
things.
Eighty of the best and most pro-
gressive counties in the state have
agents and will not be without them.
Every county adjoining Watauga
has one-Ashe, Wilkes, Caldwell,
Avery and johnson county, Tenn.
These counties show big improve
ment since securing a farm agent.
Last year the farmers of johnson
county produced about enough to-
bacco and other cash crops to pay
off their indebtedness. The farmers
of Ashe county received 5000
each month for milk; Avery county
has put a thoroughbred bull of the
beef type in every community.
Caldwell and Wilkes have made
wonderful progress in dairying, poul-
try raising and the use of lime and
clover in soil improvement.
The cost to the county is COM
paratively small. The state and
federal governments pay all the ex-
penses and one-half the saary. 1t
will cost the county 5000 year for
the next two years. The assessed
valuation of property of the county
is $9,223,32 so the tax rate for an
agent will be little less than one
penses and one-half the salary. 1t
be an average of about Is cents for
each tax payer.
The business men of the county
are practically all in favor Of this
proposition and we think nearly ev-
ery farmer will be when he figures
on the proposition.
Resolved, therefore: That this
Civitan Club endorse, unreservedly
the proposition of the employment of
county farm demonstration agent
for Watauga county and that COM
mittee of three be appointed to pre-
sent these resolutions to the board
of county commissioners no the first
Monday of May.
The membership of the club, as
follows, strongly endorse the en-
ployment of county agent:
L. L. Bingham, w. E. Conner,
Tracy Council, M. P. Critcher, c. M.
Critcher, D. J. Cottrell, S. c. Eggers,
w. H. Gragg, DR.. J. NJ. Gather, l.
G. Greer, w. C. Greer, Will o. Cor
don, G. P. Hagaman, DR.. j. B. Haga-
man, A. P. Hicks, Edw. N. Hahn, r.
D. Hodges, A. Y. Howell, H. w.
Mast, J.. F. Moore, G. X. Moose, c..
H. Moser R. F.. McDade, ]. c. Nc
Connell, J. L. Qualls, E. S. Qualls,
A. E. South, J. B. Steele, Leo B.
Vaughn, w. R. Winkler, D. L. Will
COX, J. A. Yount and M. W. Beach.
President G. X. Moose named
G. P. Hagaman, J. F. Moore and
. A. E. South on the committee to
present the resolution to the COM
missioners and to urge Favorable ac-
ton on same.
DR.. Rankin Speaks
e Following the adoption of the
I foregoing resolution, DR.. ]. D. Ran
y Skin, dean of the faculty of the Appa-
: lachian State Teachers College
S made short but very interesting
talk on the progress education ha:
o made in North Carolina during tht
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