Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-09-12

plan Ill llllS NOllliNJ' -,
Some idea of the immensely VI tii p
work handled by the county asell' :; ,
office under the present SeIul' -
given by the fact that the annual
navroIl for committeeman super
viSnrs and office hclp-eXcluSlVe Vi
fine salaries of The farm ana nome
demonstration agents and thelf as
sistnnts-amounts 10 $l3.OOO, ana
navmrnts TO farmers for c"mpll''llCe
with the AAA program amount" "
between SIPS 900 and $l5o,OOo year.
ly. I'm dovotoe
Although Mr.. Sanders Sull dcVo'eS
appruXimately onc-Gourth oil ms Time
fl work which comes under the gcll-
rral classification Of the former coll
crutiun of Extension Service cduca-
finn much of his duties in this lIcld
have been taken over by inc aSSiSI-
ant county farm agent.
Assistant Farm Agent.
The first assistant farm agent IN
Vance county was M. Edmund
Aycock, who was appointed IN 1871,
served for little more than year
and was succeeded in December
1887, by Julian r. Richardson VINO
still holds this position.
The assistant county agent IS now
in charge of the boys All clubs IN
the county, the county terracIng out,
fit and erosion control projects ana
other work of a similar nature which
was once handled by the county
agent.
Gradually the federal farm pro-
gram is developing into plan when
will encourage definitely the things
for which the county agent lapofed
in other days, it is believed.
Program Is Changing.
For example, Mr. Sanders cltcd inc
fact that Vance county farmers TINS
simmer have ordered 10000 pounds
of Australian winter peas which VIII
be used as seed for cover crops on
some 1000 acres of farm land IN the
county this fall. The seed is beng
obtained through the AAA grant-ol-
aid program, which makes 1t pos
sible for the cost of the seed to be
deducted from the amount Of COM
DIiancc benefits due farmers this
wear. Before the advent OF the AAA
program, Mr.. Sanders said, introduce
ton of such 4 new crop in q COM
munity would have taken years OF
time, with only a few Of the most
progressive farmers experimenting at
first and oIers joining in as their
ncighbors demonstrated the value of
the crop.
Soil conservation practices recon-
mcnded by the AAA program are
the same as those recommended by
Extension Service workers in the
past. and greater progress IS Delng
made toward their general accept
ance because the present program
provides for benefits to be paid to
farmers for compliance under the
program.
So universally accepted has the
AAA program become, Mr.. Sanders
sad, that not more than half a
dozen" Vance county farmers will
be entirely outside the program this
wear. All other farmers in the cOun-
ty are cooperating in some measure
at least and will receive some benefit
payment this year for their coopera-
ton
And the man who has been in the
thick of all these changes as they
have affected the farm life OF Vance
cOUnty,....
J. W. Sanders was born and rear
ed on a cotton farm in Chester coun-
tv. S. c. He was graduated in 1915
upon completion Of his agricultural
course in Clemson College, and for
year and a half afterwards was
employed at the agricultural. expert
ment station at the college, taking
at the same time a post graduate
course in the department of plant