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GREENSBORO DAILY NEWS, MONDAY, DECEMBER 19. 192! 13 A. G. Hendren Is Making Good With Farmers of Wilkes County Ten Years Ago Wilkes Waa a Backward County, But Today It Is a Little Empire In Itself Notwithstanding the Fact That It Is a Mountainous County Examples of Service Cited. (Sveeiil to Daily Km) North Wllkesboro, Deo. 18. Ten year, agro A. O. Hendren was appointed county agent in Wilkes county. He had previously had no special train ing, but he had succeeded on his own farm, and after taking up the work hi attended two short courses at the college He has from the start been a fclose student and observer of farm oo'iklltlona. He is now a well Inform ed knd practical county agent. He Is a man of high character, and is so earnest and enthusiastic In bettering the ' conditions for the farmers of Wilkes county that he has the confi dence of the farmers to a remarkable degree. Ten years ago Wilkes oounty was one of the backward counties of the state. It la a little empire In Itself, and la very rugged and mountainous. Notwithstanding this tact, there la a large amount of fertile valleys and ta ble lands In the county. The Yadkin ' river crosses the oounty from west to east and the valleys of this historic river and Its tributaries are very tor tile. The Brushy mountains, a broken range from the southern border of the county from east to west. These moun tains are the home of the famous Llm bertwlg apples, and here and there among these mountains are located up-to-date commercial orchards, but until recently practically the only fruit grown In this famous apple belt was the old mountain Llmbertwlgs and a few seedlings. The farmers would grow their little crops, and during the winter would haul their apples to Statesville, Charlotte, Concord and other towns In their farm wagons. They knew nothing about pruning and spraying, and did not care to know. The ways of their fathers were good enough for them. The farmers through out the county followed a similar prim itive method. The growing of crops for marketing purposes or to mako . money was almost unknown. Such crops as were grown were used to feed the few livestock, and the farmers family. . Some years prior to the time Mr. Hendren began oounty agent work In Wilkes, . Prof. C. C. Wright became county superintendent of schools. rrofessor Weight Is known throughout North Carolina as an Ideal county superintendent. Professor Wright is a Christian gentleman of the highest type, and has the vision of the real school superintendent. His Influence upon both teacher and pupils from the beginning has been remarkable. His Idea of the school Is that it should make better citizens, and any one fa miliar with the history of Wilkes county knows that for the last two decades the citizenship of the county has been wonderfully Improved. As soon as Mr. Hendren became county ngent he and Professor Wright linked up their work together, and for ten years they have been carrying on. this team work. Professor Wright and his corps of teachers are working with the boys and girls, and Mr. Hendren using the teachers as his local leaders and working with the boys and girls and their parents have brought about a so cial economic revolution. Ten years ago the county was buying hundreds of carloads of corn and hay, and (or the, past few years the county has been able to supply itself with corn. Then, the farmers of the county knew nothing about the value of good seeds, or of clovers and grasses. Mr. Hendren began to advocate the use of good seed corn to begin with, and after a year or two he began to advocate the growing of clover and grasses, and now hundreds of farmers of the county are using not only Improved-seed corn and Improved methods of growing corn, but they are growing all kinds of legumes and grasses and are now prac tlcally supplying the needa of the county with feed for a better class of livestock, than they formally had. Mr. Hendren has Induced many of his far- ers to use ground limestone on their wheat land to be followed by clover or clover and grass, and these demon strations have almost wrought mira cles In the county. Many an old field that was hardly worth cultivating has been made productive by the use or lime, phosphoric acid and legumes. When Mr. Hendren began work nere lived In the western part of the county one John Lewis, a gentleman about 60 years of age, and at one of Mr. Hen dren's schoolhous. meetings his llttls son Joined the corn club, vv itn tns en couragement of his father, who had very limited education, and using pure bred seed corn, he grew an acre of corn which attracted the attention of the neighbors all round. Ten ears of this corn were exhibited at the county fair and won a prise. The success of the boy so enthused the father that he immediately bought a little farm and began to give his attention to growing corn. Through th. aid ot Mr. Menaren he became expert in the selection of show oorn. and began to win prises not only In the county fairs, -but at the state fairs also and carried some or his com to the national corn show at Columbia and won prises there amount ing to 1526. Lewis had several boys and one after another as they became old enough Joined the corn club. Lewis himself became a substantial cltlien and was respected by the people of the oommunlty. Borne three or four years ago he sold out and moved to Maryland, and since that time I have not been able to keep up with him. Another cltlsen, W. M. R. Church, also living In the western part of the county, has been one of Mr. Hendren's strong supporters. He Is now about 60 years of age, but he knows how to grow corn. He had been prior to the time Mr. Hendren began work a local leader In his community, and at one of Mr. Hendren's meetings he Joined the Farmers' Corn -club and was fur nished some purebred seed corn. From that time to the present Mr. Church has uniformly throughout the years won the county prise for the largest yield of corn per acre. My recollection Is that he has not failed In ten years to grow the largest number of bushels of corn on his demonstration acre, and each year as Mr. Hendren turns In his high yielders I confidently look tor .Mr. Church to stand at the head of the list. He selected his seed corn In the field very carefully, and many far mers throughout the county go to Mr. Church for their seed corn saying that they rather have corn selected by him than by themselves. Mr, Church not only grows successfully, but he grows crimson clover successfully and his big yields of corn are usually grown on crimson clover sod. He Is also an en thusiastic grower ot red olover and grasses. Another enthusiastic demonstrator Is N. N. Jennings who lives In the hilly country north of Wllkesboro. His land waa poor, and while he tried to grow corn for the demonstration club he stood a poor showing among the other members of the club.- He saw at once that he would have to Improve hi land. So he asked Mr. Hendren what - he would do to bring hia land up to a more productive state. Mr. Hendren told him that good plowing, lime, phbs phorlo acid and legumes would turn the trick. He followed the county agent's Instructions on a small plot of his land, and waa ao pleased with tho result that he has been Improving a few acres each year now for .everal years. He has become a red olover crank, and many of his neighbors have followed his example. Now when I go to the county to visit some real clover demonstrations the county agent car ries me to thts oommunlty, Mr, Jen nings runs a little country store, and he Is so enthusiastic about clover that he allows his neighbors to olub with him and he buys olover seed for them all, and lets them have the seed at cost, , There are many other Individuals In the county who have followed the ex ample set by Messrs. Lewis, Church and Jennings. The work of the county agent and the superintendent ot schools has wrought a revolution In the county. The entire oltlsenshlp has Improved to a remarkable degree. The boys taught In school and the olubs during the last ten years are fast becoming the leading farmers of (he county, and the Influence that this teaching has had upon the older people Is making better cltlsens of them. The small or chardlsts of ten years ago have planted larger orchards of commercial varieties. have learned to spray and prune their trees and fruits, and they have formed a co-operative apple growers' associa tion, and hire a salesman to sell their crop. The county la building better roads, better schools, and is rapidly filling up with an Industrious, progres sive, law-abiding cltlsenship. .Other Influences of course have had some thing to do with this remarkable change, but the two leading spirits of old Wilkes are County Agent A. O. Hendren and Superintendent C, C. Wright. 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BOST IS RE-ELECTED (SncIiI to Dallv Nntl.) .HO A HI..J .UIICRD Muni, Bl UUU "BH tendered a dellahiful reception Monday evening iiiuueHiaiety alter me convert in the auditorium by Mr. and Mrs. 0. F, Ivey. Quite a number ot guests were present for the occasion. Music and conversation constituted the pro Aram. Ice . cream and cake were served. Mrs: A. A. Shuford la spending some time at Alexandria, Va., and Washing ton, D. C, prior to the Christmas holidays. Miss Virginia Sellers went to Cheraw, P W.rlnnmluu 1,. ........ .1 days with Mrs. J. E. Funderburk. jure, vnttries ueitner wa nostess on Mnnrf.U mttmn . . k. - 11' . , 111. slonary society of Corinth Reformed uauri;ii. Aire. t.rt 'Aiarsnail, ot vKnn son City, Tenn., was a welcome visitor. After the usual routine of business of- ncers lor me -year were elected and reports from the departmental aecre- t k r I p Br.r. h.ari! u I , !,..... i C. C, Bost was leoted president and at tno ciose or tne present year will have rounded out her Bad vmrp n....l,i.., of the society. Mrs. . C. H. Oeitner waa elected vice-president, Mrs. O. H. ( J . I f njl I I....1I... . ., ,1 l m i u . . . . - . ,,u ... i a. , , Alien secretary. The program was given by 1.1... A , .. . ...in. . vrrtnio. anu jura, n. J, Holbrook. Chicken pie, doughnuts and hot ooffee waa served after adjournment. Mrs. n tr Tr., , ,... .1.. fin Am Vni, ).. l..h - - -i ... . ... - u H .1 UltH! 111111. meeting Saturday afternoon with Mrs. W.I,.. r n. , . . niv.1 Awyiur a special guest. The regular routine of business wss luuuweu, aner wnicn tne meeting was turned Intn n mtMa tn,, A course was served, after which the olub adjourned until the Chrlstmaa meet ing with Miss Virginia Sellers. J. C. Miller waa host at a turkey dinner Haturriav .v.ni.. . v. 1- . . on Tenth avenue. Christmas decora tions were much In evidence, holly, mlstletn. B n rl rA ...41.. V. 1 -i . . erly arranged. A large bowl of .mistle toe adorned the center of the table and small candles gleamed beside each Plata. Krom the chandelier red satin streamers were suspended to the can- urn., jinrr Dinner tne streamers were pulled and revealed nttr.iiv m,.i toes. The guests read the mottoes aloud and donned the caps, repairing ' "vmg room, wnere several ta bles were made up for bridge. Five couples were nrenent. mi.. fv,.i and Onelta Miller assisted th.ir brothers In entertaining. unicers were elected and other mat ters of Importance were transacted at th. fnftaftticr nf t. . . ..-Ill . w. ,,,u nuAiiiHry 01 ine American legion In the clubroom Frl- uy anernoon. Mrs.- J. H. Shuford, the present Incumbent, was again nom inated for the presidency after the re port of the past year was given, but declined the place on account of other numerous duties. Mrs. K, A. Grimes received tho nomination for president and Mrs. C. C. Host was again elected vice-president Mrs. Lawrence Cllne was elected secretary-treasurer to suo ceed herself, as was Miss Mahel Miller, iiuoiiciiy omcer. The retiring presi dent was given a rising vote- of thanks for her untiring Interest and activity during tho past year. The Ui 1 ary ha" Mllment There was a most Interesting meet Ing of the Travulurs' club on Thurs day afternoon with Mrs. Mary Goltner, the president, as hostess. Mrs. J. h Murphy, a former member, and Mrs. VV . O. Tyree Were special guests for the afternoon. Amerlcun humorists was the topic for the day and papers treating on this subject were read bv Mrs. J. H. Shuforil .ml Ml.. T.i t,.V son..' After ndjounrnment the hostess " wiree-course luncheon, Little .Miss Marv KllmithAth ii..i.. .. ... ww..,iui, mem or the hostess, was a guest for the social ..., .m loceivea muun natter ng at tention. On Wednesday afternoon Mrs. W E Oosnold entertained tho New Eta olub a?."1, ".'""nf "f t"e surlus of 1921, After di-fuitiitn. k.. i ,. . the author the hostess gave splendid "T ,ot !!!" ,,lot' Klnlln ha poet for the afternoon, and bright thoughts from his' works were given ''oer. airs. u. M. Mpratt, Jr - .or reaatng or one of hi poems. De irhifui '. . , , " .v..uBii,iiiiiii em. phasing the Christmas colors wor. . ' "r ""Joiirnment. The final m..n. ... .... .. Dosen cluh for the c urgent" yenV ZZ i T. V.r. anernoon with M wiuus. Alter roll call and the usua urtii-ertur. l , .. . ' ess Introduced her hook, giving a brief .7 i"ucncu upon some of t most mtiorthnr . .. ... ,...... , . . "e uie or t -u...ui, duaepn Lincoln. It was of Im i. . . 8 rlu" wn'n "r- J. Hlackwe der ri.n,i ... ..... ;, h!r'"' -"given InVher book. Mrs. c. "n", tU'.h,or. Lh' i. . ""ess. aasnstml by M Josnphlne Lycrly, served refr.eh.nen " mi ii run tniiif.si The high score pr,,;;;"7,kttu,rcnX; . h.Ll, u,C.ut th nlatiun prise, thrw!". d"K'""'' meeting of the Wednesday Afternoon liook club locJ .."TV"" w,th M"- Kuui-Ui: inn h"ss at tho home of Mr and Mrs. A. A. Shuford The regular discuss on nf th. . : . . g""r .n. . . v ""Bless oooK was m', ed .".d. Klven o,r ,"o" K,.uu, A ueaut fnl l, ,,.!..... n three courses was served in the cll. Ing room which was attractive y d"c ursted with cut flowers. ta T"... A"" "' H P Pin... ' """"""'i oy Mrs. J, ilr, rrV-J:, A- Ab.rn.ih, and meeting i.e. ".v.", "e. u.e,' ta' author:" A V. iiV'..: ih. iin . " 1,11 members of I'P-to-Uai. club and several guests "rter'th'",,-:11- .' 2!oof,BrK' -'! ? . Xr; rnn.V.r ... . r.iisaoetn Alorets, t l Molhrr I'limii, (il. , ,,,, 2n 'W- 18-A l0" "-ch for James H. Howanl, two year, of .... l'-gM to have been uk III. mother Mrs. lallo Howard T her husband, from whom sho i. ,. aratcd, last August, has ended. LZr oounty authorities today .noT?",i that the child had been uZte T n Onslow couniy and returned to the mother. Howard, It was ated? 1 ad previously been brought back from aeorg a with children of ,h, tuZ ho had Liken t that stale. V I AKI OK III A Mi . We wish to thank our friends and neighbor, for their kln.lne,,, during the sickness and deuth ,f our beloved sister. May (lod bless them everyone K. 8. WHITKHBA11T ANU BISTEIl (AdvtJ he he In. W Miss ifa ... .w. i, .. , y, , ft ! 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