FARM DEMONSTRATION WORK
Oiie- J'eature of the Work Worth Over -
?.VHMIOOJM) Per "Year. A New De
partment to be Added. ' J
The Farmers' Co-operative Demon
stration Work carried on by the A. &
M. College and our State Department
of Agriculture co-operating with the
TJ. S. Department of Agriculture la
now in operation in 69 Counties ot the
State, with a County Agent in charge
ot the work in each County. During
the present year these men had enrol
led "as demonstrations and directly un
der their supervision, 5,859 farmers.
Farmers are growing for their own
benefit and as demonstrations In their
respective communities the following
crops, where the best known methods
in agriculture were applied: li08*3
acres of corn. 3068 acres of cotton-.and
65487 acres of other crops, or a total
of 69651 acres. This is an'average of
over 1000 acres per county in Demon
stration territory. ?
During the present year these
agents have made 38607 personal
visits to Individual farmers. They
have talked to 10484 farmers in meet
ings attended. They have? probably
(ised as many more of which we
havoNw reach. Each demonstration
plat Influence from five to one hundred
farmers. lSarmera often drive from
eight to ten miles to study these plats.
Aside from thhr, there were enrolled
about 10,000 other farmers, some of
whom were visited, &Qd all of whom
received agriculture bulletins, pamph
lets.-etc. In this work there Is not
much stress upon the method of giv
ing instructions or advice by corres
pondence, still several hundred lettfe
have been written in reply to request^
for information by farmers. By all
of these methods combined, there has
probably been reached 500,000 farmers
most of them in a practical way.
Aside from this the growing of the
ordinary summer crops, another valu
able feature of the work has been the
growing and planting of 50737 acres of
winter growing crops. A conservative
estimate 6f these are worth at least
$10.00 per acre, or a total value ot
over $500,000.00. These crops consist
of 32510 acres of clover: 4240 acres of
grasses, and 12987 acres ot other crops
consisting of rye .rape, small grain,
During the season County Agents
have started definite systems of rota
tion of crops with 1081 farmers. These
will furnish valuable object lesBons in
tlielr respective communities, and will
furnish much valuable information to
Demonstration Agents to be distrib
uted through their counties.
These Agents have been Instrumen
tal in Introducing Into the State tlw
following livestock; 9 stallions: 145
mules: 116 bulls: 177 cows. 363 hogs:
-30 sheep, or a total of 1180 animals of
improved blood to oe used for breed
ing purposes. They have vaccinated
"781 for cholera. 90 per cent of the
injections seemed to produce immuni
ty when used in time. They are now
co-operating'with an expert from the
I'. S. Department of Agriculture with
our State Veterinarian in an effort to
control and to eventually eradicate
this swine plague. Th?y have Induced
the building of 28 silos and have
started several creameries with col
lecting routes in connection. Much
of this work was done in co-operation
with our State Dairy Department. It
would make a long story to attempt to
state all of the work done by these
progressive men. Some things accom
plished arc the laying out drainage
system, and the putting in of 68000
feet of tiling, the terracing of a num
ber of farms, the pruning and spray
ing of 39ft orclnuulB, the removal of
over 20,000 stumps, the starting of
several hundred pastures, the stopping
of one outbreak of Black-leg, the get
ting of one soil survey, etc.
Hoys' Cty-n Club Wprk has been car?
rled on In 97 Counties with an enroll
ment of over 4500 boys, which is 10|)
per cent greater than that of last year.
Girls' Canning Clubs have been ex
tended from 11 to 32 Counties, and
from an enrollment of 120 girls, last
year to over 1600 this year. They not
only cart^Tomatoea, but in one way or
anc.ther are saving every kind of ed
ible fruit and vegetable on the farm.
During the year Poultry Clubs In co
operation with the Animal Husbandry
Division hare started in 6 Counties
with a membership of over 300. Many
new and modern houses have been
built, and-much good livestock has
been purchased by the members of the
Clubs. This work is to be greatly en
larged during the ensuing year. Ar
nmgemenU *re now being made to
start Pig Clubs and Beef Clubs, eacli
In ten counties to begin with. Tbe
Animal Husbandry Division will fur
nish expert advicc and help to organ
lie, but County Agents will largely be
held responsible for the success of tho
work In their respective counties.
Much Btlmulus to livestock growing 1?
expected to result from these efforts.
A new Department of the work now
to be added 1b that of Home Econo
mics. This is for the benefit of,farm
women. It ip_to deal with canning,
preserving, curing, house-keeping,
home-making, sanitary measures, food
values, cooking, clothing, health pro
blems, marketing, labor saving de
vices. womerTa clubs, etc. It Is stated
there Is much to be done In the house
as on the farm around tho^house. It
is equal, or perhaps of greater Impor
tance. Every County that can possi
bly do so, should produce this work
at as early a date as possible.
Ipteresting Hunt.
Loulsburg, X. C. Dec. 3rd.?On Mon.
day night a party of merry lun lovers
hastened Into autos, and wagons, and
hurried themselves out to Stamps
farm where they had the fun of their
lives in a big O'Possum hunt.
The dogs were eager for the chase,
and the merry lads and lassies faces
and eyes were gleaming with the fuu
and novelty of the situation.
Only a short chase ensued before a
big fat grinning rellow was Bpled
among the bushes. The dogs had him
going at a lively pace for some time,
when he took refuge in a large ash.
Nothing daunted the eager hunters
who soon felled the tre$ and his high
ness, Mr. Possum was captured, after
having put up a magnificent fight.
, It was the first hunt for a number
lttvthe crowd, and enthusiasm was
boiirt<less.
The hynt was taken up again and
this time tin: much sought for victim
was found feasting himself in a large
persimmon tree. "Black Johnnie"
was in the crowd and who can imagee
3. _ more thrilling occasion
than the woods at \ night, the
eager crowd, the dogs being
at thet rie which .CBlack John
nie" shinned in a muitrwr that no
living creature, but a colored .man,
after Et "O'fJSssuih" could. ""??
This' was a merry happy time and
all want to have the same experience
again. Those present were.
Mr. Samuel Nash, Mr. Willie Macon,
Miss Sue Alston, Miss Burdette Joy
ner, Miss Edna Watklns, Mr. Glenn
Crowell, Mr. Osmond Yarboro
Mr. Daniel P. Smithwick, Miss Lau
rane Joyner, Miss Lynn Hall, Miss
Margaret Hicks, Miss Mary S. Egerton,
Mr. George Walker, . Mr. Howard
Brown, Mr. W. rR. Lambertson, Mr.
Burton, Miss Stalling, Mrs. June Fur
gurxon, Mrs. Williams.
Listen Daughter.
Listen daughter, don't go moping
around the house and singing like a
freight train cutting loose the air
brakes; and don't be walking around
with your eyes all puffed up and red
from tears, simply because you can't
have clothes that wouldn't look good
anywhere except on one of those freak
magazines-cover girls. I know its a
pretty tough world, from your rango
of vision, because your ma and I haVe
forbidden you to wear skirts that are
too High and waists that ure too low.
I know, child, that some of the other
gfl-ls are chasing around the streets
in coatunVs that would shame a bur
lesque troupe and attracting lots of
attention; but did you ever notice.just
?what kind of attention" tlley attract?
Of course you haven't. You don't
happen to be within earshot when
some of the Jipys>ay what they really
think about the "other girls" Thank
God you don't. YOU'ro too young to
know thoBe things yet awhile. ,
5 You say the girls laugh at your
almple, pretty little frocks and at
your freckles. Let 'em laugh! That
^hows they ARE the other kind of
iirls. Your mother and I met each
4ther long, ago. I loved her enough
1 <o ask her to marry me and she cared
Inough for me to answer "Yes." We've
terfn happy ever since, haven't we,
Our marriage took. It dldnt:
fake any apllt skirts or silhouette
gown to make me fall in love with
your mother. She never had much
Contraptions on in h?r life. And I
didn't go prancing up and down Main
street with a mortkey hat on the back'
Of my head and 9. cigarette poked out
(n front ot my face. r
: Let the other girls smll,e If they
Vant to, hut Just wait for lh& -flnlah.
You wont And the decent young chap?
the kltod I would wait to give my
' ; , ?
little girl to, marrying any of the
"other girls." . ?<?
That's right, have a good cry if you
must, It will do you good. But remem
ber, Dad knows best. So put on that
pretty little dress, the one we all like
and we'll all go to the moving picture
show and hi\ve some Ice cream after
wards. Hurry up.! It's getting late,
and we don't want to miss Warren
Kerrigan. That's riglit-smlle!
Odd Bits of Vith.
, Sodaville, Nev.?W. E. Noble, desert
teamster, shot at a rattler recently.
The bullet passed through the snake's
head and struck a rock, splitting It
The rock assayed $150 a ton gold and
900 ounces of silver. At present
there are 2500 tons of ore in sight.
San Bernardino, Call.?Fishing for
rattle snakes is the latest sport
around here. Fish hooks are fasten
ed to bamboo poles and held near the
snakes. The snake strikes at the end
of the pole and becomes hooked.
New York.?Dr. Wright, the eminent
sociologist, has created a sensation by
showing the Increasing quantities of
opium that are being consumed in the
United States. He declares that the
annual requirement tor .legltmate
medical and other purposes 1s <0,000,
pounds but that last year more thau
480,000 pounds were brought Into this
country. "The lise of cocaine, opium
and other drugs Is, I regret to say,
largely on the Increase in'the United
States," said Dr. Wright,."Especially
is this true of localities where tho
sale of liquor fias been prohibited."
Crawford, Ga.?"Fritz," a trained
rat and mascot of the local paper died
recently. Fritz knew his name anil
wfe-s a terror to other rats and mice.
He had been a pet in the newspaper
office for three years.
I,uke McLuke Says.
A man can lie out of a lot pf things
But *he can't deify "'ft when he eats
onions. ?r.
A man will pay a dollar for a 50
celit article that he wants. A woman
will pay 49 cents for a 89 cents article
that she doesn't want.
A girl is real proud when she gradu
ate?-fron\ college with a B. A. But
she is even prouder when she enters
the school of matrimony and adds B
Yrtwr degree.
A girl can wear a long skirt and
ihake if display more holsery than if
she wore a ajhort skirt. It Is all in the
management. X
A mother never changes, when her
son is 40 years old and wears long"
whiskers she won't call him anything
else but'"Willie."
The Scientists must be losing their
grip on the Peepul. In December of
last year the Harvard savants an
nounced the Great discovery that
nearly all women are knocked-kneed.
But you may have noticed that the
fool men keep right on getting mar
ried and taking a chance,
A Massachusetts girl cut off her
hair in her sleep. Most girls yank it
off before they go to sleep. ?? ". ?*
The Hibrows claim that the use of
a medicated tissue screen will make
kissing "safe and sanitary." It may
make it sanitary, but there isn't any
way to make kissing safe.
It must be a terrible jar to the re
formers to realize that the felows who
smoke cigarettes manage to cop out
Grain Warehouses.
I want to see grain warehouses all
over the State with adequate arrange
ments for handling grain in large
quantities, says a southern statesman.
What we need worse than this is
home-raising and feedstuffs for the
barnig, bins and cribs we already
have.
Partily supplies at home are now
more -ji por tan t than warehouses in
the nearby market town*. We will
need the warehouses when we have
surpluses to sell. 4
If we fill our larders with home
raised bread and meat, we must pro
duce nearly a billion dollars more of
foodstuffs than the South 4? produc
ing at present
Our urgent * problem ^uat now Is
^losing up a defect; not marketing a
surplus.
?The' -prtattag press has made ?
presidents, killed poets'; made bustles 1
for beauties and punished genius with 1
criticfam. It has curtailed the power
of Kings, converted bankers into pau- !
pers and graced pantry shelves. - -It
has made paupers College president?,
it has educated the poor and robbed |
the philospher ^of his reason; i
smiles, cries, dies, but it cafc't be run ?
to suit everybody, and tha.riaxr wtll |
be crasy who tries. . ?
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Rebuilding of Liege By Germuns
Amsterdam, Nov. . 27.?No better
illustration can be given of tlie far
sightedness and thoroughness of the
German military machine than the
elaborate rebuilding operations in
course of completion at Liege. In
the comparatively short time since
its forts were wrecked by the Invad
er's artillery, Liege has been rebuilt
into a modern fortress, and is
to be used as an object lesson for
students in the German military
schools. It is built as though the
German expect to stay.
All tlie Belgium forts have been re
paired with a single exception ; much
of the old artfllery has been replaced
with Krupp fortress cannon of the
latest Vpe, and even the landscape
has bent remodelled with a view to
defense. All the newest ideas of Ger
man dtul Austrian military Experts
have been embofced in the placing of
ordiance, in the Miction of ramparts,
in trenbhes, obsefg^tlon places, high
way mines, secondary batteries, and
block houses.
There is an intricate system of con-'
netting works between the various
main points of the outlaying defenses
Great attention has been paid to the
use of village and forests for con
cealing fortifications. The trenches
are flat with the ground so as to be
vlsfble only from above, and are pro
tected with concealed barb-wire en
tanglements. The trenches are drain
ed and partially covered for protec
tion against rain and snow, While the
width is ample enough to allow car
riage of stores and ammunition with
out intdrefering with the troops.
A considerable part of the hard la
bor involved in completing the
trenclie^ is done with a "'military
i traction trench digger," which cuts a
furrow about three feet wide and
three feet deep. x
Mopt of the old Belgian forts have
been entirely remodelled; some have
been raised, some lowered, with a
view to greater efficiency of _ shell
fire or to increase the swee^ of
country which their guns can com
mand. There are several false bat
teries cleverly constructed to attract
aeroplane or cavalry attack.
The town is dull and quiet. All
shops and cafes are required to close
at 8 o'clock in the evening. News
papers are at a heavy premium.
Relations .Between Churches
' Of Europe and America
The Administrative Committee
the federal Council of the- churches of
(Hirist in Anusrica will-recommend to
the Executfl^, Committee, consisting
of official representatives of all the
continent bodies of the Council, which
meets in Richmond December 9th to
11th, that messages, to include the
Secretary of the Council, bes ent to
vi3it the Christian churches of the1
nations of Europe to convey the good
will and sympathy of the Christian
churches in America, and that they
may hold prayer and conference to
gether, at such time as may be^found
most favorable and opportune.
It will also be recommended' that
the Federal Council issue a suitable
utterance with the. same end in view,
in response to the communications
which have comc to the Council frQm
the leaders of the various European
churches.
The Council's Commission on Rela- |
tions with Japan some time ago desig
nated the President, Prof. Shailer
Mathews, to go to Japan to convey to
the Christian churches, missionaries
and people of that nation, the good
will and desire for friendly relations,
of the American churches.
About a year ago the Council proj
ected plans for a World Congress for
the general work of the churehps,
which will be continued, it being felt
that the war should not afford any
reason for the cessation of Chris
tian activities, especially those for
the united action of the churches.
Brand WMtlock's QnJet Time
Brand Whltlock found the crashing
din of Toledo, Ohio, too nerve-racking
for a fellow who wanted calm, old
world peace In which to write a new
book. S9 he apcepted a post as Minis
ter to Belgium feeling that in ? the
sleepy Flemish atmosphere he would
bsrsuTT^nnded by ideal conditions.
Bang!!!
The European war broke' out and
suddenly almost an entire corps of
ambassadors unloading their duties
upon Brand's shoulders. He accepted
them alh Then camo the vanguard of
the war-scared refuges, attempting to
return to America. ?r*n<J cajed for
tliem in dozens, scores, hundreds.
thousands, legions. He arrangegl for
mousy tor the moneyless, ships (or
the "sftipless," clothes for the clotliless
and Anally got all his stranded and
panic-stricken compatriots out of the
various warring nations and on their
way to the United States. /
Then came the distributions of food
supplies and money to the real vict
ims of the war?the womeu and chil
dren rendered homeless by the des
troying armies. Whitlock again was
at the head and front of everything.
He is sticking on Jhe job like a hired
man at a corned-beef and cabbage din
ner. Of all the Americans In Europe
he U the biggest, the bulsest, and the
most effective. Day-and night, since
the first week in August he has been
up and doing. Not a day elapses, but
discovers him in a new role as first
aid to something. , o f
We should like to read that book
that was to'have been written in "the
calm and peaceful atmosphere of
sleepy Flanders."
? Darn It AIL >?
The Regional Reserve banks opened
last week and floating around the
country somewhere are about four
hundred millions of; dollars In emer
gency currency?that is, If we have
the dope right. That w'ould make
about four dollars for every nww,
woman and child in the country. All
this is in addition to the money that
was alleged to be in circulation before
the regional banks opened. Now we
have been looking forward to the re
lease of all this money, expecting that
we would, of course get our four dol.
lars. But Vthere it it? We said
nothing about this last week because
we wanted to give William McAdoo
and Paul Warburg a chance to get on
their feet and attend to the distri
bution.
But ten or -eleven days have gone
by and yet there is nothing doing.
This places us In an embarrassing
position. We had learned that the
Rock Island Railway was to have been
, put up for sale at auction and we ex
pect to be able to buy It Now look
at the hole we are in! Any day they
may decide to put up the Railroad and
i here we are without our four dollars.
1 We have made up our mind to one
thing. If William McAdoo ever run*
for president, we will refuse to sup
port him and will leavei him flat on
his back.
Must Pay Fot-Tlie I'aper
Judge George Thomas, of Colufc
bus, Neb., recently decided that If a
man acccpted a paper that is sent him
he must pay for it. The decision was
rendered in the case brought by the
Columbus (Neb). Telegram against a
man for $2.35. The Telegram hart
been sent to the man's home and he
had accepted the paper. When called
upon to pay for it he refused and
suit was brought. When Judge
Thomas heard the evidence he in
structed the Jury to bring in a ver
dict for the Telegram. Judge Thomas
ruled that the old common taw prin
ciple that what a man received and
used he was bound to pay for applied
In tills instance. *
Russian War Son?.
Up to Miguliuskai come a Russian
bold one day, And the streets were
paved with gold, so everyone was gay,
Singing songs of Sarpukhow and of
Kaminlets Podolsk, Till Ivanovitch
got excited, and his voice could not
be stobst. _
It's a long way to Ivanovo-Vosnesensk
It's a long way to go;
It's a long way to Ivanovo-Vosnesensk
To the sweete'sF girl I know;
Good-by Ekaterinodar,
Farewell Zhitomeer,
It's a long way to Ivanovo-Vosnesensk
So I'll stay right here.
Just try this over sometime, as a
vocal selection its all to the merry.
How The Average CottoB Grower May
Safely Diversify.
Always in crisis llko the present
there arises a Multitude who would
advise the farmer as to the procedure
he must follow to lead him out of tho
wilderness. The exhortations of some
of these long-range agriculturists are
funy, and would bem ore so were it
not f6r the bare possibility that some
of their '^advice" might bo followed
by those who do not know. First of
all come thosff who would have cot
ton farmers everywhere turn to live
stock farming as a plan of salvation;
then there are t?e wheat enthusiasts
who assert that for cotioU' fai 01^18 Ui
buy their flour is all wrong, and that
our lands are as good wh*at. lands as
h
those of the"North; the tofcaceo advo
catee who assert that tobkco 1? the"
crop tt turn To; the trutk-growlne
apostles, who tell us t>f tie wonder!
fU proflt8 from cabbage and pota
toes. and a final few admonish us to
put our faith in the sugar beet, gin
seng, and kudzu, would we taste the
real Joys of profitable husbandry
We hate to say It, but the truth Is.
we believe, that these fellows are all
wrong. To Use a war-time phase
?!LV>made a UctIcal blu,,der- Llve~
stock farming 1? a splendid business
and ^ those already successfully
launched In It we tender our con
gratulations. Their profits In the near
future are sure to be satisfylngly
substantial. But-and here's the rub
w i 7 cent cotton and scant credit
couplod with an Ignorance of livestock
farming. In profundity only rivaled by
that of some.of his long-range ad
visers. it's a little hard to see just
how the all-his-life all-cotton farmer
is going to make the transition. It
takes money to buy pure-bred beef and
dairy animals and to build silos and
adequate barns, and it takes know
ledge that comes from years of study
and experience, rather than over
night j
Year fu and year out the Progress.
. farmer has Advocated more live
stock ftjr Southern-farmBI>?becau8e"WB
are certain that no sectton of the
united States today possesses greater
advantages than the So^th in the
economical production pf\' beef and
dairy tfnimals and pork. AAlong with
these advantages of farmers who
really understand busing than any
section of the country. Wfer the aver
age cotton farmer, then, we don't see
how changing to live-stock Is to be
the solution of the problem. Like
wise turning to truck oiYuther crops
of which we know little- or nothing,
either In production or Marketing, is
all too likely to result In. failure.
What, then, shall we <fc? To those
of our readers who are already inde
pendent of cotton we would extend
felicitations. To those that are not
we commend the following, and we
fall In the category of the long-range
ill-advised advisers before referred to'
we modestly affirm that we have taken
this medicine. aiM found it good.
A good garden, tfttl, something com
ing from it twelve mW&rin the year
a liberal patch of sorghum or
Louisiana cane for syrup, not forget
ting this fall a liberal supply of seed
not less than two or three brood
sows: a yard filled wfth well housed,
well cared for chickens, well sup
plied this winter with green crops to
augment the egg crop and the family
income; two or three good milk cows
a liberal acreage of fall-sown oats'
cover crops on all lands in order that
fertilizer bills next spt&g may be cut
to a minimum; plenty ;<? com, planted
on rich land, to supply the farm, with
perhaps a surplus for sale; and then
the devotion of what lands and time
may be left to the production of a
reduced acreage in cotton. Couple
with these the most rigid economy,
holding this year's cotton for higher
prices^and a fixed resolve never again
to be caught in such a fix, and we have
all the solution there is for the all
cotton farmer's predicament.?The
Progressive Farmer. U
University Men in the Schoolroom
Seventy-one men received degrees at
the commencement in 1914. Sixteen
of these are now pursuing graduate or
professional work, twelve at Chapel
Hill, fch^r at other universities.
Of the other fifty-five men, forty are
teaching. There are instructors of ^
assistants at the. University, one is in
a private school in Virginia, two are
instructors at the Agricultural and
Mechanical College at Raleigh, one Is
instructor in the South Carolina Medi
cal College, one in the State school 'or
the Blind at ftafoigh;
The other thirty-three men are all
teaching in the public shools of North
Corolina, the great majority of them
in the State high schools. And the
class of 1914 is not exceptional In this
respect
The Specialists in jfrigher Educa
tion In the Bureau oi Education at
Washington pronouncty this a record
whtoh few State Unly^rsities can du
plicate. -
The Queen of England has written
a vary nice letter tinkling th peo
ple who con tribute to that ship of pre?
enta for the orphans otffeurope. Good
for Many! Wo plight, ftretch a point
And dish up a tittle rhetoric our
selves if some one fjtypld start a like
movement in our 1