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affairs. The greatest advance whicli tlie Churcli lias made in its work 

 in the past twenty-five years is largely due to the women actively engaged 

 in its work, and we can have the same advance in agriculture by letting 



them take part in it. 



Demonstkation. 



This work was formerly connected with that of institutes and agron- 

 omy, with cooperation of the county commissioners. Some member 

 of the force would arrange with some farmer on each of the four public 

 roads leading from the courthouse to devote an acre to work under direc- 

 tion of the Department, the Department to furnish the seed and ferti- 

 lizer and the man to work as directed and report. The intention was 

 to test for the county the results ascertained at the test farms. Several 

 times during the season one of the Department's force visited the farm 

 and also any other farmer desiring him. The object was to prepare 

 men for demonstration work. Seventy-seven counties had been enlisted 

 in it. x\fter the Ogden Association assumed charge of this work and 

 made such liberal allowances for it it Avas made a separate work and the 

 U. S. Department appointed a director, Mr. C. E. Hudson, and the work 

 became cooperative. When a county will contribute, a demonstrator 

 with the approval of the county commissioners is appointed .to super- 

 intend the work. The difficulty has been to find men competent, but the 

 State is divided into districts of specified counties and the demonstrators 

 are called to sessions where lectures relating to their duties are given. 

 A short course is given them annually at the A. and M. College. 



These demonstrators give attention to all kinds of farm work — soils, 

 ci'ops, animals and economics. 



Boys' Cobn Clubs. 



Mr. Parker had introduced these in the State before cooperation with 



the Southern Educational Board was begun. It was turned over to this 



board and is now under the efficient management of Mr. T. E. Browne, 



a successful North Carolina farmer. The largest yield reported is by 



Charlie Parker of Hertford County, 235 1-2 bushels of merchantable 



corn. 



In 1910 the Boys' Corn Club averaged 57.7 bushels per acre. 

 51 boys made from 75 to 100 bushels per acre. 

 23 boys made from 100 to 130 bushels per acre. 

 10 boys made from 130 to 146 bushels per acre. 



The Analytical Work. 



This is under the direction of Prof. B. W. Kilgore, State Chemist. 

 Ten years ago requests were generally for formulas for particular crops, 

 but it was ascertained that the value depended greatly on the composi- 

 tion of the land; that the lands of the eastern counties contained more 

 phosphoric acid than the middle and western ; that the nitrogen in the 

 clay counties could be profitably secured from the air through the use 

 of legumes ; that the soils in the granite counties carried large amounts 



