THE FABM DEMONSTRATION WORK 



on a chip that they want to throw at a bird and then must pay for 

 a post to hold the bird up while they throw the chip. Everything 

 that goes to make civilization must be carted until the soil can pay 

 tribute; food, clothing, building material, etc., while in your won- 

 derful country of northern Texas, all these things are at the door. 

 The great difficulty is to make people believe it. Now the very best 

 way to make people believe is to do just as you have done in Harrison 

 County, Smith County and Hopkins. Go to work and make pros- 

 perity at home and let the world know it. That is the best immigra- 

 tion movement I am acquainted with to-day. If a single acre of 

 Harrison County land, with Harrison County peaches, and com and 

 cotton and vegetables, with Harrison County climate could be ex- 

 hibited in the Northern States you would not have farms enough in 

 Harrison County to supply the demand." 



The next two quotations are selected from letters written 

 in 1909 to a representative of the Department of Agriculture 

 of Victoria, British Columbia, and to a member of the County 

 Work Department of the International Committee of the 

 Y. M. C. A. : 



"Our men are divided into three classes : 



First a State Agent who has general charge of the work within 

 his state, we holding him responsible for everything that is done and 

 for the getting of results. In numerous cases the counties and 

 business organizations furnish a portion of the funds and the State 

 Agents must look after all such matters and make all arrangements, 

 subject to our approval. 



Second, one or more District Agents, provided the state is a 

 large one. These District Agents work as the lieutenants of the 

 State Agent and visit the Local Agents once per month, or oftener 

 if necessary, and see that they are carrying on their work in the 

 best manner possible. They are the drill masters and inspectors of 

 the Local Agents. 



Third, the Local Agents who travel by team from farm to farm 

 giving personal instructions to the farmers. In the growing of 

 cotton and com in the Southem States, and especially in that 

 section of the country infested by the Mexican cotton boll weevil, it 



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