THE DEMONSTRATION WORK 



4 1-9 pounds of feed for each pound of gain in weight. She gained 

 in weight 1^^ pounds per day. 



The total amount of feed eaten by the sow and pigs during the 

 120 day contest was: Corn 2,724 pounds, shorts 456 pounds, bran 

 432 pounds, tankage 235 pounds. 



The net gain on sow and pigs was 1,100 pounds and cost 3% 

 pounds of feed per pound of gain. They gained over 9 pounds per 

 day. The total cost for feed and care from breeding of gilt to end 

 of the 120-day contest was $129.83. Adding the cost of food after 

 the contest and fair expenses which were $231.47, making a total 

 cost of $361.30 spent on the pigs. Total income $811.30, leaving a 

 net profit of $450.00. 



The sow is now worth much more than I paid for her so I do 

 not deduct anything for her purchase price. 



Amos Roy." 



When Woodrow Wilson was inaugurated Governor of 

 New Jersey the Farm Demonstration Work was well estab- 

 lished in every Southern State, the boys were attracting na- 

 tional attention in corn production and the girls were making 

 a splendid start in their clubs which were opening the way for 

 the home demonstrations. This movement was not lost on 

 the far-seeing new governor. He noted that ' ' The work grew 

 in every direction." He addressed the New Jersey legisla- 

 ture in part as follows : 



"The thing that tells is demonstration work. The knowledge of 

 the schools should be carried out to the farms themselves. Dr. 

 Seaman A. Knapp found the way when he was sent into the South 

 to fight the boll weevil. Choosing a good farm and a good farmer 

 here and there he showed the farmer how to cultivate part of a field, 

 gave him simple, fundamental directions, brought him selected seed, 

 and made frequent visits afterwards to see that his directions were 

 carried out. Of course the neighbors promptly took notice and the 

 next season did the same thing, — with the same results, good crops, 

 earlier crops, crops that the weevil was no match for. And fighting 

 the weevil was only an incident. The work grew in every direction, 

 — not work in the schools, but work suggested and directed by men 



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