SUPERVISION, INSTRUCTION AND SUPPORT 



scrap book for clippings has been the means of saving and 

 utilizing information. Some of the club members who began 

 several years ago have books containing many pictures and 

 articles of real value. Such books are well classified and 

 indexed. 



Dr. Knapp and his associates realized the importance 

 of magazines, year-books and other special articles. By the 

 time the men had their work well established and the boys 

 began to break world records in corn production, intelligent 

 people everywhere knew the nature, purpose and spirit of 

 their activities. They had read about them in the current 

 periodicals of the country. It was a common thing in public 

 gatherings, and even in conversations on the railroad trains, 

 to hear remarks from lawyers, preachers, doctors, drummers 

 and people generally about the demonstrations that were 

 being made. A candidate for the United States Senate from 

 Mississippi went to Chicago on business. He was interviewed 

 by a reporter from one of the big papers in that city. He 

 was asked about the forthcoming election and Mississippi's 

 prospective representation in the nation ^s greatest delibera- 

 tive body. The Senatorial candidate replied : **It makes very 

 little difference which one of us is sent to Washington, but 

 one of our boys who produced over 200 bushels of corn to 

 the acre is going to Washington next week. His trip has 

 real significance for Mississippi and for the South." The 

 recent history of agricultural progress and prosperity in 

 Mississippi shows the wisdom of the observations made by 

 this statesman. It was worth a great deal to have the public 

 understand the genius of such work. They appreciate the 

 fact that it begins at home, develops and expands. 



Just as soon as the men and boys began to attract atten- 

 tion with successful work, their supervisory agents made 



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