SUPERVISION, INSTRUCTION AND SUPPORT 



to be expected that the work would receive recognition from 

 various state legislatures and ultimately from Congress itself. 



Numerous testimonials were sent by farmers to those 

 who had charge of the demonstration work. They were sent 

 out of sheer appreciation. The following are good examples : 



"I desire to express my appreciation for the demonstration 

 work that was begun in our midst by you a few years ago and has 

 been so sucessfully carried on by you and your agents to the present 

 time. This work, to my certain knowledge, has been of inestimable 

 value to the farmers of this county. Before this work was com- 

 menced, most farmers had to purchase corn, bacon and hay from the 

 West, while to-day about one-half our farmers have one or more of 

 these articles for sale; instead of hauling corn from the depots as 

 formerly, we are now hauling corn to the depot. I am now 65 years 

 old; I have learned more about farming during the last five years 

 than I ever learned all the rest of my life . May the good work go 

 on." 



"We are cranks on Demonstration Work. Our neighbors say 

 we are crazy." 



"We consider the Demonstration Work as almost revolutionary 

 in our immediate neighborhood, having for its main object the teach- 

 ing of the A, B, C, of scientific farming. It is building up the soil 

 and, at the same time, increasing the yield and decreasing the labor." 



"We as demonstrators this year, under Mr. Phares' instruction, 

 have witnessed a complete change in the attitude of our neighbors 

 who have examined our demonstration crops. These have become 

 enthusiastic converts, who were at first hostile to the methods." 



Dr. Seaman A. Knapp, founder of the work, always held 

 to the belief that financial support would be in proportion to 

 real results achieved. An agent who secures 75 or 100 good 

 demonstrations by farmers, and an equal number of club boys 

 doing their work well, and backs these object lessons up with 

 some high-class general instruction, is usually endorsed by a 

 renewal, or an increase, of the appropriation by the county 

 authorities in charge. 



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