DEMONSTRATION WORK IN INCIDENT, STORY AND SONG 



of it, and the opportunity the agents had now of rendering 

 some real service to their fellow farmers. Dr. Knapp 

 stretched out both arms, embraced as many of them as he 

 could, and said : ' * God bless you and the great work you now 

 have to do." I have never seen a bunch of men so affected 

 and so drawn to a man as these men were to Dr. Knapp. His 

 influence still lives with that group of missionaries and is 

 felt in the state today. 



On a certain occasion when Dr. Knapp was introduced 

 to a gentleman on the train, the gentleman, feeling that he 

 must show his appreciation of Dr. Knapp, said: '*I am glad 

 to meet you. Doctor. I would have known you by having 

 seen your photographs in the papers." Dr. Knapp 's reply 

 was: "Yes, I always try to look like my pictures." 



I will say personally that it is one of the greatest de- 

 lights of my life to have known Dr. Knapp. There is not a 

 man in the United States today that I have the same admira- 

 tion for. He is one of the greatest teachers that I have ever 

 come in contact with, but he has nothing of the academic 

 type about him. All his teaching and all his work were thor- 

 oughly practical and based on the widest common sense 

 conclusions. ' ' 



C. B. Hudson, State Agent for North Carolina. 



An Accurate, Unselfish County Agent 

 During the first ten years of the history of the Farm 

 Demonstration Work, hundreds of agents were appointed 

 because they were successful farmers and because they had 

 a high standing among their people. Their lives were open 

 books which had been read and appreciated. 



G. A. Derrick, of Lexington County, South Carolina, was 

 a man of this type. He realized the importance of having 



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