THE DEMONSTRATION WORK 



one mile from Rosetta, has a membership of nine. The grad- 

 ing and packking is done at the home of the secretary- 

 manager, assisted by committees. She is paid ll^ cents per 

 dozen. Most of the eggs go to New Orleans. 



The other groups have had somewhat similar experiences. 

 Miss Mittie Fugler, Mississippi. 



Making a Demonstrator Demonstrate 

 I first met Uncle Jack Holloway during the infant days 

 of the Demonstration Work. At that time I was county 

 agent for McClain County, Oklahoma, which was the home 

 of ** Uncle Jack." I was making a campaign for better cot- 

 ton in my county. I had a list of farmers for whom I was 

 to order seed and this negro asked me to order five bushels 

 for him. This I did, after having him to agree to follow 

 my instructions in planting and cultivating the crop. He 

 promised so faithfully that I ordered his seed as requested. 

 He came to town, got the seed and promised not to plant until 

 so instructed by me. I was unusually busy at that time, and 

 did not see Jack until the last week in April. I stopped at 

 his cabin in Walnut creek bottom, where he lived with his 

 wife and fourteen children. In answer to my call a negro 

 came to the door, and told me that Jack was across the creek 

 planting cotton. I asked if he had planted his ''Uncle Sam" 

 seed, to which he replied, ''Yes, sir, and done got it killed 

 by frost." This was annoying to me, as I had picked "Uncle 

 Jack" as a leader in the large negro community where he 

 lived. He had broken his promise to me by planting without 

 my instructions, and I was determined to let him know just 

 what I thought about a "lying nigger." 



I drove across the creek and found him "planting over" 

 just as I had been informed. I said: "Jack, Uncle Sam sent 



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