DEMONSTRATION WORK IN INCIDENT, STORY AND SONG 



Southern States, in company with Dr. Knapp and other rep- 

 resentatives of his office, called upon President Taft, he was 

 about at his maximum in weight, cheerfulness and good 

 nature. He had a pleasant word for each boy and then had 

 them sit down around him for a little agricultural conference. 



Mr. Taft singled out the smallest boy in the crowd and 

 said: ''Ira, didn't your father give you the best acre of land 

 on his place?" The boy told him that it was difficult for 

 him to get his father's consent for him to have any acre at 

 all, and that the one he did give him was not up to the 

 average. ^ 



The next question was: "Now, didn't your father do a 

 lot of that heavy plowing and cultivation ? ' ' The reply came 

 promptly: "No, sir; I did every bit of the work myself in 

 accordance with the rules of our Club." Then said the 

 President, with a twinkle in his eye: "I guess your father 

 told you when to plant and when to cultivate." "No, sir," 

 said the boy, "the county agent did that, and my corn was 

 the best on the place. It was better than my father had." 

 Mr. Taft gave a characteristic chuckle and said: "If we can 

 only get enough boys to do as you boys have done, it will not 

 be many years until you will bring about a revolution in 

 our agriculture and our civilization as well. ' ' 



A Boy Helps His Father 



"There was the case of the little boy in Georgia. He 

 wanted to put an acre in corn, because all the other boys in 

 the community were doing it under the Government agent's 

 instruction. His father said he could not spare the acre of 

 land and added : 



'I don't believe in this new f angled book farming. I 

 know more about it than those fellows in Washington.' 



At last he grudgingly let the boy have an acre of land, 



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