366 TwENTY-FlKST BlENWIAIi RePOET 



FLEMING' COUNTY. 



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SUMMAEY OF WOKK FEOM^ JANUARY TO AuGUST, INCLUSIVE. 



Number of miles traveled, exclusive of trips to Lex- 

 ington in January, and western trip in June, 1,716 ; num- 

 ber of addresses made, 67; number of people present, 

 2,948; number of farmers interviewed, 1,792; number 

 of pbone calls, 1,184; number of letters written, 329; 

 number of visits made to demonstrators, 137; number 

 of visits made to co-operators, 46; attended farmers' 

 cbautauquas three days; had booth at Ewing Fair in 

 which to meet and confer with farmers for two days. 

 J have organized ten farmers' clubs, but at the present 

 time am unable to give the number of farmers enrolled. 

 We also organized the "Fleming County Horse, Jack 

 and Mule Breeders' Association," making the total of 

 clubs organized eleven. In co-operation, we purchased 

 1,000 bushels of coal at a saving of two hundred dollars; 

 one hundred bushels of sweet clover seed at a saving 

 of twenty dollars; seventy-five bushels of soy beans at 

 a saving of seventy-five dollars; forty-three bushels of 

 cow peas at a saving of twelve dollars; and other field 

 seeds at a saving of thirty dollars. We also bought co- 

 operatively ten spray pumps at a saving of sixty-five 

 dollars and eighty cents; and spray material at a sav- 

 ing of sixty-five dollars. By combining our orders on 

 fertilizer we forced the dealers down on prices, and so 

 saved to the farmers of the county approximately four 

 thousand dollars. 



A certain chemical company sent its state agent to 

 see me. He stated in the presence of others that his 

 company had "broken" every county agent in the State, 

 and wanted to know what I was going to do in the mat- 

 ter. This state agent also told Mr. Fay, who was hand- 

 ling fertilizer for another company, that his company 

 had broken every man who cut prices to the farmers, 

 and that they would get him also. Our demonstrations 

 in most instances have proven quite satisfactory. We 

 have convinced quite a number of our good farmers that 

 as a rule in this (Fleming) county it does not pay to 

 purchase so-called complete fertilizer; that most of our 

 soils need lime and phosphorus. 



