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In an effort to bring about a better understanding 

 and spirit of co-operation among tbe farmers and the 

 citizens of our county seat, we will hold an agricultural 

 fair in Flemingsburg on Friday and Saturday, Octo- 

 ber 15th and 16th. We have one Boys' Corn Club with 

 a membership of fifteen, and in order to arouse a deeper 

 interest in agriculture among the boys and girls we have 

 designated Saturday as "Children's Day." Many of 

 the premiums wUl go to boys and girls between the ages 

 of ten and eighteen years. A chapel organ will be given 

 to the country school district having the largest per 

 cent, of its census enrollment in attendance at the fair 

 on the sixteenth. 



I am fully persuaded that if we are to permanently 

 improve the agricultural conditions, it must be through 

 the young people on the farms. 



W. H. Clayton, 



County Agent. 



FEANKLIN COUNTY. 



I submit below a brief statement of the work done in 

 Franklin county, Kentucky: 



I was ordered to report for work on April 15, 1915, 

 and upon arriving in Frankfort I was met and introduced 

 to the farmers who were in town that day and to a num- 

 ber of the merchants and other business men. Desiring 

 to get in touch with the farmers as soon as possible, the 

 next morning I went with Mr. E. M. Armstrong out 

 through the northern part of the county, and found the 

 men whom I met very hospitable and ready to fall in line 

 with the work. 



Realizing that it was too late for my work to have 

 any material effect on the majority of the crops then 

 growing, I determined to try to gain the confidence of the 

 people first of all, and thus be in position to work to the 

 best possible advantage with them on the crops for the 

 fall and winter. This I attempted to do by going to the 

 various farms, becoming acquainted with the men and 

 offering timely suggestions concerning the various prob- 

 lepas that confronted them ; by meetings held at different 



