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places over the county for the discussion of farm prob- 

 lems, and by visits to tbe iscbools where talks were made 

 to the children to inte;:^t them in com club work and 

 farm life in general. /^ 



Since assuming the duties of county agent I have 

 made 321 visits to farms, held 12 farmers' meetings, 

 mailed and distributed 112 bulletins, written 110 letters 

 of a business nature, and liave been called to see a num- 

 ber of sick animals. At the first call of this kind re- 

 ceived, a horse was reported sick, and with Mr. Geoffrey 

 Morgan, who was with me that day, I went to see the ani- 

 mal. We found a bad case of tetanus, and suggested that 

 a veterinarian be called and antitoxin administered. This 

 was done and the horse recovered, and the owner is one 

 of the most staunch friends I have. 



About June first many of the merchants of Frank- 

 fort received letters written from Louisville, signed by 

 L. E. Stockard, in which an attempt was made to belittle 

 the work of the county agent, and a number of false state- 

 ments were made, among them the statement that the 

 agent was attempting to make worse the relations be- 

 tween merchant and farmer, that he was advising the 

 farmer not to trade with the local merchant, and that he 

 advocated buying from mail-order houses. Immediately 

 upon my return from the trip to Bowling Green and Hop- 

 kinsville, I went to see the mechants who had received 

 these letters, and explained the situation to them, and 

 assured them of my intention to do all possible to im- 

 prove the condition of the existing relationship between 

 merchant and farmer. Just at that time a movement was 

 on foot to organize a Business Men's Club, and after re- 

 ceiving permission from the district and state agents, I 

 helped to perfect the organization, became better ac- 

 quainted with the business men, and was elected one of 

 the eight directors of the Frankfort Chamber of Com- 

 merce. Since that time I have attempted to draw the 

 country and city nearer together, and to make the coun- 

 try people see that the town people are their friends, 

 and need them, and to make the city people realize that 

 they must have the co-operation of the country people in 



