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I was instrumental in helping save the farmers about 

 $7,000 in fertilizer the two years I was there. This, how- 

 ever, was not the most important fact. They are now 

 buying the plant food which is most needed, and leaving 

 off the more expensive and less necessary ones. 



We had a live poultry club, a good coru club, and 

 a, splendid pig club. All three of these were of inestima- 

 ble value, as they gave the boys and girls the work they 

 were interested in, and proved to their parents that they 

 were not getting the best returns for their efforts. This 

 phase of my work was very enjoyable, as it brought me 

 in close contact with the boys and girls. Who can say 

 that it is not more helpful to start a youth out with the 

 right idea of doing things, as he has not yet reached the 

 valley of fruitful life, than to change the man who has 

 but little to look forward to, and a wide expanse of the 

 past to reflect on. 



To help those who need helping gives one a joy that 

 cannot be had from any other source. Last spring I 

 learned that a number of men had canvassed the county 

 selling fruit trees, with very unreasonable claims for 

 them, and when a number of farmers came to me to see 

 if I could not help them out of this swindle, it was my 

 pleasure to scheme with them and find a way out. We 

 went to a reliable law firm, and they advised us that 

 there was no way out as the contract bound them to pay 

 50% of the sum specified, in the event the contract was 

 broken. We sent a man up to the place where the sup- 

 posed marvelous nursery was located, and found they 

 had no nursery at all. Their Winesap and Jonathan ap- 

 ple trees were being grown without budding or graft- 

 ing. To make a long and very interesting story short, 

 we cancelled about $1,300 worth of orders. 



We held two farmers' chautauquas, which were a 

 complete success in every way. Many people comment- 

 ing upon the live stock exhibit, said it beat anything they 

 had ever had at the county fair. The special feature of 

 the live stock exhibit was that of Hereford cattle. 'The 

 big white-faced cattle attracted the attention of all. In 

 this special locality we have aroused so much interest 

 that in the past two years more than forty head of Here- 

 fords have been purchased. The interest in breeding 



