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these soils is a great one, but I feel that with the use of 

 these legumes I have pointed out to the farmers a means 

 by which it can be accomplished. The appreciation of 

 the farmers after they have once made a success with 

 these crops, and their expression of gratitude makes you 

 glad you are a county agent, and can be instrumental in 

 helping some one to see a gleam of better things ahead. 

 When I took up my work in Hopkins county the 

 Fiscal Court would give us no financial aid. The second 

 year they voted $300 to my work, and the third year they 

 gave all they were asked to. This shows the attitude 

 the county now has toward the work. To say that I am 

 proud to have once been a county agent does not express 

 my feelings. Sometimes the tasks were hard and the 

 work discouraging, but the co-operation I received from 

 the farmers, and the courtesy with which I was treated 

 both by them and the business men, far overbalanced all 

 these hardships, and I would rather have been county 

 agent in HopMns county for two years than to have done 

 any other work. There is real wholesome joy in helping 

 those who need and appreciate your services. 



Chas. L. Tatloe, 



County Agent. 



JACKSON, ROCKCASTLE, GARRARD, ESTILL, 

 AND MADISON COUNTIES. 



Upon entering my work on August 20, 1914, 1 found 

 a great field spread out before me, consisting of parts 

 of Jackson, Rockcastle, Garrard, Estill and Madison 

 counties. I realized there was much to be done ; and the 

 responsibility rested upon me, and I did not know who 

 would co-operate or how I would be received by the far- 

 mers. 



Being personally acquainted with Mr. Montgomery, 

 my predecessor, and of all the work he had done in this 

 territory, I felt my inability to continue his work and 

 to introduce new things. 



After traveling over my territory one time, which 

 took about three months, getting acquainted with the 

 list of demonstrators and co-operators handed to me 

 by Mr. Montgomery, my courage was strengthened and 

 my faith increased. 



