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My 75 corn club boys from different sections of my ter- 

 ritory of this year and last, have been boys from the 

 mral schools. It is through these boys that better com 

 growing has been brought before the older farmers. 

 For instance, in one case six com club boys produced 

 their corn at a cost of 27o per bu., while their fathers' 

 cost them 37c per bu. This is only one case out of many. 

 Out of the com club I had one boy to win free admission 

 to the State Fair this year, 1915. This same boy won 

 $5 in the com judging contest. 



In the spring of 1915 I organized a Pig Club con- 

 sisting of 25 members. At our Berea Fair — which is 

 the Madison County Fair — 13 pigs were exhibited, con- 

 testing for $25 prize money put up by the fair board. 

 One boy of this club had so cared for his pigs that he 

 won $10.50 cash out of the $25 offered. He also won 

 free admission to the State Fair. It is through this 

 Pig Club that I have been able to show to the farmers 

 the value of raising pure-bred hogs, at a smaller cost 

 than it requires to grow an inferior grade. 



The many farmers' meetings, school fairs, farmers' 

 institutes, chautauquas and field meetings have been of 

 inestimable value, recognized by the farmers themselves. 



Last year I was able to have an ■ agricultural fair 

 at Berea — my headquarters — which was attended by 

 more than one thousand people. The home, garden and 

 farm products were exhibited in abundance. This meet- 

 ing seemed to have aroused such an interest that the 

 farmers have demanded and called for another to be 

 held this year, in 1915, October 30th. We have all rea- 

 sons to believe that this one will be better than that of 

 last year. 



I called Mr. Rickey, our State Poultry Agent, to my 

 territory, and we organized a Poultry Club, co'hsisting 

 of over seventy members. This club exhibited at the 

 county fair this year and won many prizes. They also 

 exhibited at our agricultural fair. 



Then, through my influence, more than one thou- 

 sand stumps have been removed from cultivatable fields 

 and more than one hundred orchards pruned, and more 

 than thirty sprayed ; old fields have been cleaned up and 

 put to serving their owners; more grass has been started 

 to growing, and I have introduced cow peas, soy beans, 



