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Shelton, one of my Com Club boys, was the fourth best 

 boy com judge at the State Fair. There have been or- 

 dered in this county since I became agent fifteen hun- 

 dred eggs of pure-bred poultry of different breeds ; con- 

 sequently we are getting several nice flocks of poultry 

 started in this county. We have had two good stallions 

 brought into the county, one German coach stallion, and 

 one standard-bred saddle horse. 



W. M. Tye, 



County Agent. 



LAWRENCE COUNTY. 



I began work as County Agent in Lawrence county 

 on March 9, 1914. Only a few people in the county knew 

 that demonstration work was being provided, and there 

 was not another county agent within one hundred miles. 

 We have a poor sandy soil, badly worn, the farms are not 

 well fenced, the live stock is not well bred, and my first 

 effort, therefore, was to create confidence in farming of 

 any kind, and then in improved farming. 



During April and May I arranged for several dem- 

 onstrations with corn, and a few with cow peas. I found 

 it necessary to deal with the individual, for there was no 

 organization of any character among the farmers, and 

 roads were very bad, and people not acquainted far away 

 from home. 



During the summer I made a survey of the live 

 stock in the county. There were just a few pure-bred 

 cattle, but their performance was good, and was closely 

 watched by the general public. I answered many ques- 

 tions relative to the different beef breeds, and finally 

 made it so clear to a few men that registered shorthorns 

 were well enough suited to our conditions that men asked 

 me at once where such cattle could be purchased, and at 

 what price. I went to Mount Sterling and selected a 

 small herd. The individuals proved good, and other 

 farmers have since purchased bulls and cows from Blue 

 Grass breeders. Several Lawrence county farmers have 

 purchased bulls from their neighbors who started in the 

 pure-bred business a year ago. Two of the purchases 

 were the results of farmers ' meetings held in log school 

 houses. In one community there had never been any 



