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they all get the use of him and usually get most of their 

 money back and sometimes all of it when through with 

 him. We are filling our county with a better grade of 

 cattle. We have imported a number of registered hogs 

 and a few registered sheep. All of our beef cattle club 

 bulls were shown at our county fair, and most of our 

 registered hogs, sheep and horses. We are importing 

 some registered dairy cattle. We are going to have 

 more stock, better stock and richer land. 



I had only four boys who actually raised their acre 

 of corn. I have twenty-three ready for next year, how- 

 ever, and I think I will have a nice Corn Club. I have as- 

 sisted the county agent in every way that I could with 

 the_ Canning Club work. 



We have laid between four and five thousand feet of 

 drain tile, and have ditching machine at work now. We 

 have about 1,000 acres of swamp land that we are re- 

 claiming. We have six stump pullers in the county, 

 and have pulled the stumps and grubs of many acres and 

 are making those acres produce good crops. 



While I haven't done as good work as I might have 

 done had I been better prepared, it was my best, and I 

 believe the work successful. 



J. C. Gentry, 

 County Agent. 



METCALFE COUNTY. 



In obedience to your request, this office submits the 

 following brief outline of work: 



First, dealing with the soils; deep tillage; subsoil- 

 ing; better seed beds; use of cover crops; legume cul- 

 ture ; crop rotation ; , a system of diversified farming ; 

 prevention of erosion; drainage; reclamation; intensive 

 rather than extensive farming; high-grade fertilizers; 

 use of barnyard manures and crushed limestone. 



Second, better bred live stock, including poultry; 

 better draft horses, mules, beef and dairy cattle, sheep 

 and swine; if possible on every farm, eliminate scrubs 

 and mongrels. 



Third, home vegetable garden, including fruits; 

 home canning; home industries; provide for the home 

 the home requirements, thus eliminating much of the 

 expense in high cost of living. 



