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these men harvested their crops with these machines and 

 say that they can cut another crop or two with them. 



Helped to organize a Good Eoads Association that 

 has built and repaired 29 miles of dirt road through some 

 of the roughest parts of this county ; it is now considered 

 one of the best dirt roads in this section. 



I have helped to organize a farmers ' union, known as 

 "The American Society of Equity," that now handles 

 practically all of the tobacco, sheep wool and lambs pro- 

 duced in this county (at satisfactory prices to the 

 farmer). This organization has today 85% of the tobacco 

 of this county in the pool. 



I have started several crop rotations for the coal 

 companies of this county. One of these, the Duncan Coal 

 Co., partially through my influence has built and fur- 

 nished a two-room house, one to be used for the 

 purpose of holding night school which is now being held 

 two nights of each week with an attendance of from 12 

 to 37 men and women from 22 to 51 years of age; the 

 other room is furnished with library tables and chairs, 

 where men and women can go and read at will in the 

 evening. This is free to everyone. 



I have sprayed tobacco for horn worms, potatoes for 

 blight, watermelons for bugs, orchards for scale, and 

 cows for flies. Treated wheat and oats for smutt and 

 potatoes for scab ; wheat for wevil. Vaccinated hogs for 

 cholera, cattle for black leg and treated sheep for stom- 

 ach worms. 



I have sown alfalfa, crimson clover and red clover; 

 inoculated seed for all legumes (obtained better re- 

 sults with it);, six fields of red clover sown in August 

 this year all stand fine. I have arranged for continuous 

 hog pasture (winter oats and rape, spring oats, cowpeas 

 and soy beans, also clover). 



I visited public schools in all parts of the county, ad- 

 dressed the pupils, attended teachers ' meetings and insti- 

 tutes of all kinds, have been in conference with business 

 men for the betterment of the rural communities. I have 

 organized boys' com clubs, community com clubs and 

 boys' pig clubs. 



We are now at work trying to organize a live stock 

 growers ' association. I have assisted several men in se- 



