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unanimously re-elected. I have sought to make the farm 

 no longer a little place, where a little farmer, for a lit- 

 tle space of time, in a little way, makes a little money, 

 for a little home with little ideals; but a larger place, 

 where a larger man, does larger things, with a larger 

 vision, in a larger way, for a larger purpose, for a larger 

 community in a larger State. 



K. L. Vaeney, 

 County Agent. 



WHITLEY COUNTY. 



In answer to your letter of October 1st, asking for 

 a statement of my work as county agent since my ap- 

 pointment, let me give the following brief summary of 

 such activities as can be classified, after which I wjll 

 give a few brief items about other things of importance : 



1914 1915 



Miles traveled — 



Rail 474 1,311 



Team (or horse) 1,539 1,558 



Writings and bulletins mailed — 



Letters 453 343 



Form letters 919 1,781 



News articles 11 14 



Literature mailed 3,730 1,336 



Meetings held — 



Number 22 46 



Attendance 422 1,321 



Hogs vaccinated 7 30 



The character and scope of the work may be well 

 illustrated in the following brief summaries of various 

 lines of work : 



Two cars each of acid phosphate and ground rock 

 phosphate have been shipped into the county on co-oper- 

 ative order by farmers. The saving on these (counting 

 acid phosphate at $20.00 a ton and raw rock at $9.00, both 

 delivered) has been $305.40 and $71.90, respectively. 

 One car each of burned lime and ground limestone have 

 been ordered co-operatively, but I do not have the figures 

 at hand as to the saving on these orders. Other acid 

 phosphate and perhaps other limestone orders in car lots 

 have been made, but not at my direct instance. 



Whitley County Better Seed Association has been 

 organized in an effort to secure better seeds for the farm- 



