The RURAL NEW-YORKER 
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consumer’s dollar, and while I was tak¬ 
ing orders for strawberry plants I also 
took orders for asparagus plants, and like¬ 
wise sold raspberries, plums, grapes and 
apples -while selling corn, tomatoes, cu¬ 
cumbers and other vegetables. This $119 
represents clear profits, being difference 
between cost and selling prices. Now a 
word about the strawberry bed. It is ex¬ 
actly 23x75 ft., which is practically one- 
twenty-fifth of an acre, so this yield per 
acre would be (in calling distance of the 
Florida man) $3,025 per acre. 
Income from acreage, $1,607; income 
from garden, $221 , income to be credited 
to garden and acreage, $119. Which 
makes a grand total of $1,947. 
From 5% acres that were planted of 
sweet corn, popcorn, cabbage, cucumbers 
and tomatoes were sold $1,174, and this 
on poor soil. Corn was sold for from 
20c to 30c per dozen, tomatoes mostly for 
$1.50 per bushel, cucumbers for 60c per 
100; cabbage 5c to 10c per head, pop¬ 
corn 10c per pound and kraut 50c per 
gallon, milk 1214c per quart. 
Z. I. TURNER. 
The First Farm Bureau Agent 
On your editorial page, February 5 
issue, you state that March 20 will mark 
the tenth birthday of county agent work 
in this country, and that it started in 
Broome, County, N. Y. Are you sure 
that this is, strictly speaking, correct? 
In 1906, while I was managing a plan¬ 
tation in South Carolina for a Mr. 
Clarke, native of Bridgeport, Conn., Mr. 
Clarke called my attention to a news 
article gving an account of wonderful 
work being done in Louisiana by county 
demonstration agents under the direction 
of the late Dr. Knapp. The very next 
year the work was started in South Caro¬ 
lina. I myself did demonstration work 
under the County Agent for Richland 
County, Laban Chappell, Columbia, S. 
C. During that year I met at Columbia 
Prof. Goodrich, who was working in the 
same line under or in connection with 
Dr. Knapp. In 1910 I was visited at my 
home here by Prof. Goodrich, who was 
then still engaged in the same work. 
Mr. Clarke, above referred to, told me 
that he had received unofficial informa¬ 
tion that though the work was directed 
by authorities of the Agricultural De¬ 
partment, funds for its conduct were be¬ 
ing temporarily supplied by John D. 
Rockefeller. County Agents were em¬ 
ployed in many parts of the 'South prior 
to 1911. A. H. OLIVER. 
North Carolina. 
R. N.-Y.—Our information came from 
neadquarters. It seems that there was 
some work of much the same character 
done in parts of the country before the 
present Farm Bureau system was started. 
The celebration at Binghamton will refer 
to the present or modern system which 
started in New York, and has since 
spread all over the country. 
An Illinois Veteran’s Work 
(Last year we printed a story from Z. 
T. Turner, of Freeport, Ill., of his work 
on a small piece of rented land. Now we 
have another year’s record, which we 
print for the inspection of readers. In 
addition to the proceeds from this small 
farm Mr. Turner sells each year nearly 
$1,000 worth of eggs and chickens. Those 
who wonder at the figures must remember 
that Mr. Turner is a good salesman and 
is thoroughly known by the townspeople.] 
I am now nearly 70 years old, and 
three and a half years ago thought to re¬ 
tire from active work, so sold the home 
and moved to Freeport. These plans were 
all made before the World War, which 
changed plans for so many. We, who 
knew how, were urged by the Government 
to get busy and “produce,” and as 1 did 
not want to shirk did as requested 
There were 17 acres near me that were 
not rented, and the owner, knowing me, 
urged me to rent it. I took it, and did 
as best I could, late as it was. That year 
and the following I worked it for reason 
stated, and the past year I again rented 
it, because I had got going and could not 
stop without another year, so here is what 
I did last year and about how it was done. 
I own a half acre of very high quality 
land, and this was counted in with the 
rented land. The rented land has been 
rented a year at a time for around 40 
years, each renter getting all he could 
with the least expense, and to • say the 
land is run out expresses it very mildly. 
I each year gave it a real plowing, some¬ 
thing nearby people said it never had be¬ 
fore. so this past year it was in better 
condition than either of the previous 
years. I bought an old team, paying $50 
for them, and bought a walking plow, a 
harrow, a cultivator, and with these went 
to work. I put in 11 acres of field corn, 
which when I laid it by was the very 
best, touching the ' cultivator in most 
places, and some was too large to work. 
It is a clay soil, and a drought came on 
. which did not permit of ears forming to 
any extent, so I did not sell a bushel of 
field corn, whereas the year before I had 
sold $230 worth. But I cut off all the 
fodder and am using it for my pony 
(Welsh) and my two cows and yearling 
heifer. The old team was sold as soon as 
the corn was “laid by,” so I had to keep 
them only about three months, doing the 
selling with the Welsh pony. I have a 
son 13 years old, who during vacation, 
which is from June 24 to first of Septem¬ 
ber, helped me. Mrs. Turner helped 
after school began, picking tomatoes and 
cucumbers, but this was only for a short 
time each day for about two weeks. On 
the farm I had out as stated : 
Eleven acres of corn, none sold ; 3 
acres of sweet corn realized $317; % acre 
of popcorn realized $60; 1 acre of cabbage 
realized $280; and on kraut from cab¬ 
bage, $50; % acre of cucumbers realized 
$232 ; Yt acre of tomatoes realized $235; 
14 acre of potatoes realized $3; Yj acre 
of meadow, used the hay ; sold milk from 
cows, $350; field pumpkins, $14; Hub- 
hard squash, $12 ; field turnips. $3; plow¬ 
ing gardens for neighbors, $51; grand 
total from 17 acres, $1,607.. 
The rent was $100 cash, and paid for 
corn cutting $10.50, which was the entire 
expense, as keeping of team for three 
months was from feed and grain raised 
year before. Exchanged work with a 
neighbor in corn planting and disking. 
So these two cash items of $100 plus 
$10.50 were all the money paid out. Sold 
only $3 worth of potatoes; kept the rest 
for personal use. No account is charged 
for what we used of other things, which 
would amount to considerable, especially 
milk, as this one item would amount to 
at least $90. Now for the garden; 
Onions. $20; peas, $6: parsnips, $3; 
lettuce, $8; beets, $18; Summer squash, 
$5; string beaus. $18; carrots, $8; 
mango peppers, $11; salsify,' $3; straw¬ 
berries,, $56; strawberry plants, $65; 
grand total for garden, $221. 
Besides the two above amounts I have 
a source of income that is to be credited 
to both acreage and garden, and is as 
follows: 
Raspberries, $14; plums, $19; giapes, 
$29; apples, $45; asparagus plants, $12. 
A total of $119, which was earned in 
this way; Be it known that I got the 
Things To Think About 
The object of this department is to give readers a chance to express themselves on farm 
matters. Not long articles can be used—just short, pointed opinions or suggestions. 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER does not always endorse what is printed here. You might 
call this a mental safety valve. 
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