Show COUNTY AGENTS TEACH MANY camers in southern states given instruction st in growing of crops i and other problems prepared by tho the united states department of agriculture the war emergency brought a grent Ine renso in the number of fu formers ritters farm women und and boys and girls instructed ted by county agents in problems of greater food production and con atlon according to reports to the office of extension work south of the states relations service arm erst in tho the southern states were reached during 1017 with dell definite nite demonstration lit in the growing of crops raising and feeding of live stock block marketing and other problems pro blema the number of acres covered by the crop demonstration alone la in 1017 1917 was in addition to these a conservative estimate of the number of farms farma directly reached by the county agents in 1017 1917 la is tho the figures represent about CO per cent of all tanas farms in tho the south agents are are giving advice and help in one way or another to fo nearly every one with whom they conic come la in coa contact tact and the direct and indirect influence of tho the county agents dvork and the tha proportion prop of the farmers raach cd I 1 is thought to tio much willer higher than the 01 fl r ores es given tv |