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Show Recommendations' for Activity Ac-tivity Given in Connection With Resume and Prospects Pros-pects for Future in County The annual report of Walter F. Smith, Washington county agricultural ag-ricultural agent, for the year December 1, 1931, to November 30, 1932, whith'Tra recently been filed with the state supervisor super-visor and extension director, shows the following summary of activities: Extension Organization A new type of extension or-! ganization has been buiir, in Washington comity called the Economic Council. There are 2 i men in this grour,. Every iown ir. the county is represented and every important phase of agricultural agricul-tural activity is represented by the several committees. The purpose pur-pose of this organization is to j decide which are the important problems affecting agriculture in tir ? county and to apply investigation investi-gation and study to the solution of these .problems. This group held six meetings working out county and community com-munity programs. Each time they met the full day was devoted to the study of problems in oom- mittee meetings, survey reporfc and field trips. The county extension program was outlined for the year and the work was carried out under the direction of the members cf these committees. (Continued on page 2) FARM OlhCOK (Continued from page 1) these men under this program should certainly be sponsored by the extension service. Chicken and turkey production produc-tion has a place on Dixie farms. New methods on care and management, man-agement, must be followed and those who are trying to make a living in these fields should be helped through the extension service. Rodent control work should be carried forward as it has always been, the need is just as great as ever and the rodents are evidently evi-dently almost as numerous. Field crops should be placed on the county program. Project leaders should continue the study of potato production, alfalfa, small grain, grain sorghum varieties va-rieties and sugar beet seed production. pro-duction. These are the crops that will make the farm, and they should be worked into a rotation rota-tion that will be ideal for these southern conditions. Livestock feeding is a new project that is just being started start-ed this month. It has come as a result of a study of feed values val-ues such as cutting and curing alfalfa, and using cane silage from the trench 'silo. These studi'i iuovld continue. Farm forestry should receive m':re encouragement. There is a great opportunity for farmers to build up woodlots for fuel supply sup-ply and for farm beauty. Forestry club work is the outstanding out-standing boys' activity. It has carried over into the lives of many boys and this work certainly cer-tainly has a good chance to continue. con-tinue. Girls' club work, boys' club work, and ladies' home econom- : ics work all have a place in the extension program. These phases should ail receive their po-ticn ! of the county agent's time svA ' expense budget. I The farmers' institutes, which offer an education opportunity such as lectures, training class?, fairs.' exhibits and all phases o: home economics, should receive a large consideration in the pro-: pro-: gram building process. The Dixie College leadership week and the Hurricane peach days are big events in Dixie. ! The sugar beef seed project is undoubtedly the outstanding farming activity of this county. It is the first cash crop that has ever been grown in Dixie where a contract price has been guaranteed guar-anteed in advance. It is a crop requiring intensive cultivation and high fertility. Crop rotation at frequent intervals and other recommended practices will be ! required. At the present contract ! price which is 9 cents per pound. it offers big returns. The seed 1 produced seems to be of exceptional excep-tional value, both resistant to blight and high in germination. A continuation of this high standard of seed production must j be maintained and an organiza- tion for the protection of this : industry locally should be en-I en-I couraged. |