| Show WHAT A KEY BANKER 1 DID FOR HIS COUNTY the farmers ot of one county in ten buessee are receiving add addi annual income from new fa a enterprises started since 1926 through the efforts of a key banker and the county agent according to estimates from the tennessee college of culture A key banker la Is a part of the state bankers association v voluntary ol field force cooperating bith rith the amen can bankers association in its nation wide plan for bringing about better agricultural conditions through corn com blied banker farmer effort new pro ejects started in this particular county are tobacco irish potato and cabbage production tor for cash crops and dairy ing and poultry raising tor for livestock the key banker looking for some thing to do to better his community first attempted to procure a county agent but was unable to get the count counti to make the necessary appropriation so he and other leading citizens made up the requisite funds through private subscription among farmers and bast ness men and an agent was employed up until 1926 grain grata was the prin cipal farm production in the county the banker recognized the dis advant ages of this it afforded a low cash income and the landaas land was too hilly and rough for profitable grain raising his ills idea was to introduce cash crops that offered more return per acre and were better fitted to the county it A was do coded that the county shou d stand arbizo on the green mountain potato and to market it in carload lots through hig his bank he the buying ot of a car of certified seed potatoes he likewise bought some high quality tobacco seed and several hundred settings of purebred eggs these supplies were distributed at cost through the banks to the farmers after considerable effort a market tor for dairy products was assured the farmers when in 1928 a national cheele company located a factory there A county appropriation was secured tor for county agent work in 1928 in 1929 the cash crop program re suited in farmers selling 45 worth of milk worth of tobacco abd slid fifty five carloads of potatoes and cab bage mostly through cooperative sales this was some step from the 25 OCO worth of cash crops in 1926 the county agent says and indications are that this amount will ba be doubled |
