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THE COUNTY AGENT. Marketing aa Well as Production Within Agent's Field of Service. The county agricultural agent is a public official whose business it is to make available in practical form the knowledge of agricultural science as developed in the state experiment stations, the United States Department of Agricultural and the results of the best farm practice. He is expected to show by field demonstrations, publications and otherwise, the application of such knowledge to local farm conditions. The advantage of impr. ved farm practices as demonstrated on the most successful farm in the county where awnt. is emDloved are called to the attention of farmers in his territory. With these demonstrations before them, individual farmers are able Taste is a matter of tobacco quality We state it as our honest belief that the tobaccos used in Chesterfield are of finer quality (and hence of better taste) than in any other cigarette at the price. ( Ligt'U & Myers Tobacco Co. "J ^ MS ( * Lit wcr Prices : ) now 18c iJ now 9c (Two 10'*?18c) & * t ???????wmam?? II01 th: pli 3e la pa pu ha I TH1 soil management and building, to the i jontrol of plant disease and insect j jests, to the introduction of better J varieties of farm crops, and to im-j jrovement in methods of feeding,! jreeding, and care of farm animals, j rhe economic management of the j 'arm as a whole to yield the largest j let returns, the study of systems of j marketing local farm products, ad- j .'ice on the purchase of farm supplies,1 :o-operatively and otherwise, are1 )road phases of his diversified work, j While the county agent's position j ind duties make him the leader in igricultural matters, he can. not fair-1 y be expected to be an expert on all | igricultural subjects. He should have ! i sufficient general knowledge to ad- j rise on the leading questions, and he i should know on what specialist to all for help on technical or difficult iroblems that may arise. Those in charge of co-operative ex i -t h to determine intelligently the extent i to which they will apply the lessons < of the demonstrations conducted by j the agent. i The county agent is an officer of ] the state college of agriculture and 1 the United States Department of ' Agriculture. He may also be em- 1 ployed in co-cperation with the coun- i ty government or the county farm- i ers' organization contributing to his i support and aiding in his work. He < is not, however, expected to act as 1 the business agent of farmers in carrying on commercial transactions. s He is not in any sense a hired man, t operating the farmer's own farm en- 1 terprises. i The subject on which the county i agent may give demonstrations or > advices are as varied as the needs of s the farm population in his county. < It is his duty to demon trate the \ application of agricultural science to ^ucsici CIGARET of Turkish and Domestic r< 'ih ir Ne Are you at printed es?for 19! d to hand nd a com] pers and rpose. Send n< ^ JL JL V? V? * ndle it p nsistent \ od materi E CC \ \ ? field TES obaccos?blended ii i i rrrrrmxrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrfT w Y< [ ready to matter? 22? If so, % > le vonr ( plete asso envelop* s your o >romptly vith gooc als. ^ mmmm mtm mm mmmk )UN I tension work, both in the United j States Department of Agriculture and the agricultural colleges, believe that the agents should assist the farmers of the county with every problem connected with their business, from the preparation of the soil to the marketing of his products. It is natural for the farmers to look to the agent as their agricultural adviser and leader in marketing as well as production and to expect him to give them information on questions of harvesting, grading, and packing. For the past wo years the marketing problem has been the most vital one to all branches of agriculture. It is believed that it is legitimate and proper for the agent to encourage co-operative marketing, to obtain information as to what product? should be worth, where the best markets may be found, and how these markets mav be reached at the least ex pense to the producer.?Dr. A. C. True, Director, States Relation Service. o The Harmless, Useful Toad. The toad must catch his own meals. He scorns dead food. He must see it move to be sure it has not ^pped I Williamsbi i C 1 NOW HH Alaska English Peas for tru pM Special price on large quantiti M @ hn Woods white, yellow and rec y Main grown Irish Cobble! vj All rarities of garden se Jd Chicken scratch @ Oyster shell @ B3 * Chick food (mash) @ pjj Laying mash @ CM Shamrock Dairy feed @ rtj R. S. Dairy feed @ HH I'have on hand all variti W Improved Gold Leaf, Adcock, . @ 35c an ounce. $ ii Fulghum, $1.10 per bu.; AppI ffi jar's place yoi Stationer , we are i 3rder. W rtment of ss suitab rder now and our 1 workmi B t r tot beyond the possibilities of a conented toad. And he asks no favors, ot^even shelter when wintry storms weep the fields bare of the vegetaion that affords him provender. He rill provide himself with a winter urrow just as easily as he hides unler a damp stone or mouldy log from he glare of summer days. The old uperstition that toads are poisonous ias vanished before scientific reearch, just like many mother dismal /j ihim possessed by unenlightened i?> ninds. They cannot live under waer, although their five-toed Rind feet re partly webbed.?From Dumb Aninals. >as o A small shipment of wheat just nar. rrived. Get yours while it lasts. , Williamsburg Dist. Co. " mTypewriter Supplies. Users of Typewriters will flrd a ull stock of ribbons, corbon paper, econd sheets and typewriters paper it The County Record Office. tf. >66 quickly relieves a cold. ??????????????????? Send us your order for Job Printng. We only do the best work. Subscribe now for The Record. ~ > ? the bonds of life and begun to spoil, n In a day and a night he captures enough to stuff ty's stomach full four n times, although if he had to he could s exist without eating longer than any other creature. He eats caterpillars, * moths, weevils, snails, bugs, worms, spiders, beetles, grasshoppers, crickets, many kinds of winged insects, ' even wasps, and innumerable other ? noxious pests, and in six months he will put twenty thousand of them s where they can harm no man's gar- v den. Reckoning on every one of these n working a mill's worth of harm to Jb somebody's crop, one toad prevents ja twenty dollars worth of injury, and jn we know that one mill is a low value | to set upon such individual damage, j In some countries toads sell to gar-1 a deners up to $15 a head, and are 1 shielded from prowling scavengers the same as any domestic stock. A toad that adopts you and your garden and makes his home in your f dooryard has claim on your protec- s tion His homing instinct is strong, a and you may count on his clinging to ( life?and your premises?at least for ?a decade unless he is stoned to death, and the chances are he will outlive i you, for a generation as we reckon human life, or even forty years, is irg Distributing J. THOMPSON, Manager, HAVE ON H ck and garden @ ies Black Valentine Beans, only a few 1 Onion sets @ ? , a very fine grade of seed for trucke ed at attractive prices. FOR THE CHICKENS FOR THE COWS es of tobacco seed such as C. K. Eaddy Improved Yellow Oronoka, Improved 1 SEED OATS er, $1.00 per bu.; Texas R. P., 85c per Printi i /'x /^1 /x ? f / XI UIUC1 11 y and Suj ivell equi] Tt have o high grac ie for an . We ca prices ai anship an [ECO \ ( Company g g V IND: 1.1 15c per lb. ffl. I bushels unsold W $9.00 per bu. LJJ 4 20c per qt. Hj< 9 irs and garden planting:. W vj $ 2.35 per hundred lbs. Lu ? 1.30 per hundred lbs. 4 Kj * 2.75 per hundred lbs. Wj 3.75 per hundred lbs. ET2 R $ 2.50 per hwt. ?1 2.25 per hwt. ga 's Improved Warne, Woods, BH White Stem Oronoko, etc., W Is 4 bu.; Burt Oats, 85c per bu. Eu ^ ng! I ; )r i| I >n ill $ in i| id i|| ' RD J .