Mr. Samuel M. Day was a county agent for the Coosa-Tallapoosa Counties Extension Service. He began work wth the Alabama Cooperative Extension Service in 1910. From that date through 1939 he served as County Agent or Assistant County Agent for Coosa, Tallapoosa, and West Tallapoosa Counties. During his years as County Agent Mr. Day encouraged farmers to increase farm production through various programs including: seed selection, poisioning and fertilization, terracing, and drainage. He worked with 4-H boys in a program called "one boy, one acre, one bale of cotton" which resulted in increased cotton production for those involved in the program.