West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1909-11-18
NUMBER 4
GOOD ExHlelr at HgRHINc.
Tr'Ees for Corn Growing Awarded az
Farmers Institute.

N' So'n SroWtno Awarded at
Farmers Institute.
A farmers institute was held at Her.
ring ON Friday and Saturday, November
o-o' Charles McIntir,, superintendent Of
institutes, and S. w. Moore, state po-
mologist, wcrc present and conducted tho
meetings.
Nh. Mclntirc comes TO us from tho
corn belt where he makes speciality of
brccding milking shorthorn cattle. He
gave some very interesting talks on stock
brcding and feeding and soil building.
MIR. Moore owns and carcs for ono of
the largest and best apple orchards in this
state lie gave some very good talks ON
fruit growing. He began with 'Buyinc
Nursery Stock" and in several short ad.
drcssesh he covered the ground" TO Gath
ering and Marketing tho Fruit"
lie exhibited some very fine apples
grown in his orchards In Mason county.
and also few Waldower or Fallawater
apples grown by j, Il. Graham, of Her
ring These latter, he said, were tho
equal in size and perfection of any he
could produce, and much better In color.
Ills orchards were sprayed Eve or six
times, while Mr.. Graham's orchard was
not sprayed at all.
MIR. Moore urges fruit growing in Pres
ton county. He says the Herring coun-
try is nm ideal section and gave as proof,
the woods are full of wild fruit and ap-
pies grow spontaneously" He further
says: THE late frosts are not more deadly
to the apple bloom than they were twenty
tivc years ago when your trees bore nearly
every year, but starvation, or disease or
both, have reduced the vitality of the
trees that the sickly bloom produced can
not withstand the rigors of the climate.
Glenn mp and feed up and you will be
amply rewarded with luscious fruit"
Saturday afternoon WINS mostly taken
mp with corn show. This feature OF the
institute was not decided upon till Wed.
ncsday, and though the wife and mother
in one family was dead and the husband
and father in another family lay danger
ously Ill, keeping the friends away from
the institute, and despite the fact the rain
poured down nearly all day, yet the
church mt Herring was pretty we'll filed
and 200 golden ears were upon exhibition.
Fifty of these ears had been shown at
Kingwood and some had been awarded
prizes there.
MIR. Mclntirc has won quite rcputa-
ton as n corn judge in his own state
Ohio-nnd he was prevailed upon 10
award the prizes. He did 30 without
knowing the name OF single exhibitor.
After the prizes were awarded he gave an
interesting talk upon corn judging, using
the corn upon exhibition 20 illustrate his
meanings. His decisions were somewhat
at variance TO those oflProf. Atkcson, but
this can be accounted for by the fact that
Prof. Atkcson was called 10 Kingwood to
Judge Reid's Yellow Dent, while Mr.. Nc
lntire was requested TO judge the best
corn in Preston county. In histalk esaid:
'Reid's Yellow Dent is the most popu-
lar corn grown in the corn belt, but il re-
quires both deep, rich soi and good,
even climate, both of which arc deficient
in Preston county. / cannot give prizes
TO corn whose exhibits are immature"
He laid special stress upon the points
gwen in the score card upon adaptability.
The following prizes were awarded for
ten best ears, any variety:
First prize, $3-J. B. Graham, White
Cap Dent.
Second prize. $2-J. E. Radabaugh,
Early Leaning.
Third prize, $l-Paul Carroll, Reid's
Yellow Dent.
Fourth prize, Sl--Frank McAiillen,
Rcid's Yellow Dent.
Fifth prize, SIN. j. McMillen, White
Dent
Sweepstakes prizes on beet single ears
First prize, $2--Paul Carroll, Reid 3 Yel-
low Dent.
Second prize, $l-PauI Carroll, Reid's
Yellow Dent.
Third prize, Sl-J. w. Higgins, Early
Leaning.
Fourth prize, $l--N.J. McMien, Reid's
Yellow Dent.
All exhibits were good, but Wayne Ra-
dabaugh, Ernest Radabaugh, Frank Cal
vert, and Earl Field deserve special men
ton, although there were no premiums
10 give. III. d. CARROLL, Secretary.