The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1912-11-26
AGRICULTURAL. NEWS NOTES
[3sraticn via liz Extension Division OF
- COILS: c. agriculture, Eo:gan.own.
81 CCND ANNUAL FRUIT SHOW AT
TIE COLLEGE,

/ 81 CoND ANNUAL FRUIT SHOW Al
TIE COLLEGE
| The College Of Agriculture viii
hold It's second Annual Fruit Show
December z 1912, in the Armo-
Try on the University Campus.
Morgantown, VIVA. The exhibit
this year promises to be one OF
the best ever held in the st te.
fruit from nearly every county
in the State will be shown and Sc
Yeral other states, including New
York, Pennsylvania, Washington
and Idaho will Sc nd exhibits.
The Monorgalia County Horti-
ci'tarai Society will hold It's An
nuai Exhibition in connection
with the College Show, as will
also the Boys and Girls County
Corn Club. A Farmers Corn
Show will be held at the same
date ia the same place.
VIII Your county be represent
cd az these Shows? If you have
some good apples this year select
zen o" twelve of the finest spcci-
mems Of each variety, and ship
them By express, collect, 10 Prof.
". II. Alderman, College Of Ag-
ricuiture, M3rRantown, w. Va.
and If you have some good corn,
send ten ears of it to Prof. l. s.
Cook, az the same place. Let
TAG people ct the College and in
Mocongalia County know wh+t
KIND Of fruit and corn yen :ye
raising. Absolutely no exp =.
need be incurred by the ExLi3;,~
or.
A man Of Kanawha County
recently ted q member Of the
Agricultural College at Morgan
toVr, that this year he had lost
10 !e.ss $500 on three acres Of
corn due to the fact that he sent
away for seed and the corn was
not 23apted to his climate orsoil;
;hCr fore has not matured. An
81 e. man from Monougalia
C,~aty who sect aw3y for seed
to one OF the scout orn states had
at the first frost corn that was at
least ten feet high but had
scarcely an ear Of matured corn
on it. Farmers should select
seed from their own corn and
hang it in some place where it
will fully dry before freezing
weather. it means a greater
yield and greater profit for the
farmer. Do not be deceived by
getting foreign seed corn.
COUNTRY GIRLS ENTERTAINED BY
CITY COUSINS
At New Martinsville on Oct.
26th the Wetzel County Corn &
Tomato Show was held 100
boys exhibited corn and 50 girls
exhibited tomatoes. The 9Th
grade pupils and their teacher,
Miss Gibbons, served free din
ner to all these boys and girls
together with their fathers and
mothers. Large prizes were Civ
en- to the best samples of corn
and the best tomatoes. The girl
members Of these clubs have
cleared from $500 to 1925. 90 on
their tomato plots this year; and
have manifested great interest
| in doing more another year.
enc girl ten years old, received a
canning outfit IS the best prize.
One boy, who is q member Of this
club, has canned III cans for
market and 5 bushels for home
use. Miss Sadie Gusemon Of the
Agricultural College at Morgan
town has charge Of the tomato
! v,c,,l- Che - ,,I,,~v,;,,c. r,otL.
year to carry this work on in sey-
eral more counties where the
proper interest," is manifested by
the local people.
CORN SHOW
128 boys Of Wood county came
to Parker5blrg on October 18th
to exhibit the best ten ears OF
corn from their corn plots. Phi
/ YES we're given to the amount Of