Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1912-05-30
=. THE FARMER ..
e Division of the College Of Agricul-

Division of the College of Agricul-
ture that last year she was induced
to purchase a small spraying outfit
to spray one tree in her yard which
had yielded but few apples in several
years. The neighbors laughed at the
idea, but she kept an accurate &C
count of the cost and increased yield
of the tree, and she cleared $3.50
besides providing surplus for a
family of several members. Figure
the profits on one hundred or more
trees.
A Lady Studies Agriculture.
In the Agronomy Department of
the Agricultural College one lady
is studying. the mechanical analysis
of soils. This work treats soils in
the various methods of determining
physical properties. She is delighted
with the work and expects to take
the summer course in agriculture at
the University. Next year she expects
to be teacher in the public schools,
and surely she will be of greater
benefit to any rural community, hav-
ing made a study of these things.
A Minister Helping With Rural
Problems.
At Sherrard, West Virginia, a young
minister, together with other pro-
gressive men, has formed a Y. M.
C. A., which now has 80 members
and it Is doing many things that
mean much towards rural progress.
A representative of the Extension
Division of the College of Agriculture
recently visited this organization at
a public meeting and found about
200 farmers and their sons present
to hear discussed some of the ad-
vanced agricultural methods. This
Y. M. C. A. has a club room and an
other room fitted up with games. A
base ball team has. been organized
and the. minister plays with the
young men. He says it is not diff
cult now. to get the young men to
attend the church services on the
Sabbath. What a great opportunity
the rural minister has to help solve
many rural problems and at the
same time build up large and
strong church membership.
The Coming Farmers.
Thirty-two counties of the state
Agricultural Clubs. 1t required Al
mail bags to hold the seed corn and
literature on corn culture, which was.
sent to the boys and girls by the
Agricultural Extension Division of
the College of Agriculture. 100 girls
will grow tomatoes. The total en-
rollment at present is 45O8, and it is
increasing each day. This is one of
the best ways of keeping boys and
girls on the farm.
Agricultural Demonstration Fields.
Demonstration fields to test the
value of different kinds of fertilizers
and different varieties Of corn are
being conducted by the Agricultural
Extension Division of the College of
Agriculture in several counties of3the
state.
One hundred and eighteen demon
STATIONS have been given this spring
in pruning and spraying and a few
orchards are being planted and SUI
pervised, thus bringing practical and
scientific work to the farmers door.
A New Corn Planter.
Twenty acres of ensilage corn are
being planted by the Agronomy De-
partment of the College of Agricul-
ture by the use of a two-horse corn
planter, which has wire check-rower
by which the corn is dropped into
hills the same distance apart each
way. The Department is also con-
Quoting many plat experiments of
corn.
Care Of A Dairy and Hog Feeding.
Where may l get literature on
dairying and the feeding of hogs?-I
". s.
The following bulletins fully ex-
plain the dairy and hog feeding and
may be secured free of charge by
writing the o. s. Dept of Agriculture,
Division of Publication, Washington,
D. G..
Farmers Bulletins Nos. %. All.
s7s. 1O6. 1855. $40. 41s, ITO and 5.