Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1913-08-02
THE UNIVERSITY
Extens on Department Of the College
Of Agriculture D5Ino Much
Work

Work.
FIFTY 90 more canning demanstia
items wll be held ia the SIX counties
d The State where the girls are or
gan red INTO gnrden and cannlns
clubs This work was started Ii an
experimental way last year ana IN
meaiately met with the approval II
che rural boys and girls, Those claps
are entirely distinct from the corn
clubs and have only begun to cover
the state but already number a9S
members III the siS counties organlx
ed
nrng the next monte girls insti
tutes VIII be held Ia The sections
where canning clubs are organized
and preliminary arrangements will be
made for the canning demonstrations
which are 10 follow al later date, AZ
these Institutes the young people
will be gwen an opportunity e.
tell how they are growing their one
tenth acre Of tomatoes and what sue
cess they are having. Picnic dinners
viii be the feature o. the MONDAY
sessions after which the instructor
from the Agricultural Extension De
partment win give explicit directions
FOR the selection, preparation aud can
ming Of tomatoes aud other fruits and
vegetables.
" facilities and time wiz permit d
demonstration on tho canning Of such
vegetables as boans and heets VIII be
given The club rules require each
member to can a portion Of lie crop
grown. II is hoped that this feature
Of the work viii PROVE TO be a power
ful factor III the prevention Of waste
Of food products on the farm and in
the home
Diversified Farms.
1T seems to be generally true that
the small farm, say Is TO 80 acres
whore diversified general farming ii
followed, represents the least profit
able type Of agriculture SAYS Prof
@. NJ. Johnson OF the w Va. College
Of Agriculture, after number Of
weeks spent III making detailed
survey Of farm conditions in several
sections Of the State Whereeye
small farms Of the size mentioned
are being prohtably operated lnves
tigation Will nearly always show TINT
some specialized form Of agriculture
is being followed either trucking
dairying, tobacco growing fruit grow
ing. poultry raising or some similar
line Whore small, diversified farm
ing Is followed the farmer's enersios
and skill are likewise diversified aud
scattered and little ability is acquired
along any particular llne II dlyersi
fed farming is 70 be probably car
ried out 1t must be done on sun
cietly large scale to occupy The far
.mers entire time and must be Wen
enough financed TO be able to utilize
machine methods.
Rural People Read Papers.
Merely as an indication Of how tx
tensively rural people Of the state
read the papers and how readily. the
Agricultural Extension Department
at Morgantown announces that i'm.
mediately following their notice in
the newspapers Of the state TO the
effect that aid would be given in start
ing alfalfa fields, requests began toI
come in with the first malls and have
steadily increased since. OF course
Il VIII be impossible to send out tbs
nocuiatcd, fertilzed soil aud seed to
all the applicants or to make visits
to the very large number who con
template sowing larger fields bat The
department Is doing everything that
Its funds will allow In this direction
at the present time and hopes to be
o. service to the disappointed appii
cants IN other ways,
Aid Country Churches.
Tie conference on THE Country
Church and Community Life held al
the summer school at Morgantown
under the direction Of the Agracul
tural College, at the close Of dis.
cussions and invest cations lasting
throughout two entire days. drafted
the following resolutions indicating
their position on this most important
question:
Whereas Il has become evident to-
the members OF the Rural LIFE Con
ference at the West Virginia Uniyer
sity assembled, that more than 10 per
cent Of the people Of our state are liv
ing in rural communities ana