The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-09-14
CANNING CLUBS IN
HENR|CO COUNTY
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those who Know thell business than
ever before. And more money is be-
| irE made on farms than at almost any
, other occupation with equal amount of
capital invested. whore the farmer
uses intelligent and up-to-dat
methods.
He dcplored the system of the farmer
buying hay for his stock. There is
no reason. he said. why every farmer
should not grow enough forage. i'm
stead OF spending what money hc gets
for other produce, to bring home a few
bales of high priced hay
lie told of the capabilities Of the
lnnd II farmed in the right way by
intensive methods; of the three great
Clements lacking in all worn soils
lime, humus. phosphoric acid--and how
the phosphates can be obtained
He told of n field OF seventy acres of
oats yielding 1000 bushels this
season. and of growing three and q
half tons of good hay and five tons
of alfalfa TO an acre.
lie referred to question put to him
by the owner of 4 very poor field within
sight. How many years will it take
before one hundred bushels of corn per
acre could be raised on that poor old
field yondcr that would not to-day
bring five bushels per acre." IF the
process of land building is taken up,
lining and some phosphate to get the
green crops to turn under In order to
get supply of humus in the soil, and
th's continued for three years. ono hun
dred bushels could be grown per acre
at the end of that time"
beginning ut the beginning.
Continuing. Mr.. Sandy said: The
farm is machine: get the land UP first:
live in a log cabin. If necessary. till
that is done; then YOU will be able to
build such house as YOU want from
the products of the farm
When the boy begins to grow his
acre of corn, according to Instructions
the farmer wants him to work it his
way, but after the boy has made n fine
crop or two. the father nearly ALWAYS
adopts the boys methods In this wav
we reach the farmer.
IN one of the poor counties where
nay growing was almost unknown be-
lore. more than 1900 acres of grass
We're grown this season by our agents
instructions. and in the same county
five tons of alfalfa were cut where Il
was thought this crop could not be
grown at all" l regret that the space
ailoWcd me VIII not permit of more of
MY Sandy's instructive lecture: also
mat cannot reproduce it as he de-
livered it,
Miss Agnew. who next took the noor
ana spoke well. made an earnest and
instructive address, giving an account
or the girls work OF canning nre
serving. poultry keeping, etc, through
out the state
She told Of the number of cans OF
tomatoes some had put up. all from
one-tcnth of m acre what they SOLD
Tor sometimes almost double the prico
The factory pack Will bring. because
OF the care and cleanliness used In
preparing them
She read from some of the girls.
BOOKS showing how correctly they had
nccn taught to keep account OF every
item also showing profit for their
work that is encouraging
coed Woman Speaks
This is the third year among tho
girls. she said Conditions arc
changing. and we have to change with
them and advance with the pro-re.s
of the times.
DIR. knapp" she said, 'had realized
and Impressed Ipon the agents for the
girls at the beginning OF this work.
mat more than half the problem woul.i
DC IN tr2ining the girls in actually
making and maintaining n home "
Miss Agncw dwclt Oh this ana the
need Tor girls lea rning and knowin..
me purchasing rowel of money. com
parativc values of all household ncccs-
Sitics ana spending to the best ac.vant-
age
'''i' NtiN SNllli ullN connected this
with the girls work, to enable and as
sist them to acquire money of their
own from what they had grown anG
made ready for market. In carcfull.;
| spending the comparatively small
amount Of her own earnings girl
would surely learn how to take caro-
OF ana disbursc the larger sums placed
IN hcr care If she were ri"cu charge
of household How could :, p,rI hc
| n 7,
t"diciously if she never had any n,oney
10 spend How can She he wise IN her
generation If she has ncvc, ,,.cn
tanght?' Shc believes the hest wov
TO teach country girl to keen house
! is &c make her do ii
Garden Work md How
How garden work should he done.
| ways neglected and usually falls to
| tho women. who realize more than
! men do it's value i'm the economy OF
! the household. She may hire as much
/ as she can afford.
| Miss ARn"w brought tears to many
/ eyes when she spoke of the disappoint-
( ment of nearly al girls who went
/ from the country to the cities in re-
/ sronsc 10 advertisements Offering
/ what seemed to he large wages for
work when they found how much II
] cost just for the food that had always
added 10 this they must have suitable
clothes pay for lodging and all the
/ other needs. they find the seemingly
large wages would not be enough to
pay for all.
Tho pity is that so few realize the
| possibilities ana opportunities within
their grasp in the country or what
] they arc leaving
Nor do they comprehend the diff
cuitics. privations and dangers OF the
great city.
Joseph w. Kingborn who is
poultry specialist in connection win
! TINS work. then made an instructive
snort address on poultry Keeping and
I chicken raising.
He told of the best methods of
! Matching ana raising young chicks
/ wi'h hens, combining each mother hen
! IN II coop, while the chicks have lib
\ cry 70 run out and in at pleasure lie
/ SAID this has been found to be a better
/ way IMAM allowing the chicks to fol
/ low the hen on the free range plan.