The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1913-10-02
AGRICULTURAL NEWS NOTES
Extension Department, College Of Agriculture
Morgantown, West virgiuia
Live Stock Lecture Train

cooperating with the Extensio
Department gof the College @
Agriculture, will run a specis
lecture and demonstration trail
over a number of its lines in tn
northern part of the state. TIL
train will consist of several lee
ture coaches and a car in whicI
to exhibit the specimens Of liv
stock carried for the purpose o
illustrating certain points whicl
the lecturers wish especially q
emphasize.
The train will make four stop
each day usually remaining tw,
and one-half hours. Specia
night meetings will be held in Ia
cal halls at the towns last visitei
each day.
The schedule by days is as fol
lows: Lumberport to New Mar
tinsville, Friendly to William
town, Belleville to Spence
Ravenswood to Ripley, Cairo
West Union, Salem to Flemin, !
ton, Byron to Weston, Roanvile
to Sutton, CASTOR to Philippi.
Institutes Highly Successful
The Farmers Institutes nov
in. session in the various cour-
tries of the state are meeting
with unusual success. The
best institute | ever attended, ?
is the frequent comment of bot
instructors and farmers in a
tendance. One instructor aftir
completing a series of nine H.
stitutes reported the averaie
aily~attendance above $50 aIl
interest running high.
One feature which has beer
very much appreciated in the live
stock section is the practice If
securing a number of specimens
of local live stock and conducting
a scoring and judging contest
during the afternoon of the last
day of the institute. This woill
is done out of doors thus allowing
the ladies to have a separate ses-
sion in the lecture hall.
There has also been a constant
demand for application blanks
carried by the instructors for
farm demonstrations in pruning
and spraying, starting alfalfa,
soy beans, cow peas and clover
testing out the best varieties of
corn, oats and other grains; fer
tilizer trials and other demon
STATIONS of a similar nature to
be carried out on the farmers
own land at the proper season. .
In practically every case the
officers and members of the
local Institutes have requested
that a similar meeting be ar
ranged for their section next
year.
Agricultural Agent for Tyler County
Mr.. M. D.Groves recently re-
Gently received the appointment
as county agricultural agent FOR
Tyler county and at once took up
the duties of his office.
This appointment raises to five
the number of county agents en-
ployed Jointly by the county and
the state and several other coun-
ties are Investigating the propo-
sition with a view to securing
agents for their respective local
tiles. The uniformly good re-
suits that have already been Sc
cured in Ohio. Brooke, Kanawha,
and Wood counties lend encour-
agement to the hope that u
mately every county Of the 10;
may have its own agricultural e
pert who will lead in the oggaul
zation of the agricultural lter
ests and to whom the ind dual
farmer may apply for instruct
ions and advice.
TIE work Of Mr.. Grove will
be conducted in coop alton
with the agricultural high hoo
at the county seat. Middleh rne
and will give an added vaue L
the course given at that p ce.
Agricultural Extension Schools
The schedule for Agriculture
and Home Economies Exl.asi,
schools for the coming writer Us
now being made nm and loJal;f O.