The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1913-05-26
AGRICULTURAL HINTS FOR
THE UP TO DATE FARMER

| tive plan somewhat similar to that Of
fered BY the United States govern
ment In connection with the Morgan
and Saddle stations sent 10 West vir-
ginia.
These animals are being assembled
AT Levisburg. Greenbrier county. and
/ from there vii be distributed over the
bluegrass counties OF the state. One
. or more will no doubt be sent to the
experiment station farm.
The thoroughbred horse owes its
/ hneness OF finish largely 70 its Ara.
bian blood and much the same results
can be obtained by crossing the Ara
bian and some OF the heavier breeds
now commonly found in this state
Many OF the finest saddle horses arc
the product OF this kind OF parentage
West Virginia Fruit Hard Hi.
On the 10th Of April a cold wave
swept over the entire State. doing
great damage 10 fruit in most sec
, tions. Following are some statements
received by l. F. Sutton. secretary
State Horticultural Society. concern.
ing the damage caused by the freeze
of that date:
"Letart. May 11-Apples. one-half
crop; small fruits all killed"
Grape Island. April lO.-AppIes all
killed except some close TO river"
Grafton. April 1l.-Fruit is all
killed"
"Snepherdstown. May S-One- fourth
, 81 apples. all peaches. pears and cher
ries were killed by the freeze OF April
10Th"
ROmney. May 12-York Imperial an
pies dropping since freeze of April
GerardstoWn. May 1O.-Yorks. Bald.
wins. Black Twigs all dead. Grimes
Golden, Ninesap. Stayman. one fourth
crop. Northwestern Greening. Ouch
as sand Yellow Transparent. a full
crop"
'keyser. May 1l.-Just finished
spraying and will not have enough
irult TO pay for the material"
Martinsburg. May lO-Yorks sui.
Tered most Rem Davis. one-fourth
crop. Pears all gone Cherries are
Few. and peaches a partial crop"
Morgantown. May 13.-Fruit about
all dead
Again on May II and - the mercu.
~ dropped below freezing and the
iruit crop received another severe
DION. From reports so far. az least
go per cent of the fruit of the state
seems To have been destroyed by the
TWO cold waves
Farm Boys and Girls Doing Club Work
Inc Agricultural Extension Eepart.
mtnt OF the State University. co-oper-
atlng with the T.. = Department of Az.
ricultur". has created great interest
among the boys and girls o. the state
along agricultural and home econom.
ics lines. Forty-fiye counties of IN.
state are represented In Agricultural
cum work. Al OF these counties have
corn contests. twelve have potato con
tests. and SiN have garden and can
hlnG contests SiX OF the larger CITIES
OF tho stat" have vegetable Garden
contests Tor IN" city boys and girls.
Mr J.. ". Sheets. assistant m
'hdrs" Of this club work. reports thai
90 all tt"rr or" about 700 bows and
GifiS 10 fh" club. Three hundred bovs
~" growing on" acre ~ corn each.
'''' tir.S on'-'cnth acre of tomatoes
'a'h and 81" hosS are growing one.
'IEhth acr" %! potatoes each The l5uI
garden contestants each have a gar
den oi about on"-siVtiofh acre IN SIZE.
%" agricultural extension depart
mont furnished rho corn 10 the one
twentieth acre contestants Each con
's'ant received neat Package con
tanning 20" seed corn. with bulletins
ana circulars. fu.i Information and .u-
~'rucf.ons FOR planting. cultivation.
ri' IE" contestants fur acr. prcduc-
iIoI furnished their oou seed corn.
90. d.1 thr potato contestants also. but
cob received personal Instructions a.,
30 INST how H" should proceed with Tho
Worn. Tomato seed was furnished 3D."
girls in 3D." rardeu and canning con.