Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1913-10-11

County AsricuisuraI Field Day.


Iieve IN applying business principles TO
the management Of their county farm.
Acting up this idea, experts from the
College Of Agriculture we're recently
called 70 the farm near the county
seat, Elizabeth, to investigate the
present condition OF the farm, to in.
spect the prevalent farm practices
and 20 recommend any Improvement
which heir observation might sug-
gest The tour Of inspection COX the
form Of field day to which all the
taxpayers of Tee county were inyit-
ed and regardless Of the Indictment
weather more than one hundred OBJ
servers were present Professor o.
VI. Johnson Of the farm management
department, and 6. r Titlow, diree-
tor Of agricultural extension. conduct
ed the party from point to point over
the farm noting the necessity of
drainage here and the requirement
Of lime there, pointing out the adj
vantage TO be gained by substituting
alfalfa for a weedy grass crop oecu-
plying fine stretch Of second bot
tom, commenting the use OF COW
peas in renewing the fertility n a
badly depleted hillside. and touching
various points in like manner
At noon big dinner was served
following which the group repaired
to the court house where detailed
discussion OF the various points not
ed on the trip, was taken up. Much
local interest was shown and a move
ment was started to purchase drain
tile and place certain waste portions
OF the farms on a permanent paying
basis.
Boys and Girls Club Work
The season for special activity
among the members Of the boys and
girls clubs is now at its height,
The tomato canning and bread bak-
ing contests conducted by Sadie r.
Guseman are being carried on in six
counties usually in connection with
the corn and vegetable shows under
the direction of VIM H. Kendrick
These corn shows will be held in
most Of the counties of the state and
some very attractive prizes are offer
ed, In number Of counties one Of
these prizes consists of a free trip
to the prize winners course to be-
given at the College Of Agriculture
at Morgantown this wlnier. The
climax c. the club exhibits will be
reached when the winners at the
county shows compete for the prizes
at the State Corr Show, held
at Morgantown January 14th, 18th,
and 10th 1914 The first prize for
the bows contest at this show will be
a free trip to Washington, . G..
More than $500 boys and girls in
the state of West Virginia were en-
rolled in the agricultural clubs this
year. Although the canning club
work was started only last year more
than 80 girls enrolled in the six
counties where organizations were
this summer
Winter Protection for Young Trees
MANY farmers and orchardists
suffer unnecessary losses every win
ter by injury done to young trees by
mice. rabbits and other rodents" said
Prof. e. c. Aueheter, of the College
of Agriculture, West Virginia Univer-
sity, in speaking of the preparations
for winter which should be made in
the orchard Simple protectors made
of any thin material like heavy wrap
ping paper or veneer wood, when
placed around the trunk of the tree
and pressed firmly into the ground
will prevent all trouble of this kind
in the great mapority Of cases and
are so inexpensive that one cannot
afford to take chances on injury
W HltA may MIL lliC llE0 anu 4CAAtA
futile the care given during the prev
ious half dozen years.
Horticulture Making Rapid Strides
1t is safe to say that but few PEG
Pile realize the extent to which the
fruit dustry is developed in West
Virginia. In the popular mind the
Northwest is probably thought of as
the great production center. The
state of Washington is rs times as
large in area as West Virginia; Idaho
3.5 times; Oregon 80 times; and
six times, yet according {
the 1910 census, West Virginia had
more bearing trees than the combined
number in Montana, Idaho, Wyoming
and Colorado; as many as the State
of Washington and twice the number
OF Oregon.
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