The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-08-03
FARMERS BUREAU
Leavenworth County Has .
Most Successful One.
It Was the First To Be Organ
ICED In Kansas.
Farm AGENTS PAY well
Every County in the State
Should Have One.
T. A. Borman Presents and
Solves . vital Problem.

Leavenworth county farmers are
most progT essive men in the pursuit Of
the important calling that they follow.
They are willing to learn. Old FASH
Toned methods OF agriculture are not
a fetish with them simply because they
are old. and that they were good
enough to provide some kind of q liv-
ing for their fathers ON the job. They
have no prejudice against the newer
methods CT agriculture for a no better
reason than they have been conceived
in theory. Not only are they willing
to learn, but they have established the
means Of obtaining information at
first hand. Further than that. they
have had the requisite courage to
practice the theories OF scientific
agriculture. and with gratifying and
profitable results.
These farmers in Leavenworth coun-
ty were the first in the state to organ
ize q Farmers Bureau, and engage
the services OF a Farm Agent, or adj
wiser. This organization is beginning
the third year OF its existence. Its
permauence seems assured. And right
here 1t might be pertinent to state that
the farseeing business men OF Leaven-
worth city have assisted materially In
the creation and maintenance OF this
bureau with generous contributions
for its support. Under present cond1-
lions, private subscriptions are neces-
sary to provide the funds for such a
bureau in Kansas. For while such q
bureau is conducted under the direc-
ton Of the State Agricultural college.
the latter can give 1t only small finan-
cial aid from the funds that are ap-
portioned to the several states by the
federal government for the purposes
stration work on the part OF the aKrf-
cultural colleges. The dues of q mem-
Der Of a bureau are merely nominal,
those for the ensuing year In the Leav-
having been fixed att So. And as a
farm agents salary il $1,000 year or
SO, and his travelling expenses and
those Of his office are considerable.
the difference OF necessity must be
met with public-spirtted generosity.
Leavenworth. apparently. has large
chunks Of this desirable commodity.
What . Farm League Can Do.
At least one hun 1red farmers in a
county must agree to join before q
bureau can be organized. The Leav-
enworth bureau has had a. high q
membership as 1913. 1t Is not quite
that many now, but an effort 10 going
to be made to increase. the present
roster. There Is little doubt7 about its
success for the members OF the club
are rightly enthusiastic over its ac-
compliments and possibilities. and
among its officers are p. H. Gilman. a
farmer who has combined the theories
and. practices Of agriculture with
marked triumphs, and who, on the
side, is an alb representative Of Leav-
enworth county in tho Kansas house,
and Albert Wulfekuhler. one OF the
family OF Leavenworth's prominent
bankers OF that name. Mr.. Gilman is
president. Mr.. Wulfekuhler ID secre-
tary. And tho hub in tho wheel of
the organization is p. H. Ross. a man
firod with enthusiasm over his work
and opportunities, and ono of those
mixers who makes friends with every
body. 1e was a practical farmer In
Jewell county before he studied the
science OF agriculture at the State
Agricultural college. And his abilities
| for the place and the real work Of
value that such a bureau can accom-
plish can be told Of in no better way
than by reciting some o. the things
members of the bureau and Mr.. Ross.
working together.
| LeAvenworth has been settled and
| farmed as long as any county in Kan
sas longer than most Of them. Some
OF the land has been worn out Wheat.
especially. had begun to do poorly.
Ten bushels an acre was the best that
some Of the fields would produce. The
straw was 50 short 1t was almost inn
| possible to cut the wheat with q reap
er. Mr.. Ross suggested that some
experiments be tried in enriching the
soil with CIV peas. planting them in
the spring and blowing them under
in the fall Several members of the
club did this on an acre or 80 Of their
wheat lands. And on land SO renour-
ished the wheat production was dou-
bled. So satisfactory was this expert
ment that many of the farmers seeded
big patches OF their land the next
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