West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1914-07-23
AGRICULTURAL NEWS NOTES
Large Staff OF Lecturers tor the
Farmers Institutes Has Been Sc
eurod-Moro County Agents Seeur-
cd-Asrieulture Now fought by Mail


five percent of the counties will bc visited
and in some of the counties best adapted
to agriculture, three or four institutes
will he held. In order To cover this
schedule of institutes before bad weather
sets IN, n staff OF lecturers consisting of
thirty men and eight women il employed.
Many of this number, however, lecture at
only short series OF Institutes and only
ten or twelve are employed at any one
time.
Many local institutes are arranging TO
have exhibits and judging contests i'm
connection with the regular sessions and
the big picnic dinner always takes n
prominent place.
This is the second year that the insti-
tutes have been conducted through the
Extension Department of the College of
Agriculture, West Virginia University
and tins plan seems to be working we'll
more Institutes were conducted last year
with greater attendance and nc less
expenditure of money than has been the
rule heretofore.
MORE COUNTY AGENTS
The demand for county agents through.
out West Virginia continues to exceed
the supply. Three moro men have recent
" been assigned To counties and have
taken up active work. Two of these
men, Mr.. q. S. Musgrovc and Mr.. ID. II.
Dodd, received their training mt the
West Virginia College of Agriculture and
the third man, Mr.. +. NJ. Footc comes
from Wisconsin. Mr. Musgrovc will loo
located in Marshall county, Mr.. Dodd i'm
Clay county, and Mr.. Foote i'm Raleigh
county.
These recent appointments raise the
number of county accntsno actively en-
gagged in West Virginia 10 n total OF
twenty-one. MIR. Nat T. Frame, State
Agent, states that several other counties
will probably bc added to this list before
long.
The agents of the southern counties
met recently mt Huntington for the pur-
pose OF studying farm management as
applied to their local problems. Several
farms were visited and each agent de-
veloped and outlined plan OF rc-arrange-
mcnt and management winch would very
materially increase the profits 10 be de-
rived from that farm. This is IA very inn
portant part OF the county agents work.
A similar meeting will be held at Wheel
ing, during the latter part OF July, for
the agents of the northern and eastern
counties
TREATING AILMENTS or FARM ANIMALS
"Some Common Ailments oE the Horse
and Cow is the title Of a West Virginia
Farm Bulletin recently issued by the
Extension Department Of the College of
Agriculture. In this bulletin. DIR. @. A.
Lucder gives, first, brief description Of
causes and symptoms which will enable
any farmer or stockman so recognize the
particular ailments in question, and,
second, course of treatment which will
effect cure or at least temporary relief
until veterinarian can be secured.
The ailments described include collie.
moon blindness, spavins, ring-bone, cuts
and wounds, founder, milk fever, con-
taeious sore eyes, dry murrain, foot rot,
lump jaw, blacklcg, and garget. This
bulletin should be in the hands OF every
stockman and farmer and may be secur-
ed free of charge by addressing the Agri-
cultural Editor, College OF Agriculture,
West Virginia University. Morgantown.
sruDY FARMING BY MAIL
Hundreds Of busy people on the farms,
in the shops, and in the school rooms
have often wished that they had the
time 10 take a course in agriculture. The
opportunity is now offered TO any resi-
dent Of West Virginia to study agriculture
through correspondence courses arranged
by the Extension Department OF the
College Of Agriculture, West Virginia
University.
Fifteen courses are at present offered
and include Agriculture for Teachers,
Nature study, Forage Crops, Fertility Of
the Soil, Beef Cattle, Sheep, Hogs, Farm
Dairying, Domestic Science, Farm In
scots, Farm Management, Commercial
Fruit Growing, Small Fruits, Vegetable
Gardening, and Farm Poultry.
No entrance examinations are given.
the only requirement being that the
applicants have fair general education.
a small fec OF fifty cents or one dollar b.
charged 10 cover the cost of stationery
and supplies. The courses arc prepared
by the same professors that teach tho
regular college work aud every lesson
paper is given personal attention. Any
one interested il these courses should
write &. Il. Titlow, Director Of Agricul-
tural Extention, West Virginia rui-
vcrsitY, Morgantown.
TTE CORN CiCE uOgs
Five thousand eight hundred and fifty
six boys located in every section OF the
state are busiY engaged in cutivating
and tending plants and fields Of corn
entered ia the state and county contests.
Il is a common occurrence for a corn club
boy 10 grow much bigger Yields than does
his father in AN adjoining field. and
quite often the boy entire crop is sold
in the neighborhood for seed purposes.
Just ut present the boys are proudly
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