The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1914-07-30
STUDY OF FARM
And LABOR MADE
COUNTY AGRICULTURAL AGENTS
VISIT SEVERAL FARMS ~
T-tS VICINITY.
MEETINGS Nelo Follow tnsoecsion
Irtps ara 6enersi Discussion
Fcllo~ed

J n Arnold. q the odic. bureau
oi farm management OF MashinEfon.
- g delivered The PRINCIPAL al Iress
az the morning session OF The Counf,
agents held yesterday morning al
morning az the Hotel Windsor Mr.
Arnold spoke on The Organization Of
farm Labor The address, vas illus
trated - charts drawn no ~ sbo~
the actual results ~ records OF isbor
on several % the various farms
thfoughout the country The speaker
IN tLe course OF HE remarks endoav.
ored 10 show hon farm labor could
Dc distributed during TIE farming
season. the talk as a whole proved
hiEhP interesting and instructive
In the afternoon the members vent
20 valley Grove, where they made an
inspection OF the various farms in
That section. Two farms INSPECTED
we're those Of W. r. Anderson and
Auklnson Brothers. The agents mads.
a survey OF the crops on each farm
uealnE especially with the follow ing
methods Hours I-r DAY in working
snd cultivating each crop. number OF
acres IN cultivation ana studied crew
man and team required Tor each
operation IN number Of DAYS ia plant.
ing and cuiiiNatinS the various c.ops
such as corn. wheat and oats
IN the evening. a. a session held az
me Hotel Windsor. the data sccur.,d
curing the day MAS worked out AMI
complied and the result OF the corn
crop studied. showed that the labor
cost OF production 10 raise an acre OF
corn In this section. exclusive of nnv
other expense ranged from S17 10 80
per acre Sio corn labor. cost par
acre, ranged from SIS to S25. Wheat
q per acre. exclusive OF other neces-
safy expenses IN the way OF buying
seed, and oats s. s. per acre
The number Of DAVIS ID would take
man 20 cultivate On acre OF corn
vas found 10 be 5.3S. aud tina tot the
morse b.A5 days. According to the
starstiCs complied IN one instance.
showed that IL cost sl7.2l for labor
20 raiss an acre OF corn for silage
paced IN the silo. while the cost Of
labor 20 raise and place the same acre
OF corn In the crib cost S22 IS
Conference Today
rms morning the agents will hold a
conference at the Windsor between
10 and II o'clock. Afier the meeting
the members will go To Mr. Paul >.
Reymann's farm on the hill top where
they VIII take luncheon Following
an ms peCuon Of the farm the marty
VIII maze an automobile trip to the
Waddington farm in the afternoon
where a study viii he made OF The
conditions on that farm after which
an inspection viii be made of the Joe
Bettey farm. the Jesse Rloch farm
near West Liberty and the bethany
college farm az Bethany \ session
viii be held az the Hotel Windsor
this evening
Professor William Hill Of Bethany
college. who returned from a trip
through New England recently. Joined
the party yesterday Professor Hill,
while In the New England states.
made a study OF the farming and crop
conditions there
In The lutelligencer Of yesterday
morning an error occurred In stating
that the farm OF Milton Mccullough
was one of those visited the day be-
fore. The tarm visited by the agen,s
TUESDAY afternoon was that of M;l-
lard r McColloch