The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1915-03-12
Funds for Farm Demonstrator.


A campaign for funds to make UP
half the salary of farm demonstrate
or for the county was inaugurated on
Saturday afternoon in the Frederick
Y. NJ. G. A. at the regular monthly
meeting of the Frederick County
Farmers Association. A committee
of about so men will soon be appoint
ed and will campaign for funds the
half of this officials salary. The gov
ernment will contribute the other half
of the money. About $3.50 has already
been voluntarily subscribed for this
officials salary.
While not an unusually large num-
Der of farmers attended the meeting,
there was much enthusiasm over the
prospect of re-establishing the Office
of farm demonstrator in this county
again this year. The farmers agreed
that the campaign must be put into
effect at once if the farmers of the
county are to receive any material
benefit from the work of demonstra-
tor. This committee will likely be
named in a few days.
Besides being the regular session,
the meeting was the occasion of the
annual election of officers of the asso-
citation. David G. Zentz, near Thur
mont, one of the leading farmers of
the county, and a dealer in goldfish,
was selected president of the associa-
ton for the coming year. He takes
the place of Jesse P. King, of Ridge
vile, who is a prominent florist of that
section.
Tho nnfirn IF off oIo
are President, David G. Zentz; vice
presidents, R. Claude Dutrow, William
P. Morsell; secretary, Noah E. Cra-
mer;; treasurer, M. F. Hotter; coun-
sci, George R. Dennis, Jr.
The members of the executive COM
mittee are: William J. Grove, Nj. f.
Hotter, L. ]. Keller, c. F. Flock, T. B..
Hayward, Jesse P. King.
complete and tabulated list of the
telephone calls made in Frederick
county during a certain period, was
received by the association on Satur-
day from the Public Service Commits
sion. This data was turned over to the
members of the committee on tele-
phone work. This committee will
draft the complaints which the as
sion The association wants an unlim-
tied service for the county subscribers,
or the same variety of service that is
given the subscribers of Frederick.
Supporters of the Frederick county
farm demonstration, which has been in
dorsed by the Farmers Association.
Monday began to circulate subscrip-
tion petitions to raise $3.50 toward
half the salary of this official. One
petition appeared in the offices of the
county commissioners. The commits
sioners made individual contributions.
II is understood that $3.50 was con-
tributed before the petitions were put
into the field
There are now no delusions as to
Frederick county's standing in agri-
cultural rank. At one time the coun-
ty had aspirations to climb to first
place as far as agricultural produc-
tion was concerned. The county stood
third to the most productive county
in the country at that time Then
something happened and the latest
government bulletin giving the agri-
cultural value of the counties of the
country shows that Frederick county
stands about 1856 points from the top
Frederick county from this report
can hardly hold any claims for pro-
ductiveness. Jesse P. King, former
president of the Frederick County
Farmers Association, says that the
farmers in this country are not pro-
gressive. Conservatism is proving
their downfall