Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-11-19

the first step toward Getting the
best out of fulton County" is the or
ganization OF an Agricultural I'm
provement Association and the Sc
curing OF County Agent. Mr.. Allen
closeu ms address by an eloquent
plea to the business men to get ac-
quainted with your neighbor, YOU
might like him." he told the story
OF the awakening of the community
spirit and interest in a Missouri
town, ana urged the business men to
make the acquaintance of every man
within a radius of seven and a half
miles of town.
Mr.. +. l.. Allen of Burton, Ohio,
county Agent of Geauga county was
the next speaker introduced, this Mr..
Aliens address was intensely prac-
slcal and was thoroughly appreclat-
ed by all who were present; ne spoke
OF the money that had been spent and
the investigation and experiments
made in the past 20 years which have
resulted in the development of the
science of Agricultural. rhe next prob
lem is to get these results to the tarm-
ers in a manner that they may derive
practical bneefit from them through
actual application of the laws and
principles in their farming. The eff
fort has been made through the me-
dium of the printed page, the agricul-
tural press of the State has printed
thousands upon thousands of pages Of
farming principles and practice from
the most authentic sources; bulletins
have been issued from Experiment
Stations and Agricultural Bureaus.
Farmers Institutes have been held
year after year, Extension Schools
have been organized and conducted
and yet all these methods have fall
ed because yields have not increased
and the soil continues to be robbed.
The latest attempt to apply the re-
suits of the time and money that have
been expended in agricultural re-
search is to take the information OBJ
tanned directly to the farmer and
demonstrate it to him on the soil and
in actual practice; to do this and to
help him solve the problems of farm
ing that are constantly arising is the
work Of the County Agent. He is
the farmers trouble man." for him
to stop the leaks, lead in securing
good wagon roads, show how to cor
rect acidity of the soil, discover the
adaptibility and needs of the soil and
so on through the well nigh endless
list of problems that the farmer must
face day after day. There was no
doubt in the minds of those who list
ened to Mr.. Allen that as a County
Agent he was capable of saving for
the farmers Of the county which he
might serve many times the amount
Of the salary that might be paid Him
Mr.. 7. H. Fraker, president of the
Fair Association responded at the
call of the POSTMASTER with an en-
thusiastic speech in favor of the or
ganization Of an Agricultural Associa-
tion. Mr.. E. P. Ames responded fol
the Oranges of the county and Mr.
Stilson, District representative of the
Cleaners. responded with a rousine
speech in which in behalf of the
Cleaners he thanked the Boosters
Club for what they were doing to CO.
operate with the farmers, expressed
his appreciation Of the splendid ban.
quet served by the Pythian Ladies and
pledged the cooperation of tbs
Cleaners in the work Of the Agricul.
tural Improvement Association. On
motion Of c. X. Miller resolution
was passed that q Fulton County
lAgriculturaf Improvement Associa-
ton be organized and a nominating
committee composed of one from each
township was selected as follows
Fred Brodbeck, Geo. Lee, c. K. Miller
Albert Edgar, Geo. Leu, ]. L Verify
R. N. Howard, w. L. Biddle Sam Nep
pert, T. H. Fraker, Chas. P. Grisiel
and ]. C. Geesey While the nominal
ing committee we're celebrating
Mr.. C. r. P. Waltz was called upol
but had hardly made a fair start un
til he was called to catch the las
car for Delta.
I F. Z. Kenyon, Superintendent Per
ry and others filed in the time unit
the nominating committee returne,
reporting the following nominations
For president, Court Knapp, Delta
1st Vice President, Gideon r. Shaffer
Franklin; End Vice President, II. J
Dowling, Fulton; Secretary, Dor
Knight, Wauseon; Assistant Secre
tary and Treasurer, A. E. Harger
wauseon. On motion the report o
the nominating committee was accept
ed and the nominees declared electe'
: by reclamation. One hundred an
seventeen membership cards were sign
ed before the assemblage broke u
and there is every indication that tn
required 300 members win be- secure
and that the day Of better things an
better conditions for our county's en-
tire citizenship has dawned.