West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1915-09-23
AGRICULTURAL COMMENT
INTEREST TO FARMERS
New Dean Appointed for the Col
leSe OF Agrieolturc-Another
Opportunity for Farmers to Sc
cure Pure-bred White Lcghorn
Cockcrcls

OF Agriculture and director of tho nv
pertinent station. has assumed the
duties of his Office and is now active
~ engaged in organizing the work for
the coming year.
DR.. Coulter comes To West Virginia
from the Knapp School OF Country
Life at Peabody College, where he
held the position OF director. Most
OF his early college education was re-
ceived in 1904 and his masters de-
gree the following year. Following
this' he made special study OF land
titles deeds. abstracts, leases. mort
cages. farm bank problems. the trans
portation. storage and marketing of
farm products. In 1909 he took his
doctors degree at Wisconsin univer-
sity. specializing i'm farm problems
From 1905 to 1909 he instructed M
Iowa State College OF AgricuIture
Wisconsin University and the Uni
Versity or Minnesota. He remained at
the latter institution as assistant pro-
lessor of rural economies until 1910
when he became a special agent for
the United States Census Bureau and
Tor several years had charge of edit
ing, arranging and publishing the ag-
ricuitural division of the census fig
ures.
TWO years ago DIR. Coulter toured
Europe as member and secretary OF
the United States and American com
missions to investigate and study ru-
raj credit and cooperation through
out Italy France, Germany. Switzer-
land, Denmark and other European
countries.
Dr. Coulter's book "Co-operation
Among Farmers" published I'm 1911. is
used as standard text In many class
es in farm management and rural eco
Monies, AS special lecturer at the
Gorge Washington University and
through addresses at agricultural
meetings throughout the United
States DIR. Coulter has become well
known in many sections.
The agricultural experiment station
announces another opportunity for
farmers to secure pure-bred White
Leghorn cockerels at little more than
the mere cost of Grating and shipping.
These are selected birds from a heavy
laying strain and are worth several
times the purchase price. Last year
about three hundred OF these birds
nj nd IA.
many OF the fiocks where these cock
erels were introduced, have been quite
striking. II is well known fact
that the male bird has very potent
influence upon the egg producing
qualities OF the next years pulIets.
These cockerels may be obtained by
any one meeting the following re-
qurements:
/. Applicants for birds must be far
mers actually living on farms in West
Virginia,
z. Farmers securing cOckerels must
agree to keep no other breed of male
birds with their hens for two years.
unless the hens kept with the male
birds Of other breeds be penned separ-
ately during the breeding season.
3. Payment OF fifty cents must ac-
company each order sent in. (This
amount covers the cost of Grating and
delivering to the express, Office and a
small price for the fowl)
4. The expressage from Morgan.
town must be paid by the purchaser.
8. Not more than three birds will
be sent to any one farmer and pur-
chasers Of o0ckerels from the Exper-
iment station last year are not eligi-
bic to receive eockerels this year.
limited number OF selected White
Leghorn hens suitable for breeding
stock are also available for distribu-
tion and may be purchased I'm accord
ance with the above mentioned gen
eral rules, except that in this case the
cost will be sevonty-hve cents each.
Write F.. l.. Andrews, Experiment
Station Morgantown, w. Va.
Good seed corn will be scarce and
high-priced next spring" save diree-
tor G. X. Titlow OF the Agricultural
Extension Department after having
toured She agricultural sections OF
eleven OF the big corn producing
states. "A cold late spring. abnorm-
ally cool summer weather and exces-
sive rainfall have delayed the corn
crop to such an extent that IL Is now
evident that hundreds of thousands
Of bushels will not mature before
frost. West Virginia farmers have
been somewhat more fortunate i'm this
respect that have farmers in neighbor-
ing states and the demand for good
seed will probably be heavy"
Every farmer who has a crop Of
well matured. high grade corn should
take extra care to select all the best
ears and properly store them for seed
next spring; II he has more than is
required for htg own fields. he can
easily sell the surplus.
Field selection enables the farmer
to pick out good ears that have grown
normal conditions that is. in a hill
containing the usual number Of stalks
and In soil Of average fertility. Il
also enables him to avoid taking ears
from hills containing barren stalks
and has many other advantages.
Properly storing the corn for win
ter is Just as important as field Sc