The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-05-02

extracts from county agents lioH
March 5 10 March 20:
/ CabsH County,. w Wellington
Soils: Conference in the afternoon
with T. 4. Palmer relative 10 the
limestone for the farmers. We have
been able 10 get the cost OF thii
material down 10 A. cents per ron
for screenings and 81 per ION for pai-
verified. T. O. b. quarry. II viii cost
the farmers about Si.fe in Caoeii
horticulture: Mr.. Fuller. on En-
signs place. Is doing good work
The hot bed that the Holander pre-
pared is not doing very well some
OF his seeds failed 20 come up
Favette Crnnty-Dee Crane.
Horticulture: J. L. Davis, Scarbo-o
w Va. wanted information as 10 feT-
yilizsr and small fruits: IS also gong
70 do some work on irrigation, has
deep well and power pump and Is
aui:e 4 gardner Gave him bel4e-
in on irrigation. also on small fruits
Asronomy: Gentry Brothers.
.Scsrboro. w Va. have permit from
AIR Jones 10 fence UP fifty acres OF
prove Tie pasture on Il; going 20 SOW
4 mixture Of grasses. and use aoose
zee pounds Of sixteen per cent aero
phosphate per acre on part OF =.
Most of the field has 2 good stand o.
blue grass and viii AFFORD lot oil
pasture.
?. c. Hedges. OF Fayetteville. "
Va. grew 200 bushels OF corn las
year on rented farms. sowsd crimson
clover in corn and IS going 70 turn
that now and SOW cfwpeas and mar
Commissioner of Agriculture: W
. However and Son. Kin gston w
Va Hogs were dying with cholera !:
lad lost three in one week: had used
serum on hogs last fall Found that
The ones that We're dying Were PIGS
that had come since thar time. vac
.c:rated thirteen head OF them
WetzcI County, Z. Murray
Animal Husbandry: J. rAirS-
land. general farming. WIZ Try
LOT IN rape for hog feed Ills boy
= interested in sheep
MARSHALL Counry-G. c. Mu>srove..
csmeron round Mr. Riehmona
rlorfn- for corn: showed him that
he was only blowing FIVE inches when
he should have been qfowinS seven.
Farm Mana cement: ) !" Nor
gan. HorndSke ". Va. mas osen
renting on short term share oaS's'
talked 10 hfm and the owners about
a
practically agreed upon
Tyler. County-H. ID. Groves
Horticulture: Cave pruning dem
onsiration At Wick in +. f. Robin
SOM peach orchard. Mr.. Robinson
has > ane four-year-old trees. The
locnsts last summer did great deal
OF damage
Prunad. several trees for him and
advised him q what 10 do
Ohio Coun;y-Horace Atwood
soils. Visited Chris. kercher. IN
snec+ed MS dairy and gave him 81 s
cestfon regarding feeling. etc Af'
Eercher has fifty acres o. bottom
land that needs draining ver.' badly.
Induced him 10 interest his nelsh-
hors in cooperating so a. 10 secure
4 drainage expert 10 lay out system
Of drains in order 20 drs- the bottom
land in that section.
TIE bottom LAM IN that section
vet As i; is. is said 10 be worth $50"
an acre and If Il were Properls
drained the value for Gar5erlnS pur-
noses would b more than double
Marion Counfy-H l. smith
Farm Mana gemeni: J. F. Philips
EiyeSyiIIe Survey showed TOO much
land used ii stock yard. One acre
can be fenced OF and fdTmsd-
Horticulture: :. p Recess orca-
ard injured BY !ocuSss- Dut more IAN
age By borers Warned all. az DEM
ons-ration meeting. OF loss from care
Icssnes= IN not renewing in lime
Dairy: Mr. Reese sells butter from
Jersey cows He has no silo. but
have h;m thinking aoout L
Nicholas Counfy-W- ID Click
Animal Husbandry: The silos are
cong slow. They almost get into the
notion sometimes. but before can
ger around again they get out o.
me notion. Two men have their logs
partlv hauled 70 the mill Another
one q rtwo already have the lumber.
The most OF them want 10 wait and
sec what their neighoors do.
Clay County, D=dd-
Agricultural Education: Had
both classes IN agriculture prure
large trees under direction: also had
-.-s..s.s.--z s sSs.z1,l.i work