The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1915-01-14
FARMERS WEEK.
Feast Of Good Things Long TO Be Re.
membered by Pennsylvania Agri.
culturiStS at State College.

State College during the holidays
of 1914-15, will long be remem-
bered by the more than nine
hundred farmers. lin many in
stances, accompanied by their
wives and children) who took ad-
vantage of the free instruction,
and the reduced railroad fare, to
better fit themselve to grapple
with the many intricacies of ag-
ricultural life. Each one of the
sixty-seven counties in this COM
monwealth sent an average of
more than thirteen farmers to
this great School Convention;
and, while it was attended with
some expense on the part of
those who went, each returned
full of enthusiasm, new ideas,
and greater love for farm life.
1t is to be regretted that not
more of our own people took ad-
vantage of the opportunity, only
one, Mr.. W. C. Patterson, of Ayr
township, being in attendance;
but Mr.. Patterson is as generous
as ne is enthusiastic, and he has
kindly consented to give the
readers of the NEWS the benefit
of some of the things that were
interesting to him. The follow
ing is written by Mr.. Patterson,
and he has promised to give us
another article next week.
State College, Center county,
Pa, was the place, and the fac
ulty of the College and the peo-
pie of the Village were the hosts.
Good weather prevailed during
most of the week, and the reg
lister showed the names of about
nine hundred farmers, many of
whom were accompanied by their
wives and children. Although
the men were largely in the ma
jority, the program contained
much of value for the women, in
the way of lectures, and demon
strations in Domestic Science,
which, had the audiences been
larger, would have been of ines
timable advantage to the house
wife, and to the prospective
housewife.
A special program was arrang-
ed for the boys and girls, about
100 of whom were present. This
program was under the care of
E. X. Hibshman of Agricultural
work and included, be-
sides reports of Boys Corn Clubs
and Girls Canning Contests, veg
etable and poultry raising, very
interesting data from the County
Superintendents of School and
the County Agents of Agricul-
tural Extension. 1t seems un-
fortunate that none of our home
boys or girls was among the con-
testants for prizes. Aileen Fell,
a 13-year-old girl, of Mercer
county, this state, was the prize
winning contestant a year ago,
she having raised a bumper crop
Of corn on an acre of land. This
season she distinguished herself
by raising 67 bronze turkeys out
Of a hatch of 100. She was in
to an audience of about |
1000 and pleasantly told the story |
If her achievement.
The Agricultural Extension
County Agents are young men
who have taken a course of train
ng at State College, or at other
Schools, and they
are located, generally, in the
seat of the county en-
oloying them. Their duties are |
to visit farms by invitation, or
ask questions, get in
formation, advise, diseases of |
crops and stock; and to organize
corn clubs. G. S. Adams, Agent |
from Berks county, had charge
If a lot of boys including J. R.
Shuman, 13 years of age, the
State prize winner, who raised |
10 barrels of corn per acre. David |
IL years of age, was the
prize winner from Chester coun-
~. he raised 62 barrels. j. C.
Jackson IL years of age, under
adverse conditions, raised So bar
'els. C. H. Yoder, 13 years of |