Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-11-19
IHEsEVENT
Boosters Club Of WauseOn Entertain
ed Representative Agriculturists
Of Fulton COunty-Fine Banquet
Furnished by Pythian Sisters--Stir-
ring Addresses Agricultural Inn
provement Association Organized.

presage Of an era Of neighborliness,
friendliness and cooperation which
shall pervade the county, stands out
large above any other occurrence of
recent years, was the banquet ten
dered by the Boosters Club Of Wau-
seon to the farmers of the county
last Friday evening.
The whole affair grew out of a lit
tie talk with few Of the booster club
members some weeks ago, by Mr..
Charles II. Allen Of the Toledo Com
merce Cl6b; when Mr.. Allen called
attention to real practical help that
the farmers Of the county might have
II they desired II, the boosters made
up, their minds that It was right along
the line Of the work they were trying
to do, to give the farmers an oppor-
tunity to hear what Mr.. Allen had to
present. The matter was taken up in
a meoting of the. club and Il was de-
cided 10 give a banquet to as many of
the farmers Of the county as could be
taken care Of and invite Mr.. Allen
and other State agricultural workers
TO be present and lay the possibilities
Of an Agricultural Improvement As
sociation before the assemblage. The
whole affair. was entrusted to a COM
mittee Of twelve members Of the club
who were empowered to make all
necessary arrangements. This COM
mittee had problems Of their own, but
they solved them all successfully and
are entitled TO high credit. In or
der to get a representation from every
township in the county the committee
selected the Fair Board Director in
each township as a representative of
that township and this director was
sent six invitations, one for himself
and five to be distributed among men
Of his township who would be pres
ent;l officers of Oranges and Cleaners
in the county and number Of busi-
ness men from each village in the
county were also invited. The at
tendance was fine, every township and
village In the county was represent
ed, the guests and their hosts were
mingled together at the tables which
covered the floor and stage of the
Pythian Castle Hall, those who count
ed state that POI were seated at the
tables to partake of a splendid ban
quet furnished by the ladies of Temple
\
taken pains to decorate the tables
with flowers and the hall presented a
beautiful sight; an orchestra of seven
pieces discoursed well selected and
well rendered music which called
forth the applause Of the banqueters
at frequent intervals; the banquet
whs served with unusual promptness
50 that all were eating at the same
time and there was absence of the
usual confusion which attends such
occasions. The Pythian Sisters did
themselves proud and the Wauseon
men were happy IN the privilege Of
entertaining their neighbors from the
towns and farms Of the county and
from all appearances the guests were
happy in being entertained.
Hon. +. II. Reighard was the toast
master of the occasion and after the
viRnds had been thoroughly discussed
Mr.. Reighard introduced the subject
Of Agricultural improvement as one
that all, both in town and country
were interested in for the reason that
the produce of the farm is fundamen-
tai to progress everywhere. He re-
ferred to the appropriations made by
the Federal and State governments
for agricultural improvement and the
practical value of the county agent to
the farmer; he then introduced the
first speaker Of the evening, Mr.. Chas.
H. Allen. of Northwestern Ohio. Mr..
Allen prefaced his remarks by con-
graduating those assembled on the
banquet, which he said was unique in
his experience, and on the splendid
and fertile country in which they liv-
ed; he spoke of the wonderful crops
which he had seen in Washington. Ar
kansas and the South, but said Mr.
Allen, all things considered there Il
no better country IN the whole ma
tional territory than Northwestern
Ohio. Mr.. Aliens theme was Getting
the Best Out of Fulton County, and
his address was illustrated by series
of charts which he hai evidently pre-.
pared for the occasion. Mr.. Allen re.
ferred to the fact that the high cost
Of living has not been reduced exeep,
on three articles, sugar, molasses and
raisins and that after all the funda
mental question of civilization il
something to eat" for everybody
Forty years of farming in Ohio ha,
average yield of farm products, ant
and education along agricultural line
and In the face of an increased popu
lation to be fed. Germany on lan'
that has been farmed-for @ thousan'
years or more beats Ohio; from
bushels of wheat to the acre fort,
years ago, German farmers have in
creased the yield to 3S bushels to tn
acre; German farmers beat the farm
ers Of Fulton county so per cent. Of
the same area and on land that ha
been under cultivation for a thousan
years. The best Is not being gottel
out Of Fulton county. Turning to tn
possibilities Of increasing the produc
of the soil Mr.. Allen demonstrated tn
value of such crops as Soy bean.
Sugar beets, and Alfalfa and the
called attention to what congress ha
begun doing for agricultural improve
ment in this country by the passag
of the Smith-Lever Act which prC
vides for q gradual increase in apprC
priations for practical developmer
Of Agriculture until the amour
reaches $1,080,0 per annum; he e,
planned the division Of this none
among the states Of the Union an
the appropriation for the preser
year In Ohio, he then pointed OF
that the two ways Fulton county coul
receive any part Of this appropr
alton are by having a county ager
or. by having "a county experimer
farm. II you have a county agel
you must pay part Of his salary, q
United States and Ohio will pay Il
balance. In order to secure Il
county agent an Agricultural Impro'
ment Association of ut least 81
members must be organized In Il
county. The Experiment Farm wou
cost not TO exceed $4,000 to be pa
for by issuance Of county bonds Il
actual cost to the taxpayers would
rs cents on each $4,000 valuation Il
ten years and this would Of course
a permanent investment. The co
of maintenance would amount to
cents per year on each 81, 200 valu
ton and the federal and State o.
nronriakiona would covpr the Counl