Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1916-07-15
AGRICULT URAL NOTES

4 TO- l. H. ' dl4fatNAt
Sec. j. II. Sperow.
Treas. Edgar l.. Henshaw.
County Agent w. NJ. Bewick
The new officers of the Farm Bu
reau formally took charge of their
respective offices at the directors
meeting ON Wednesday night, July
9Th. Elected on June 14th and nom
inally seated July LIST, this was their
first appearance as officers. Edgar
l.. Henshaw retains the office of treas
urer The changes in pre- 5ident and
secretary followed a request on the
part of each of the former officers
that they be relieved from the duties
OF the office As a change seemed nee
essary we feel that none better could
have been made. You may look for
things to happen now, we feel sure.
The principle business Of the evening
was the selection of a county agent.
1t is to be hoped that the reelection
OF the former agent accompanied as
it was by clearing up of all misun-
derstandings may prove both wise and
| just.
1t is joy to the agent and a great
/ satisfaction to the farmers VINO have
/ taken pains to put in a small piece
/ of ground according to demonstration
methods. Many of them are already
seeing results for extra time and ex-
pense incurred. The man who does his
! best and keeps accurate figures on
what he does is the one who reaps the
biggest returns both in money and In
satisfactio The greatest difficulty
/ the agen has with the alfalfa demon
strator is to get him to realize that
! August sowing of the seed does not
mean to wait until August to pre-
pare the seed+bed. Earlier seeding
might be possible of the preparation
were begun in the spring and kept up
persistently. 1t is not just a matter
of having firm bed, free from weeds
al seeding time. 1t is a matter of get
| ting and grass seeds terminated and
destroyed and storing up a large a.
mount of moisture and humus in the
soil by keeping a level dust melch
on the surface all summer The al
falfa demonstrators who are really
demonstrators OF the proper method
OF getting alfalfa have been harrow
! ing the ground frequently since May
If others fail, it is not a failure of the
method but a failure to carry it out.
The work of the agent becomes a
pleasure when results begin to show.
A demonstration near Falling Waters
is highly pleased with his corn DEM
onstration and says he is fully con-
WINGED now that good fertilizers pay.
| He is not only sorry that he did not
use them on all his corn. Another
corn demonstrator near Swan Pond
was shown by the agent a simple
method of testing his seed-corn. AS
result of its simplicity and his fine
stand of corn he says he will test all
his corn next year
The greatest interest centers a.
round the soy-bean demonstrations,
as this crop is crop almost unknown.
in the county. The healthy green of
these plants begin to put into the
soil some of the great store of nj
trogen that floats about overhead, is
a sight worth seeing Look over your
neighbor's fields of soys. You will
want to grow some next year.
Members OF the Swan Pond Club
are outings their heads together to
quarry a few hundred tons of the
limestone rock that breaks out over
their fields, and to get lime pulver
in the vicinity to put 1t in shape to
sweeten their sour soils. The desired
goal is 1000 tons in that vicinity and
we believe it will be reached. Other
clubs better sit up and take notice.
The Boys and Girls Club of that
same locality are Just as up-to-date.
Their regular meeting was held on
July 4th at the home Of their leader,
Miss Folk. After the usual program.
refreshments were served and a glor-
ious display of fireworks was held in
a nearby meadow. Their members
are not dropping out. Instead, new
one has been added not long ago. 4
The July meeting OF rhe Mountain
View club will be held Friday after
noon at 2 p. m. at the home of Ma
toaka Stribling. A feature of the meet.
ing will be a question box in which
each member is supposed TO deposit
two questions for discussion at the