The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1916-02-03
GOVERNOR HEADS
FARMERS BOARD
Urges Soil Survey Before State Com
mIssion--charIes e. Carothers
Gets Post.

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President, Governor Brumbaugh.
vice-Presidents p. S. Fenstermacher,
Allentown X. A. Studholme. Smeth-
port; s. S. Blyholder. Kelly Station,
Armstrong county
Assistant Secretary, n. J. Weld,
Sugar Grove.
Executive Committee. w. C. Black,
Mercer; II. G McGowan. Gegier's
Mills; Mathew Rodgers, Mexico; B. F.
Killam. Paupack; William F.. Biddle,
Everett; W. A. Perham, Warden; w.
f. Throup, Espyville; DR.. w. Frank
Beck, Altoona; j. Aldus Herr, Lancas-
ter; Charles Il. Patton. secretary ex.
ofiicio.
Advisory Committee. DR.. f. E.
Tower, Susquehanna county; Joel A.
Herr, Millhall: B. F. Killam. Paupack.
Legislative Committee. II. G. Nc
Gowan. Geiger's Mills; Robert w.
Lohr, Boswell; Mathew Rodgers, Mex
leo; c. II. Dewitt. Mansfield; George
c. Hutchison, Warriors Park.
Committee on Resolutions, ]. New
ton Glover, vicksburg; John A. Wood
ward, Howard; John Shaner, Schuyl-
kill county: Frank Wambold, Schuyl-
kill; John Piloplette, Bradford county.
Memorial Committee. John A. Wood
ward, Howard Joel A. Herr, Millhall;
p. NJ. Smith, Westmoreland county.
1t was decided to hold the spring
meeting of the board at Reading
The commission selected Charles T..
Carothers, former legislator from
Washington county, to be deputy sec
retary, in succession to A. l.. Martin,
of Lawrence county, who resigned
some weeks ago, and added the duties
Of investigation of marketing condi-
tions i'm Pennsylvania to the office. The
deputy secretary has supervision of
the farmers institute and farm coun-
sellor services, and the marketing in
vestigation will be made at the di-
rection of the Governor.
Secretary Patton announced that he
would spend several days with Presi-
dent Sparks, of State College, in study
of the plan for closer cooperation in
agricultural education work suggested
by the college trustees.
Arrangements were made for studies
Of marketing conditions for milk in
Lancaster county and vegetables in
other districts; of health regulations
as regards milk supplies in typhoid
outbreaks, and maintenance of live
stock near streams.
Governor Brumbaugh, who was
asked to address the board, said that
the State stood in need of better
system of marketing, so that the urban
communities could obtain more food
and at lower prices from the country.
and urged that means be provided for
systematic soil survey, which would
cover every county and inform tho
people what was needed.
The Governor then said that he con-
templated tour of the farming dis
tricts along the lines of the highway
tour last fall. This plan, he said.
would enable people from the cities to
see Pennsylvania farms and become
acquainted with the crops and fruits,
TO know the rural conditions and to
see how the rural children grow up.
He remarked that the farm children
were exempted from the child labor
law because it was the desire to keep
them on the farm. Eighty-nine per
cent. of the population is urban and
but seven per cent is on farms, he
said.
1T is the duty of the State through
its Highway Department to work out
the problem of securing roads which
will stand the ever-increasing strain
of motor vehicle traffic, and all con
cerned should push. not kick" de-
clared Colonel John A. Woodward. of
Howard, in reporting on the highway
situation in Pennsylvania.
The report declared that the auto
mobile had become "a wonderful en-.
gine of destruction" TO the highways
Of the State and that the Highway
Department should be supported In
its effort to work out a solution. II
called for State aid both in engineer
ing and money for the township roads
but was against elimination of town
ship officers, although recognizing
some inefficiency in the supervisor
system. Enough money has been
wasted in working out road taxes, and
there should be a simplication Of road
laws, which were declared to be in
many instances complex, overlapping
and often lily considered" and marked
by "intricate verbosity." The Town
ship Road Bureau Act was upheld
criticisms of some of its features be
ing declared unfounded.
Charters Issued.
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