The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1916-11-02
WINTER EXHIBIT
OF FARM PRODUCT,
State Department OF Aorlou,.,
Working Out Plans For DIspI.v
Along New Lines.


in Pennsylvania are being worked os.|
at the Department of Agriculture NV
plan is to have the show January n
to %, when the State Board OF ~
culture and othe. organizations ara /.
session in Harrisburg and the lepI,,'
ture is under way.
Il. S. Bayard, of Pittsburgh, is chat.
man OF the general. committee /.
charge with members from varIor.
organizations working with him
The general plan is as follows.
Corn, six classes, country exhibit,
boys and girls exhibits, champion IN
gle and ten ear contests, prizes to,,l
1851, county challenge cup and tv.
silver cups; E. X. Hibshman, sb,.
College, in charge Of entries.
Wool, four classes, including one IA.
full,blooded Merino fleece of combln,
staple; crossbred wool divided lps
four classes, rams fleece into two
prizes $110. Il
Fruit. twelve classes for apples wh|
a grand prize; displays to be pa.
box and barrel; plans also made n,
exhibits Of pears, ounces, walnut,
chestnuts and shellbarks, five sped
mems for fruit on plate displays and
twenty for nuts. prizes $500, arranpA
ments made to keep fruit in cold STA.
age in Harrisburg until show is given
+. N. Fagen, State College. in char,
of entries.
Dairy exhibits will be along MI
same lines, numerous prizes being d.
fered.
A number Of prominent men Of hs
State have offered prizes for the best
displays at the show and It is expected
that if it proves successful it will be
an annual feature.
$4,000 FARMERS STUDY
AGRICULTURE BY MAIL.
make your farm your laborator'
is the slogan appearing on the pros.
pectus covering the correspondents
courses in agriculture offered by The
Pennsylvania State College. These
courses are prepared to furnish ys
tematic study at home for those IN.
able to come to the college Thg
were first offered in 1899. Up to DEL
present time more than $4,000 SOL
dents have been enrolled for this work
About 1000 of these received some ID !
struction last year.
In order that the work may be most
useful, and that students may not hs
required to study branches in whth
they are not interested and which
would be OF no benefit to them, he |
material is divided into subjects, es;A !
subject constituting a course complete
within itself.
The winter short courses at STATE |
College begin December 6. 1916 ,ni
end February 2S, 1917. The subjecu
offered this year are broader In scope |
and idea than ever before. Student
entering these courses have the addA
advantage of attendance upon the lee
lures and demonstrations sohednIA
during the annual Farmers Week u
December.
S13,0oo,o0o GAIN IN
CROP SHORTAGE.
Statisticians of the State Depart
ment of Agriculture figure out thai
the corn, wheat, rye and oats crops q
Pennsylvania, although in all but one
instance smaller than those Of laN
year, are worth about 100000 more
to the farmers of the Keystone slals|
because of the advance in prices
The value of the four crops Is given
as S104,969,S9O, against S91,6ll22O iNI
the four crops last year. The hNl
crop, which broke the record this year.
stands the farmers value Of s6SlSe'
$40, while the potato crop, allhousa
very short compared to that Of lsI
year, is estimated as worth sl64OO'oN
In round numbers.
The value given for the four crops
are as follows:
Wheat, $4O,112,SO0, against Ss6'lH'
400 production being about the sans
as last year
Hay, $6S,136,51O, against S56572'ZVu'
Rye, s4,72O,17O, against $29Il,2OV
Oats, S16.9S6,92O, against slSS2S'l.v
Corn, $4s,20O,OO0, against S41,6il's-0
CHESTNUT TREES HAVE
AFFINITY FOR LIGHTNING
Out of total of 1000 trees on s'a''
forestry reservations struck by ish.
ming in four years 655 were ches'au'
according to data compiled at the "
partment of Forestry on causes y
fires. Sixty-hve of the trees stru'.
started fires, some of them pens
checked before much damage "~
done.
Next to chestnuts the trees mus, u.
frequently struck were pitch pine ~
trees, followed by rock oak, white p'us
hemlock, red, white and black O'',
locust and sugar maple. OF the l,ss, V,',
set on fire >thirty-three were vu.. .,
pine. Most of the trees were s'ru''
in July.
LOSS TO DAlRYMEN
AT OLD MILK PRICES
Many farmers throughout the s~s
have started to figure on actuai W. Il,
Of production of milk, followins ~ ~
movement for better prices lol c,.,s "a
farmer says late bulletin oil o~
Department of Agriculture. L.,
an many cases it has been spv.l ,0,l
that with the increased cost OF ~ n