The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1916-02-04
Farm Bureau Meeting

ual fall of rain on Saturday, good
many responded to the request of the
County Agent for a meeting of the
officers of the Farm Bureau. Mr..
Smollinger, president of the Farm
Bureau since its birth, and who prides
himself upon never having missed a
meeting of the Bureau, was present
and presided.
Details for the administration of the
Short Courses and County Mass Meet
ing were pretty well worked out. The
County Agent reported the program
in full and requested the advice of the
Farm Bureau as to the feasibility of
holding a banquet on the 25th. 1t
was the sense of the men present that
a banquet should be held in honor of
the speakers who have so willingly
agreed to be present. A committee
was appointed to look after banquet
and secure the cooperation of the
Pennington Commercial Club if pos
sible. The committee appointed by
the Chairman was as follows: M. p.
Cayce, Chairman, Will Matkin and
Chas. Schuttler.
Some little time was devoted to a
consideration of the various subjects
that the Short Course speakers would
discuss. Several suggestions were
made and these will be Incorporated
in the program which appears in this
issue.
The Corn project which was briefly
outlined in these columns last week
was submitted to the Bureau and met
with their approval A committee
was appointed to look after the pre-
liminary work and to be a part of the
permanent corn committee. Mr.. j.
W. Buck and Will Ashburn were APP
pointed by the chairman on this COM
mittee to serve with the County
Agent. This committee will begin at
once to secure the Glass A Demonstra-
tors of which there will be eight, and
the Glass B. Co-operators for which
at least 100 are desired.
The program will be in the form of
a pamphlet of 80 to 40 pages and
considerable space will be reserved
for advertising. At least 1000 copies
Of this program will be distributed,
and anyone desiring space In these
pages would do well to notify the
County Agent not later than the 9Th.
Local Farmers Club Meetings
The schedule for the meetings of
the local farmers clubs has been
worked out in full for 1916 and will
appear in these columns throughout
the year. For the meetings during
February an illustrated lecture will
be given on prevention of Soil
This is a very important
subject and one which the County
Agent has some very valuable infor-
nation. During the month of April
an illustrated lecture on soil manage
ment will be given. 1t is probable
that some sort of an illustrated lee
lure will be given during March. To
those clubs which are located on
rock road, the County Agent desires
to announce that he will be present
at those points according to the sched-
lle. Those clubs, however, which are
not on rock roads will not have this
The condition of the roads |
makes it very uncertain as to thel
possibility of getting to those meet
ings during the next two or three
The following is the program as ar
ranged for the Farmers Short Cours-
IS at the different places:
Farmington-Monday
, o'clock, Swine Feeding and Manage
ment, Prof. S. 7, Simpson.
l0:30, Teachings of Demonstration
Work in Corn and Wheat Growing, |
Prof P. S. Barker.
o'clock, the Management of the
Pure-Bred Herd of Beef Cattle,
Prof. S. T. Simpson.
o'clock, Tillage, Pasture Manage
ment, Prof. P. B. Barker.
Tuesday
o'clock, Insects Injurious to Farm
Crops, Prof. Thos. J. Talbert.
o o'clock, Sprays and Spray Mix
lures, Prof. F. w. Faurrot.
/ o'clock, Animal and Poultry Pests,
Thos. j. Talbert.
o'clock. The afternoon will be devot-
ed to Demonstration Work in prun-