Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-03-03
BETTER SCHOOLS,
CROPS AND ROADS
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scientific agriculture in an accredited
! agricultural school. thus combining
practical knowledge of farm life and
rural problems with scientific thought.
To Point Out Mistakes
This agent will busy himself with
the work of educating the farmers of
the county in the best methods of an
imal husbandry and plant life. He
will explain the best methods of soil
treatment, crop rotation, and so on,
based on a thorough and scientific
study of the county's soils. Where
mistakes are being made he will point
them out, and where improvement
can be effected he will offer needful
suggestions.
To Interest Young Folks
| one of the most important phases
! of his work will be interesting the
boys and girls of the agricultural dis
tricts in the possibilities of life on the
farm. Boys and girls clubs will be
organized and prizes will be offered
for the best work. The winners of
such prizes will be eligible to "Dau-
phin County Young Farmers Club
and this club will be a basis for fu-
ture development of men learned in
the agricultural sciences.
|
er and E. K. Hibschman, of the Agri-
cultural Extension Department of
Pennsylvania State College, the farm
| ers who attended the meeting in the
Board of Trade hall effected an or
ganization with the following officers:
President, Albert Shank, Derry
township; vice-president, John Glenn
son, Halifax township; secretary,
Howard Specie, Middle Paxton town
| ship; treasurer, Robert Mccormick,
| this city, treasurer of the Harrisburg
Chamber of Commerce; executive
committee, Isaiah Swab, Washington
townships A. L. Erb, Lower Paxton
township; Rev. John A. lands, West
Hanover township. and f. e. Sham
baugh. county superintendent of
| schools
Binding City and County
Mr.. Shambaugh, the county super
| 1ntendent, is made member of the
executive committee by virtue of his
office under the bylaws of the Bureau
as suggested by State College. County
school superintendents are in close and
constant touch with the boys and girls
of the rural schools and they do a
great deal toward stimulating inter
est in the coming generation of the
countys farm folk
Donald Mccormick, of the Dauphin
| Deposit Trust Company, chairman of
the Agricultural Committee of the
Chamber of Commerce, presided at
the meeting. In opening the meeting
MIR. Mccormick laid stress upon the
importance of binding the city and
county interests into a more cohesive
whole and pointed out the benefits
that would inevitably follow such CO.
! hesion.'
Office With Chamber of Commerce
Announcement was made that the
Dauphin County Commissioners would
appropriate $1,000 year for the eX-
penses of the farm bureau work. The
farm agent will be paid $500 a year
by State College. He will have offices
in the Chamber of Commerce rooms
in the Kunkel Building. through the
courtesy of the Chamber. He will be
on the job not later than July /.
Large Membership Already
Members of the new bureau are:
S. F. Barber. Paxtang; ]. Rowe
Fletcher, Harrisburg; II. C. Wells,
Harrisburg County commissioner ;
f. P. Duncan, Duncannon; John W.
Reilly, Fort Hunter; J. X. Bogner,
Dauphin John Swartz, Harrisburg; /;
Charles w. Cramer, Harrisburg; II. f.
Hershey, r. d. 2, Harrisburg; w. L..
Mann, Penbrook; Frank Ober. Pen
brook; o. S. Ebersole, Penbrook;
Aaron Shaffner, Dauphin: ]. w. Stout
fer, Harrisburg: George S. Davis, Har-
risburg; Christian Warner, Dauphin;
| William j.. Gaugler, Loyalton; Will
liam II. Brightbill, Penbrook; j. l..
| Booser. Pembroke; John A. Ebersole,
Penbrook; Jacob L. Geyer, Middle
town; w. w. Cassel, Linglestown; r.
NJ. Alexander, Humme elstown: S. S.
Miller, Penbrook; Walter S. Schell.
Harrisburg: Edward Alwine, Hum
melstown; j. S. Grubb, Hummelstown;
| w. w. Peters. Hummelstown; Samuel
Meyer. Hershey; S. T. Wilmer, Union
Deposit; James G. Tax, Hummels-
town; John W. Early. Harrisburg;
Charles W. Rohrer, Harrisburg: f. +.
Snavely Hummelstown; S. II. Miller,
! Linglestown; John Meyer, Hershey;
e. u. Ebersole. Pembroke; Howard
Specie, Speeceville; S. l.. Sheetz, Hal
flax.
George w. Houser. Harrisburg: d.
b. Mehargue, Harrisburg: Charles X.
1Tertig, Dauphin: Nj. ]. Rook. High
spire; A. &. Hooker Highspire; Jos.
h. Aldinger, Elizabethtown; Joseph S.
Riser, Conewago township; Isaac
Deimler, Middletown; C. +. Longe-
necEer Middletown; I. Il. Coble, Mid
dletown; A. l.. Erb, Middletown: Rob-
ert G. Alleman. Middletown: George
II. Hartman. Millersburg; C. Wolfens-
berger; Hummelstown Wilmer Bru-
baker Elizabethtown; Lin S. Lehman,
EliZabethtown; John S. Baker, Eliza
BEETHOVEN: Paul Aldinger. Elizabeth
town; Isaiah Swab. Elizabethville: I:
Charles w. Lentz, Millersburg: ]. +.
Bower. Harrisburg: Walter Specie,
Speeceville; Irwin K. Curry. Swatara
Station; ]. @. Fertig, Dauphin; ]. NJ.
Ensminger, Harrisburg; c. e. Cassel,
Hershey; Edward IT. SwCpe, Hum
melstown; Aaron Erdman, Wiconisco;
George G. Riland, Halifax; ]. Adam
Hetrick, Linglestown.
Frank Wolfensberger Harrisburg:
David w. Drawbaugh, Harrisburg;
Abner Keller. Hummelstown: Fl. S.
Hooker, Hockersville; A. L. Brubaker,
Elizabethtown; II. i. Keinard. Eliza
bethtown; Antonio Magnelli. Halifax;
Ralph Jerno, Halifax township; Rus
sell Poffenberger, Halifax; ]. O. A.
Rutherford. Harrisburg; S. P. Boulder,
Inglenook; II. r. Wetteroth, Lingles-
town; Jacob A. Landes. Harrisburg;
Andrew c. Rutter, Halifax; John A.
Shenk Hummelstown; J. L. Thornton,
Harrisburg: George H. Balsbaugh,
Hershey: Calvin p. Schall. Halifax; j.
ID. Horstick, Harrisburg; w. II. Len
ker, Harrisburg; Hiram Billet, Har-
risburg; w. e. Reed Halifax: c. j.
Snyder. Millersburg; w. o. Blasser,
Millersburg; Ed. II. Ligan, Steelton
Kirk Shelly, Steelton; John c. Fit
ting. Enders: James M. Meakley,