Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-11-01
mVNn SCHOOL NOTES
Sr v. Cy5s geAuson

c. s. Raa-=szt of Agriculture AMI
szr ~ Szts CeIleEe Of Agriculture,
prorcS hzsed % - : very pleasant
ants-~c ard wei informed speak
e.. He las had many years Of ae-
raAs Enw s1psrisnes. He was Dot at
al zEzL n his views. In his sever
al tabs L frs; dealt with the scar
eity e vasat showing that altho Eu-
ro~rec9vod tsaaoa.0eo bushels from
u Anss ysar. yet she can do on zoo
@aaee As year. But SIS We have
Ozsy SSAo0eao TO spare, then ne
zzs. uss -ore eoru, cats. barley, rice,
pssz;sxS &c. that cur Allies may be
properly fsS ard that We may do all
.Aat ne posszaly can to quickly end
~ yr==
In his GeEoustration he clearly
Gesed tie value Of the pure bred ear
ever the one that was running out,
pan1nr cit the differences between
tAe-. Fer enc bashel Of the pure
bred type viii prodace enough more
cora per acre to make it worth from
so i Ses uaore than a bushel Of the
type that IS running cut. If that IS
TIE case. and yoa can readily prove il
To year eva satisfaction, then l am
sure you can find time to go into the
field and select the seed from the
kind Of stalk you prefer that il not
uszr same barren or diseased stalks
ard before q freeze may iniure the
seed.
The rain Thursday interfered with
the meetings arranged for that day.
Friday morning we were very pleas
zntly and Hospitality entertained at
the home Of J. L. Carpenter. Here
We saw some very good OH which
clearly proves the value Of seed Sc
lection. AR. Carpenter a few years
ago won the distinction of being the
champion corn grower of the State.
Besides, he won many medals and
valuable cash prizes. Only a few
were interested enough to be present.
In the afternoon at Platte Brothers,
there were four school girls and s.
boys from the A Glass at Duly and at
Sneed and 10 interested farmers.
Here too, we found good results fol-
lowing proper seed corn selection.
After the demonstration we visited
their ginseng farm, the only one CT
the kind in the County. This was
very interesting. The ginseng must
be shaded. 1t takes from S to Z
years to produce a crop and then you
must start anew. 1t is worth from
IS to 81 per pound.
Friday night, we had a good hearing
at Beagles. Grant Morthland was the
local committeeman. There were
present p men and two women in
GLIDING the teacher, Miss Carolyn Will
son.
Saturday morning at Cauthorn, w
R. Thompson local committeeman, we
were met by the teacher, Miss Magda-
lin Wayland, and three other women,
!; three boys and two girls of the A
! Glass, and six men. The weather
was unfavorable as it was the previ-
Gus morning, but the meeting was
well worthwhile.
In the afternoon, F. A. Daniels
was the committeeman and the meet
ing was at New Michigan. Miss En-
ma Sutton, teacher at Prairie Hill,
showed the proper spirit and inter-
est. She brought three of her big
boys with her. There were present
two men, two women, one girl and
the three boys. There was a lecture
in town on the Federal Land Bank and
Farm Loan proposition; let us hope
that the others were there.
At Crow we had a splendid audience
of 16 One was the teacher, F.
R. Hickerson. c.. F. Barney was
the committeeman. The evening be-
fore, Mr.. Quinn said that he had not
held a night meeting of any conse.
quence. But we were fortunate
enough to have two, thanks to the
local committeeman.
The local committee did their
part well. Of course, many were
not present who should have been, but
it was not because they had not been
informed and invited.
1t was very interesting to watch
the interest shown by the boys and
girls, the girls in particular, as well
as by the farmers present. ! think
that the meetings accomplished much
good. | wish also to commend the
spirit that prompted Mr.. Day 20
furnish the girls from Duly a way to
/, get to the meeting; also that of Miss
es Day, Ruth Cook and Wayland SUIT.
ton who were so successful in getting
their pupils to attend these meet
ings.
= 1t was the plan to hold the day
meetings at the farms of the local
l committeeman, but thru a mistake
5 this plan was not carried out Satur-
5 day. However, I think that it caused
very little misunderstanding and
worked out to the best interests of all
concerned.
| feel sure that many will profit by
: the demonstrations given and | hope
J that many others, who were unavoid-
/, ably prevented from attending, will
find out about it from those who did,
Y or from the farm and local papers.