The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-12-22
10 S||L.OS BUILT;
20 ACRES TILED
DURING THE YEAR
Those Most Important I'm.
proyements Noted in
Farm Bureau Report
big FARMING ADVANCE
i
Foundation of Good Flocks
Were Laid by Number
Of Farmers.
Il III
BIG FARMING ADVANCE
Interesting figures are cleaned from

/ Interesting figures are cleaned from
the annual report of County Agent H.
u. Smith. which was made this after.
noon at the final meeting of the Ma.
rion County Farm Bureau for the
present year at the court house, is
4 the last report that Mr.. Smith will
submit, as he has relinquished these
4 duties and will resume his activities
on the farm in Berkeley county.
After the report Is submitted here
1t Is forwarded to West Virginia Uni
yersity at Morgantown and from there
{ It will be sent to the United States
Department of Agricultural, Wash
ington, D. c., to be incorporated in
the annual farm statistics.
The report is as follows:
Number Of members, January l.
1917. 31S; number Of members, Dec
ember 81, 1917, 1856; increase in mem.
bership during the year, s.; meeting
Of members and directors during the
year, 4; dues mot yet collected. 1884;
obligations to December 81, $500.
Supplies purchased by Farm Blu,
reau and used on Marion county
farms, 256 tons of acid phosphate;
100 tons of burnt lime; 100 ground
lime stone; one carload Of drain tile
5000 feet.)
Soil Improvement work-Twenty
acres OF land has been tile drained
Ion seven farms; so acres Of land on
twenty farms has been treated with
stable manure saved in a proper man.
ner by taking it direct from stables to
the field; 1900 acres on $50 farms
have received liberal applications OF
acid phosphate to insure maximum
crops thereon. In the growing OF
cover crops sixty acres OF crimson
clover, rs acres of hairy vetch and
100 acres OF rye were grown to be
ploughed under, but owing to the
scarcity Of cereal crops most of this
rye was harvested. There were ESQ
acres treated with burned lime and
$50 treated with pulverized limestone
Crop Demonstration-There were
twelve corn demonstrations, which
yielded "a 10 bushels Of shelled corn
to the acre; there were nine alfalfa
demonstrations, which averaged Q -
tons Of alfalfa hay to the acre, there
were twelve SOY bean demonstrations,
which yielded 1 1.2 tons to the acre;
there were five meadow demonstra.
tons, which yielded 2 tons Of mixed
hay per acre: there were two wheat
demonstrations, which averaged 80
bushels to the acre.
Value OF Increased Crop Produc.
tion-Due to the use Of demonstra.
ton methods the increase value OF
crops on these farms amounts to
S4.62S, based on market prices.
!. War Appeals Increase Acerage-The
following increases have been esti
mated in the acreage OF Marion ocun.
ty due to government appeals for
more food because Of the war: Corn,
40 acres, 10000 bushels; potatoes
500 acres, 5000 bushels; soup beans
100 acres 1900 bushels; garden
trucks. 1900 acres, (including war
gardens; wheat, 500 acres, $500
bushels; buckwheat, 500 acres, $500
Live Stock Husbandry = Sixteen
new silos were built during the year,
which have a capacity Of 800 tons.
Several dozen farmers kept the best
Of their eve lambs for breeding pur.
poses despit the tempting prices that
were offered to them. This is step
in the right direction and is the
foundation Of a good flock. One herd
OF pure Holstein diary cattle is being
developed by Carter Bros, in Win
field district, near Mt. Harmony,
who now have one fine pure breed
bull, six head Of COWS and number
of calves.
Boys Club work-Six corn club
members finished with yield of 6s