The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1917-04-27
FARM BUREAU NOTES

The past week has been a very
busy one in our work. Farms have
been visited in six townships and
three meetings have been addressed
by the farm agent. One of these
was garden meeting in Holland
which was also addressed by Mr.. c..
B. Cook, assistant state leader of
county agent work. Another of
these meetings was held in district
No. 2, Lake town, where the agent
gave an address on "Conserving our
resources in the line of food pro-
ducts, and held a conference con-
corning farm loan associations. The
other meeting addressed was gath
ering of men school teachers of Allie
gan county. The farm bureau is
most anxious to work through the
schools as far as possible. This
gathering was called by Commission
err C. L. Goodrich and was very
helpful and interesting meeting.
Mr.. C. B. Cook spent four days in
the county assisting the agent in
some special problems. Among these
was one drainage proposition
and some special soil problems. The
drainage matter in question will be
used as one of our bureau demon
STATIONS.
Two tractor demonstrations were
attended by Mr.. Cook and the Ale
gan farm agent. At this time, when
there is such urgent need of every
acre possible being planted for food
product crops, it would seem as if it
would be good business to look into
every labor-saving device possible.
Among these just at present the
tractor is surely in the front rank.
Several of our Allegan county far
mers have recently purchased trac-
tors, and four kinds are now in use
in the county. Demonstrations were
held at several points during last
week by the Standard Sales CON-
pany who are handling the attach
ment for a Ford car known as the
Tracford. It is the business of a
farm bureau to boom the wares of
any special firm, but in the present
case when, for small amount,
something may be bought that, used
with Ford car, will easily displace
from three to four horses, it seems
to your farm agent that in this time
Of stress and Of scarcity of labor it
is well to look into these things.
These machines are actually in use
in Allegan county and are pulling
two-bottom fourteen-inch plows, and
have proved themselves quite cap
able of handling a spike-tooth drag
and roller at the same time. Just in
the matter of spring seeding alone
such machine would pay for itself.
There are also other attachments for
Ford cars which are actually in use.
Several of our Allegan county far
mers have in use tractors of other
kind.
For the past few days we have
had extra help in our bureau office
and have mailed about 1000 circu-
lar letters which we have sent as q
part Of the great and necessary
effort to mobilize our food-produc-
ing resources.
It win doubtless seem to our
readers and to those receiving these
letters that we are very insistent
about these matters. The fact il
that our resources have been and
are 70 great that we find it almost
impossible to bring ourselves to
think that there is any probability Of
shortage of food products i'll this
country; but we must keep in mind
the enormous demand, enhanced BY
the fact that many producers will not
become :.:rsumers: :ha a ny la-s :
.,oount is being Destroyed end Will
still be the ruthless warfare now in
vogue. Further that e I'd sup
ply is now very short. Witness the
fact that few days ago four train
loads Of beans were landed in SaI
rran.'irco in one. ship.,e'.t from
China, comprising ~. zoo bushes
aimed II MILL ,: dolI.ars For all
these easons it b nscs after of
cat: -, Ill to !, v...i''.:ne in their
ROVER to increase -. -. eness by
seed testing and c,.es, :.:ection,
by pre- ention of diseases of grain
and lo.atoes, ant: by thorough pre-
paration of seed beds as possible,
and by the supplying of needed
plant food. May we say once more.
if you have not bought your seed
beans get them NOW, and get clean
Michigan grown seed. Beans from
the far southwest are already being
sold in the state. These will not
succee.-From Allegan (Michigan)
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