Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1918-08-16
COUNTY AGENTS
FIRST REPORT
Report Of Work of Agricultural Agent
in Fulton County From March 1 to
July 1, 191S-Crops-S Soils-Dairy-
ing Organization - horticulture
Demonstrations and Institutes.


Calls on agent at headquarters. 738
Letters written ...... 1872
Farm visits made ....... 1913
Demonstrations visited ... 3
Meetings held .......... "a
Attendance at farm meetings. 1879
Miles travelled by auto ...... 1929
Miles travelled by rail ..... 613
Began work March 1. The organi-
zation in the county consisted of a
farm bureau of about 300 members
with its executive committee. No
township nor community organiza-
ton had been perfected.
The seed corn work was immedi-
ately taken up. An effort was made
to find out the amount of old corn on
hand and the number of farmers
needing seed, but results were not
very satisfactory.
Crops
A carload of government corn was
finally arranged for, to be distributed
in Fulton and Lucas counties. Four
hundred and one-half bushels of corn
were sold to 173 farmers from that
car. Part of the corn was yellow
dent and a part was 8-row flint corn.
The yellow dent was high in germi-
nation and gave very good satisfac-
ton, but the 8-row corn was some
what disappointing. This corn was
sold for SIS per bushel and a rebate
Of 4Oc per bushel was made. Later,
car was obtained in Toledo and sold
to I'll farmers at $3.50 per bushel
and rebate of 40c per bushel made.
One hundred twenty-five and one
quarter bushels of war emergency
corn was shipped in by express and
sold to IS farmers at $515 per bushel
plus the express.
Report of Seed Corn
Car No. l. .4001a bu. to 173 farmers
Car No. 2. 350% bu. to III farmers
By express ..122A bu. to S5 farmers
Total 8731a bu. to 429 farmers
Stand of war emergency corn was
counted on 21 farms.
termination
War emergency corn. .78.1 per cent
Corn from other sources. .7O.4 per cent
Local corn $40 per cent
Demonstration in treating oats fol
smut by the dry method were made
on eight farms with a total attend
ance of so. Results from the dry
treatment were very good.
Soils
Eight fertilizer meetings were hello
with an attendance of 100. From S
to 10 tons of fertilizer were ordered
at each meeting. At the suggestion
of the county agent, 16 per cent acic
phosphate was ordered in all cases
Dairying
Individual tests for butterfat wer
made in one herd of cows to deter
mine if possible the cause for a sud
den drop in the average butterfat O
milk from the herd.
Organization
The county has been divided int,
16 communities, and community com
mittees have been chosen in four com
munities.
Horticulture
Four farms were visited with
representative of the State Depart
ment of Agriculture and advice give
in regard to spraying and pruning
Soil has been tested on II or 1
farms, and almost without exceptio
sandy soils showed the need Of lin
in order to correct the acidity Q
sourness. Lime can be obtained q
from 81 to SO per ton, and wher
soils are sour, results from the appl
cation of 11a to 2 tons of groun
limestone per acre will be especial
F apparent in the increased growth {
clover and alfalfa. The cooperate
of neighbors in buying lime in carloa
lots is especially recommended.
\ A poultry demonstration true
; from the Ohio State University spel
> three days in the county during Jul
and though the attendance was M
\ large owing to the extremely bus
a season, much useful information We
q received in regard to the care ar
A management of poultry and the CO.
!. servation of food.
Following out the idea of increa
ing our yields of the different grai'
S by the use of improved high yieldir
i varieties, the county agent would Ill
! to have two or three careful farme
,t in each township try some of the II
in proved varieties of wheat develop
at the Ohio State Experiment St
ton at Wooster. A list of men ha
ii ing the improved seed wheat for sd
d, s available and enough to sow fiv
ten or more acres, can be obtaine
The county agent will be glad to su
ply further information to those i
- terested.
Through the cooperation of t
county agents in Williams, Defan:
| Wood, and Lucas counties, a numb
of one-day farmers Institutes will
held in different parts of the coun
this winter. These Institutes will
in addition to the state aid institut
to be held at Bradley, Archbold, Fa
cite, and Lyons. Any community
terested in having one-day institu
this winter should take the matter
with the county agent at an cal
date.
The present condition of the dai
industry makes it extremely nee,
sary to Danish from the herd all c.
| boarders. One of the best means
detecting the slackers in herd is
the organization of a coW-testing
sociation.
The success of the county age
work depends upon the co-operati
of the farmers in the county, and
these troublesome times when
production of food is so imports
and the problems connected with {
riculture are more perplxing and q
ficult of solution than ever before,
ganization and cooperation offer
best means of overcoming the di
culties.
R. A. CAVE,
County Agent