Saint Mary's beacon., 1918-02-21

i Farmers Convention.
One Of the most snccessful farmers
msetings. both in point Of attendanc
and interest displayed, eyer held /
st. Mary's, was that OF the Farmers
: Convention, held at the Court House
Leonardtown, on Tuesday, Feb. 10.
After the County Agent, Mr.. G.
Wathsu, Jr., hGd called the iueeting h
order and outlined its purpose ami
program, DR.. James $. Buckley. o
the State College Of Agriculture, ad
dressed the audience ON the subject o
hogs. His advice was practical an,
timely, and was not aimed So much &
the increase of brood stock as 1t wa
TO the better care of brood sows, es
pecially at narrowing time.
Mr.. E. A. Miller, Of the Department
Of Agriculture, followed on the topi,
Of production and conservation. HI
Is pleasing and convincing speaker
and forcibly impressed his farmer
audience with the grave duty that rest.
upon them. They alone can feed the
nations at war
The morning session closed with q
talk on direct marketing by Mr.. Lewis
Flohr, OF the Bureau of Markets, De.
partment Of Agriculture. While ad.
miiting It's limitations, he showed that
marketing by parcel post had many
advantages as far as eggs. butter and
light products we're concerned, and
depended mainly on honest dealing on
the part Of the shipper and careful m
yestigation OF the reliability OF those
to whom he sold.
The afternoon session opened with a
very interesting and instructive talk
on soil Improvement By DR.. A. q. Nc
Call, Of the State Extension Service.
He strongly advocated oyster she'll
lime for this county because # was
most readily obtainable. and was, in
way, Inferior TO lime stone. BY a
plot and diagram he showed that raw
lime contained the same soil inprov-
ing properties as burnt lime and
would have a more permanent effect
upon the soil treated and would act
equally as quick Il properly ground.
Mr., w. NJ. Hillegeist, Of the Farm
Labor Bureau, took up the question OF
labor, and while many questions were
asked him and some lively discussions
preclpitatcd during his address, no
real practical solution Of this a.fIicnlty
vas offered. He did not seem anxious
to eoncede that the farmer could not
compete in the labor market With in.
dustries working on lucrative munition
and other war contracts He "a fgcst-
ed enforcement Of the Compulsory
Work Act, but did not oger tho scr
vices Of his bureau for that purpose.
Mr.. John B, Key, OF chaptIco, read
letter from Mr.. Laurie Mitchell,
president OF The State Tobacco Grow.
crs' Association, Of which editorial
mention Is made 10 this issue, and also
one from an officer Of the Lnaf Tobae.
co Association Of Baltimore City.
stating that they found Il ''inconvcn.
lent to have representative 81 she
meeting.
Mr.. John H. Chambers, Of Cedar
Point, was next introduced 10 talk 90
. Ea iaAaIl Ihg applause that
greeted bis appearance il - evident I
that his fame a. hog raiser had
far beyond lha confines of his |
own locality A practical farmer, with |
twenty years of successfui hog faislng
V draw from, he was listened 10 with
raps attention. Mr. Chambers knows
hogs, and when be hhd warmed ap 20
his subject ard began answering The
questions that were shot 81 him from
every part OF the Court House. lbe big
crowd settled back 10 heir seaGs with
the satisfied, contented look that only
comes when speaker inpresses his
audience, not only win HIS tnowlcdge
of his topic, but with his ability 70
present II smoothly and log ally All
brief summary OF his advice sopld In
elude the holding OF lilselg young
gifts 70 increase the brood stock, the
feeding OF well-balanced ration tan
kage being his choice for proteinl and
'shogging down" Of grass and pea
crops 20 promote economy.
Mr.. r. D. Hathaway, 81 Beanyue,
who had boen an interested and attcu-
tive listener 10 the different speakers,
expressed his pleasure At being present
nj the meeting and regretted that ihe
iatoness Of the hour prevented his
making an address
Mr.. james G. Greenwell, Of BsAu-
yne, rounded out tho days program
by advising the farmers 10 pay no at.
tention 70 any rumor thar tho govern.
ment contemplated fxing much low
er price for tobacco than its present
quotation, and stated that The market
ing of the product under that supposi.
tion would be a biz mistake
Mrs Susan Combs Frazer.