Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-02-08

| ative of the successors of the Great
Changers Picnic Organizations
urged all the farmers present to at
tend the picnic, which will be held
during the last week of August. Mr..
Niesley announced that D. X. Slome,
farm agent of Bradford county, will
address the farmers at Lykens next
Thursday.
On Hograising
! Howard Speece, of Speecevile, an
expert on hograising, gave a short
talk on the value of pasturing hogs.
lie told the farmers first to eliminate
"boarder pigs" that is, pigs which
do not give any return for their cost.
He said that sows should be exer-
cised during the winter months and
advised that they be pastured about
March 20 and left in pasture until
May. During May, he said, they
should be turned into alfalfa pasture
until June 10, and then fed on oats
and rape until about July 20, then
turned back into the alfalfa until
about September TO- After that, he
said, they should be turned into the
| corntields and there fed on corn,
husking it themselves, and fed soy
| beans, oats and rape. They are then
Grady for the market by Septem Der
2S, when most farmers are begin
ning to feed their hogs. BY this
method Mr.. Specie gets his hogs to
market before the general rush,
makes more from them and the
method of fattening them costs less.
Mr.. Specie is known to be a success
full hogbreeder, and he answered
numerous questions after his talk.
h. Frank Snavely, who has almost
statewide reputation as "a success
ful manager of rundown farms,
which he builds up as though by
magic, told of his methods. He said
soil fertility and prosperity go hand
in hand. He affirmed that increased
production means more money TO the
farmers, less costs to the consum ers,
try. His advise was that the farmers
try. His advise wa sthat the farm mers
use lots of lime, which is tonic for
run down soil, advised them against
cropping their pastures. and urged
| them TO use silos.
Prominent Speakers
Jacob NJ. Boyer spoke on pig feed
ing clubs, and showed how they
have demonstrated proper pig feed
ing methods. The farm bureau was
active in this line of work last year.
and succeeded in interesting farmers
all over the country in the advisa-
bility of properly feeding their
pigs.
Dopald Mccormick. chairman of
the agricultural committee of the
Harrisburg Chamber of Commerce,
which helps finance the farm bureau,
acknowledged the profitable work of
| the farm bureau, and complimented
Af,. i Tr.s
their part in the work.
This afternoon s.. 7. Within er
spoke on Better Livestock" and
Prof. Alva Agee. Secretary of Agri-
culture and L. X. Hibshman. head
of the county farm bureaus of State
| College. made addresses.
All the officers of the bureau were
reelected for another term. They
are as follows: President, A. b.
Shenk Hershey; vice-president. John
Clemson, Halifax: secretary, Howard
| Specie, Speeceville: treasurer, b.
Frank Snavely, Hummelstown. AS
sociated with these officers on the en-
ecutive committees are the following
S. 4. Whitmer. Union Deposit w. H.
Brightbill, Penbrook: Isaiah Swab.
! Eliza sbethville: J. NJ. Boyer. Gratz:
and County Superintendent of Schools
| Il. h. Shambaugh, member sex -officio.
Professor Agee declared that eX-
perience have proved that after every
! war. the high war prices charged for
| foods decline to normal. and that in
spite of the fact that huge supplies
are needed overseas, prices are so
high that the foreign nations can not
make large purchases until they are
| reduced. He declared that il is the
| duty of the farmers to produce crops
as large as possible within reason,
but not to run into debt while pros
poets for the future are so uncer-
| tain ...