Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1920-08-31
WIDE RANCE OF
ACTIVITY FOR
COUNTY AGENTS

Many hogsheads of tobacco left the
various wharyes OF Anne Arundel dur
ing the past week and the week pre-
ceding. which caused the tobacco
warehouse to become very well filled
nm. The price OF this commodity still
keeps up regardless Of the congested
condition of the Warehouse.
The Tobacco Growers Association
Is on the job. and the farmer is get
ting what is coming to him. Signers
are coming in every day and ii will
not be long before the entire county
viii be represented by a larger per-
centage of members than the other
Southern Maryland counties. 1t is TO
the dfscredit of Southern Maryland,
however. when we look at the manner
in which the Western Maryland coun-
ties have come into the association
and Anne Arundel should take it TO
herself and every individual grower
who is not a member of the associa-
ton should take it that he is not do
ing as much for himself. his county or
his fellowman, unless he signs up in
this big going Farmers Association.
The secretary. Thomas John Hall,
3rd., will go out any hour OF the day
or night to sign up prospective
grover. He is only too willing to
work for his county and his fellow
man in this manner. We would like TO
see many more ardent men like Mr.
Hall in the association. The 1920 crop
is being signed up at the present time.
and as soon as the grower is signed
he can then begin to purchase ma
chinery, fertilizers. seeds, food, cloth
ing. any anything he desires and get
it at practically wholesale price. This
is the right beginning. buying wholez
sale and selling at wholesale, or per-
haps better. We cannot recommend
too highly this org& nization of farm
ers-The Maryland Tobacco Growers
Association.
The tomato growers are in, at che
present time, about as deep as they
can get The market, however, is re-
ported as improving. The continued
rains of the past fortnight have rotted
many tomatoes, and the Eastern Shore
growers met and cut their price in
half, or twenty-five cents per basket.
unless they could get this price. Anne
Arundel, | wolll say at a glance, is
better off than this, as there are re-
ports of growers receiyingg as high as
forty-fiye cents-of course, not paid
for yet, and then others are receiving
twenty-five and thirty cents. A boat
has been promised in South River this
week to take all tomatoes at thirty
cents. The Baltimore market was re-
ported slightly improved on Saturday
To Held County Fair
A meeting of much Importance to
the farmers of Anne Arundel county
was held at tho Court House on Tues
day morning, when it decided to or
ganize and hold county fair this year
in Annapolis. The State armory was
selected as the proper place for the
ldiI anu tie udlSo uCSAuCu upOn NCtS
November II, Is ard 10. The prem
jun lists will be out shortly and every
man and woman who is a member of
Community Club or whose name APP
pears on the County Agents mailing
lists will receive a copy of it. Every
one is urged to make arrangements
now to exhibit at this fair. The COM
mittee chairmen are as follows:
Committee on Arrangements-M NJ
Stewart.
Committee on Finance. Ashby
Duvall
Committee on Premiums and Adver-
tising-G. w. Norris.
Committee on Mems Exhibits-or-
lando Ridout
Committee on Women's Exhibits
Mrs, Georgiana Linthicum.
Committee ON Boys and Girls Ex-
hibits Mrs. Linthicum and G. w
Norris.
Committee on Judging and Enter
tainment Robert Murray.
Each of these chairmen will invite
other residents of the county to assist
the mi ntheir work, and it is hoped
that everyone approached will see
their way clear to give them a boost
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