The Medina sentinel. [volume] (Medina, Ohio) 1888-1961, 1920-07-16
BUREAU TO
RECOMMEND SEED

The regular wheat inspection work
|Of the Farm Bureau was done several
days ago in the fields of those mer
who are raising Trumbul and Ohio
127 wheat. Each of these are pure
line selection from the Fultz. They
have been developed at tn Ohio Expe1
iment station under the direction Of
Prof. C. G. Williams. It was at the
suggestion of Mr.. Williams that these
wheats were selected as the type to be
promoted by the Farm Bureau in its
crops Improvement work. The ter
years average for Trumbull. wheat al
Wooster has been 1873 bushels. Ohio
|127 has done equally as well but has
mot been grown long enough to have
q ten year average. H...
The fields inspected were in Chath.
am, Hinekley, Granger, Sharon, Me.
dina and York townships and were
grown by good farmers in all cases
Not all fields showed UP as well al
was desired yet enough were of sup.
erior quality so that the Farm Bureau
can recommend considerable amount
of seed. Probably there will be al
least 1900 bushels of Trumbull anc
400 bushels of Ohio 127. The names
of men who have this wheat that has
passed inspection can be obtained OF
application to the Farm Bureau office
On Friday Of this week the count,
agent and others will go to Columbus
to investigate the work of the busi
ness agent of the Franklin county
farm bureau. A similar position i!
to be created here and all necessar,
Information is being gathered regard
ng the possibilities of this office. There
has been an nsistent demand from
members for this service. Until re
Gently no person was found who nigh
handle this work on a basis that coult
be accepted by the bureau. Whel
his is started it is hoped to make i
a most satisfactory part of the work
1t is probably Of interest to the far
ners of this county that there will
oon be cooperative elevator organi
ations at all but two shipping point
n Medina county. The Litchfiel
Cooperative elevator company are tax
ng over the elevator at that poin
his week. The farmers of the mort
part of the county are now organizing
a company and soon will be ready t
start business there. This is in lin
with the movement over the county
,rovid the opportunity for every farr
er to market his grain through an ele
vator of which he may be a stockholo
er if he so desires. 1t is hoped tina
before many years that the combina
ton of these local companies may
possible in such a way that they ca
own the terminal elevators thus COZ
trolling their wheat from the thresi
er to the manufacture Of flour.
A plan is being formulated whereb
extensive cowtesting may be under
taken in Medina county with one Ger
tral testing laboratory under the cor
troll of the farm bureau. Such pla
is now in operation in western stat
and is very successful. The matte
will be put to the state authorities i
charge of cowtesting at Columbus thi
week for their approval. This al
tempt is being considered on accour
of the difficulty of obtaining youn
men to do regular cowtesting work a
such price as the farmer can pay.
the present plan is workable one test
er can handle the records of 1000 COW
where as under the present plan on
man can only handle about 25O. Nor
detailed information will be availabl
after the matter has been definitel
decided upon by the county executiv
committee Of the farm bureau.