Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1921-09-29
AGRICULTURAL NEWS NOTES
Cnlling Campaign CLOSES

Culling Campaign Closes
With a demonstration at r. s..
McClain's farm, Homer township,
the poultry campaign, conducted
through the cooperation of the
Farm Bureau and the county agent.
closed. At this demonstration there
were more than SO present. The in
creased attendance was due to the
fact that the local Mountville high
school and the grade school dis
missed, to give the boys and girls
opportunity to take advantage OF
the educational part of the demon
istration.
While all the demonstration flock
owners have not reported, sum-
mary of results of 20 culled fiocks
shows the following:
No. hens handled 500
No. hens rejected ....... TIT
No. hens retained ...r....2,175
Egg production, week be-
fore culling ............ 6,345
Egg production week after
cull1ng % ,2ZS
A look .at results would indicate
that the 727 culls must have credit
for 122 eggs. Anyone can decide
for themselves how much they
would give for a flock of 727 hens
that laid only 122 eggs in one week.
In many cases the Gull hens did not
lay at all. In more than one-half
the cases the good hens laid more
eggs the week following culling than
the week before.
AS this is lesson in live stock
improvement, it is well to carry. the
practice little farther and apply it
to other farming practices. This
rule is good one and the wise
farmer follows it: Never keep any
animal that does not show a profit
at the end of the year" This means
the keeping of records, and tedious
and impractical as they may seem to
us, they invariably show what we
want to know in the long run.
The Farmers Picnic
The slogan for all farmers from
now until Oct. s should be, "All
aboard for the big farmers picnic. =
The aim in this affair Is to give op-
portunity for all the farmers or
ganizations in the county to get to-
gether. The place is the fair
grounds. The date is Oct 8. Every
Granger, Farm Bureau member, and
members of women's clubs should
mark this date on the calendar. On
the morning of the day, after the
chores are completed, crank up Liz
zie," and with basket of "eats''
slowed away in the back seat, leave
all cares of the farm behind and
set out to enjoy the biggest day of
the year. A committee of Grangers.
members of farm women's clubs, and
Farm Bureau members met at the
Farm Bureau office and formulated
tentative plans for the occasion
Other committees appointed were:
Athletics. Chester Strong, B. F..
Fulks and o. L. Young: grounds and
speakers, r. E. Helt, j. A. Goddard
and R. @. Massey. The music was
discussed, and contest is to be ar
ranged between the different
Oranges, and prize offered for the
best quartet. Mr.. McComas Of
Pennsville Grange will oversee this
part of the program.
The dinner is to be strictly q
community affair. 1t is to be under
the direction of a committee OF La
dies representing the different
Oranges and farm women's clubs.
Each Grange, and each club to ap-
point one committeeman. Hot cof-
fee is to be served and fresh cream
furnished by the Muskingum Valley
creamery, will be on tap. Not too
much must be said 80 far in advance
OF the time, but nobody is to leave
an appetite at home.
That Morgan county farmers can
enjoy themselves and that a good
time can be afforded all, is only a
matter of how much pep the
farmers themselves put back of this.
Guernsey County Celebrates
During the week of Oct 8, Euern-
sey county will celebrate Old Home
week, at Cambridge. Oct. will be
Farm Bureau day. In the morning
the county organization meeting Of
Farm Bureau members of Guernsey
county will be held, at which M. D.
Lincoln will talk. All farmers from
adjoining counties are invited to at
tend this meeting. In the afternoon
there will be big open air meeting
In front of the court house, and Mr..
Lincoln will again give an address,
this time to the whole assembly.
Meetings on Schedule
Oct. Farm Bureau executive
committee, 1880 p. m.
Oct S-Farmers' Institute Off
cers- 10 a. m.
Oct. S--Big picnic, fair grounds.