Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1921-05-17
PROMINENT SPEAKERS FOR
FARMER PICNIC.
Seey. Wallace, A. r. Lever and Frank
Mish ON Program.


The Sixth Annual Berkeley Coun-
| ty Farm Bureau picnic, which will
be held Thursday, June 2, at Mr.. l.
Id. VanMetre's Stone House farm,
near Kearneysville, promises to be
big success, if the scale upon which
preparations or this event are being
made is any criterion. The best
speakers, according to the manage
ment available in the agricultural
world, together with amusements
and entertaining and instructive
features of a high order, are being
arranged.
Definite assurance has been re-
ceived at the arm bureau Office DUR
ing the past week or so that Secre
tary of Agriculture Henry G. Wal
lace, the Hon. A. F. Lever, president
of the Federal Farm Loan Board, and
the Hon. Frank w. Mish Maryland,
will be present to address the picnic
crowd In addition invitations have
been sent to Governor E. F. Morgan,
of West Virginia, and DIR. Hugh Will
ey, the "pure foods" advocate, and it
is probable that one or both of these
will be present.
In securing the secretary of agri-
culture, the Eastern Panhandle is ex-
exceptionally fortunate, it is said,
as the press of official duties usually
makes it impossible for the secretary
to appear away from Washington to
address any but statewide meetings,
or meetings where representatives of
a group of states are to congregate.
4 Secretary Henry c. Wallace, is a
native of Iowa, and has for several
years been editor of "Wallace's Far
mer," one of the foremost agricul-
tural journals of the country, a paper
foundedby his father. He is a grad
uate of the Iowa State College of
Agriculture at Ames, Iowa, and the
owner of several farms. That he
holds the confidence of the farming
population of the country it is point
ed out, was evidenced when a straw
vote was taken by the American
Farm Bureau Federation asked that
he be named by President Harding tc
the place he now occupies. AS the
official representative, of Agriculture
in the present administration, Mr.
Wallace's statements it is conceded
should mean much to those who at
tend the picnic.
The Hon. A. F. Lever, who will
I also be present, is one of the mos
. widely known figures in tn agricul
/ tural world. He was for twent,
: years a member of congress, and il
q author of the Smith-Lever act estab
/ fishing county agent and home dem
i onstration work. He resigned from
n congress to accept a position on tn
: National Farm Loan Board, of whicl
he is now president, and is acknowl
edged as leader in the field of ru
5 raj credits. He is also the author o
the Federal Warehouse Act and othe
beneficial rural legislation.
: The Hon. Frank w. Mish, of Ha
j gerstown, is very well known in thi
J. section, owning farms in Berkele
: county and in Washington county
It Md.
n In addition to the speakers, plan
a have been made to have an aeroplan
r to furnish entertainment to the larg
e crowd expected by the officials of tn
a local bureau. The Marlowe Ban
o has been engaged to furnish musi
y for the occasion, and arrangement
for ball game and track events ar
under way. Instructive feature
depicting the work of the local farl
a. bureau will be displayed. Refresl
! ments will be on sale at the picnic.
= The Martinsburg Chamber of Con
% merce plan to be present at the pie
= mic in an organized way, with a larg
- number of decorated automobiles.