Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1922-03-23
AGRICULTURAL NEWS NOTES
Club Work

terest Of boys and girls club work
for 1922. Bad weather and other
conflicting incidents prevented his
meeting with as many of the farm
bureau club project leaders as de-
sired Another series of meetings
has been arranged for April 8. In
the meantime the county agent will
endeavor to meet with the remain
ing leaders and help them map out
the work for the year.
Meeting at UnionvilIe
The county agent met the parents,
teachers, and pupils of the Union
vile community on last Friday and
discussed the subject Of club work.
Mr.. Ray and Mr.. Sherman, teachers
at Unionville, have contributed
much to the community interests
here. Good prospects for a pig club
and poultry club were evident at
this meeting.
Other communities in Meigsville
and Bristol townships will continue
with club work this year.
Producing, Selling and Buying
Economical production is far
more important than either economi-
cal selling or buying. This has al
ways stood as a fact and probably
always will. Assistance in economf-
cal production so far as the work of
the farm bureau is concerned means
following best practices and methods
as worked out by the best farmers,
experiment stations and scientists.
The extension program for the var
iOus communities in the county has
been worked out by farm bureau
committees and the county agent.
The efforts of every officer and men,
ber of the farm bureau is necessary
to put this program across in the
various townships Each project has
a leader selected. Each leader
must have the cooperation of the
members to make it go.
The Livestock Shipping Co. takes
care of the marketing of livestock,
the Sheep & Wool Growers associa-
tion, of wool; the egg circle, of eggs
and poultry. The chief principle in
volved here is that of charging only
the exact marketing cost to the pro-
ducer. The Shipping Co. since the
1st of March has shipped 10000 lbs.
of livestock to market at an exact
cost less shrink of less than ninety
cents per cwt. Last year the total
amount of livestock shipped in Ohio
through cooperative associations
was 91,597,252 lbs. The total ex-
pense per cwt, not including shrink
was seventy-two cents. The average
shrink was 3.4 lbs. per cwt. The
saving to shippers has been esti-
mated at over 100000. Coopera-
tive commission houses will be es-
tablished at Buffalo, Cleveland,
Pittsburgh, and Cincinnati.
A new marketing project has just
been completed and will be put into
operation next week. This is the
Glover Blossom Egg Circle, fostered
by the people in the Neelyville COM
munity A fuller report of this or
ganization will be given later.
The Farmers Elevator Co., essen
TALLY an organization for coopera-
tive purchasing of supplies and mar
keting of grain, is handling the or
ders of fertilizer to be pooled
through the Ohio Farm Bureau Fed
Grafton. Binder twine is another
product that is to be handled by the
Ohio Federation.
Fair Board Meets
Nine members of the Morgan
County Fair Board met on last Sat
urday to continue with revision of
the premium list. The livestock de-
vised and bigger and better prem
iums are to be offered in many
classes of these departments. 1t was
also the wish of the board that the
Beef Cattle exhibit offered and ar
ranged by the Animal Husbandry
Department, o. S. IT,, be secured for
the fair again this year. With
plans well under way at this early
date, the fair this year promises to
eclipse former exhibitions.
County Agents Meet
A district meeting of the county
agricultural agents from Perry, Mus
kingum, Morgan, Belmont, Jeffer-
son, Guernsey, Washington and
Noble counties met on Wednesday of
last week at Cambridge to discuss
extension activities In the various
counties. The subjects discussed
were Home Economies and Boys
and Girls club projects. Director
Ramsower; Assistant County Agent
Leader, w. w. Brownfield; Russell
Lord, Dept. of Publications; Miss
Price of the Home Economies Dept,
o. S. u. were present at the meeting.
Mr.. j. C. Neff, County Agent, Bel
mont county, presided.
News Briefs
"Acidity" not fertility" was the
word that should have been used in
last weeks notes in the statement,
"There is no truth In the belief that
acid phosphate increases soil acid
ity." Acid phosphate carries the
most deficient element in Morgan
county soils.
This is the time to spray fruit
trees. Due to severe weather con-
ditions last spring many Ohio or
chards were neglected. A "dOr-
mant" spray of lime-sulphur II,
will kill the aphids which are very
abundant this year.
There are 108 poultry demonstra-
ton farms in Ohio this year. The
10 leading fiocks are 100 percent
leghorn. Last year the highest av-
erage production per hen was 1875
eggs. This flock Is owned by Geo.
Lang, Clermont county.
Marion county thas worked out
ten essentials of success for raising
chickens as follows: Hatch all heavy
breeds before May: Clean and disin-
feet the brooder house and equip
ment; Feed milk In some form all
summer: Feed no other liquid than
milk for six weeks Feed dry mash
containing animal protein from first