Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1922-03-02
AGRICULTURAL NEWS NOTES
East Windsor Institute

East Windsor Institute
The Farmers Institute 1922
season in Morgan county closed with
the institute at East Windsor Grange
hall Feb. 1924. A total of nine
farmers institutes were conducted
in the county this season. The aver
age attendance at each session OF
these Institutes was IA. Accord
ing to reports from the Farm Bu-
reau community meetings and
oranges, 4 communities have lined
up and expressed their desire to con-
duct institutes next season.
The East Windsor institute was a
decided success. Much interest was
manifested by the community in the
subjects discussed and the program
rendered. The speakers were Mr..
Chester Strong, Mrs. Margaret Cur
ran, Supt. F. A. Davis, and Rev.
Martin, Stockport. Miss Azelia
White gave a humorous reading at
the evening session. Music was
given by the Grange string orches-
ira. All sessions were presided over
by Mr.. e. S. Bailey. All enjoyed
the sumptuous community dinner
served Friday noon, by the grange
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at the four sessions was 96. Officers
meth Barnes; v. p, e. s. Bailey;
sec'y-treas., Azelia White; lady cor,
Vergie Patterson; ex-com, VIM.
Newman, Frank Mummey, w. w.
Rollison.
Livestock Shipping Co. Meeting
The Board of Directors of the
Livestock Shipping Co. met Feb. 25.
Regular business was transacted
This consisted Of fixing and signing
of bond of sec'y-treas., and man
ager, and vote to send manager, Mr..
H. R. Bozman, to Columbus, to Ohio
Livestock Shippers meeting on Feb
/ 27-28.
] Mr.. BoZman, reported the shipping
of car loads of stock from Stock
port during the month. The ship
ping costs, exclusive of shrink, to
the shippers was 95.4 cents per
cwt on the 1st car and Sic on the
End. Both shipments went to Pitts
burgh. One shipper reports a saw
ing of $15.14 on shipment of
1400 lbs. of hogs. Mr.. Bozman also
reports another car for shipment
this week.
Truck Growers Meet
An attendance of about 20 was re-
ported for the truck growers asso-
citation on Saturday, Feb. %. The
chief business transacted was that of
securing the acreage and amount of
packing supplies needed by the var
iOus growers A car load of this ma
terial will be ordered.
Club Work
Mr.. o. G. Croy, Asst Boys and
Girls club leader, was in the farm
bureau office in conference with the
county agent regarding plans for
1922 club work. About forty bows
and girls are now working on pro-
jects. Enrollments will soon be
taken and the 1922 clubs organized.
Rations for Feeding Baby Chicks
d. c. Kennard. poultry man at the
Ohio Experiment station, has found
the following rations to be effective
In growing chicks and also to pre-
vent loss from feeding troubles.
For the first six weeks the chicks re-
ceive ration composed of ground
corn, five, bran or middlings, four,
and meat scraps or tankage, one.
parts by weight. The scratch grain
consists of equal parts by weight of
| fine cracked corn, cracked wheat
| pinhead oats. In addition all the
skim-milk or buttermilk the chicks
will drink is provided. No water Is
given. All the green feed the chicks
will eat is provided after the first
week. Grit and oyster shells are al
80 kept in the l1oppers. The scratch
grain is fed five times daily and the
dry mash kept before the chicks in
open feeders. After the sixth week
the scratch grain consists of three
parts cracked corn, one part whole |
wheat, by weight, and is fed twice
daily. The mash is then made I'm
ground corn four, bran or mfddIings. !
four, meatscraps or tankage, two. |
parts by weight. All the green feed !
the chicks will eat should be pro-
v1ded, but If skim-milk is not avail [
able OF involves too nruch expense. I
1t may be replaced by addition ofA|
meatscraps or tankage.
News Briefs
The Ohio Experiment station has
just issued bulletin on spraying.
If you want to know how to spray
your orchard you should have This
bulletin, giving formulas, time. and
directions for applying the sprays.
Sunfiowers have been used success
fully for s11age for some years. but
more recent experiments at the Ohio
station, prove that sunflowers cannot
compete with corn.
Lack of hot dish at uoon-time
and hastily prepared package
hastily eaten are big rea-
sons why one in every three Ohio
school children, city and country
alike suffer from malnutrition. say
food specialists of Ohio State Uni
yerSlty in a home demonstration
bill. just issued. Even the smallest.
it is said, can cooperate in hot lunch
work with excellent results.
Horace Hartley, Clark county
boy, paid $50 for a purebred Duroc
Jersey gilt in March, 1920. At the s
end of the first years club work. he ]
had $3O7.50, the SOW, and the two
gifts farrowed % pigs, all of which
he raised. For f6, butchered or
sold, he got $46150 and he now has
seven sows and two boars to go ,
ahead with.
Hens to supply for Matching might
we'll be separated from the farm
flock at this time. Only eggs of a
desirable size, shape, color, and con-
dftion of she'll should be used.
It's dangerously near being too ::
late to prune those grape vines. Ali !,
Of last years canes should be cut
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