Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1922-11-16

held, with following results: Pres,
Oliver Edgerton; V. P, H. F. Car
ter; Sec'y, j. A. Hambleton;
Treas, R. F. Miller. Mrs. Mar
garet Curran and Pres. Oliver Ed
gerton were chosen to represent the
county as delegates to state con-
vention held Farmers Week, at Co.
lumbus.
Miss Minnie Price, Asst. State
Home Demonstration Leader, o. S.
u, was present and gave pre-
sentation of what the project lead
ers are responsible for, carrying
out the farm bureau program. F..
l.. Shoenberger, o. F. B. F., sub
stitute speaker for o. e. Bradfute
unable to be present, gave one of
his talks filled with enthusiasm
and interest along the lines Of farm
bureau future development. His
a locomotive without a track was
very forceful. He further remark
ed that the township programs of
work were the track" on which
the organization for the betterment
of agriculture was to run.
In all it was very successful
annual meeting, and another farm
bureau year has begun in Morgan
county.
Poultry Demonstration Report
The final report for the year
covering 12 months was received
from the poultry demonstration
farm owners. The county agent is
making up a summary report that
will be completed and forwarded to
the men soon.
Farm No. 2, Av. eggs hen for
month So, Average eggs for year
1926, Average hen for year III;
No. 8, 9.5, 1887, 134.2; No. 4, 81,
1888, 800; No. 5 81, 1893,
93.3; No. 6, AS, 1912, 2O3.6.
County Agents Report
Days in office, Z; days in field,
10; miles travelled, 1877: office
calls, 80: letters written, SO;
meetings held, 21; attendance, 339.
Wool Cost Records
To determine whether Ohio can
still raise sheep with profit, and
why it is that some farmers do SO
much better with sheep than 9TH
ers, 27 owners of fine wool f1ocks
in Morgan and Noble counties have
for the past year kept strict ac-
counts, in cooperation with rural
economists of Ohio State Univer-
sity.
Their results, now compiled at
the university and announced from
there, show that farms which feed
limited amount of good alfalfa
hay, and which pay attention to
the lamb crop as well as to the
wool crop, are making fairly good
thing out of sheep, even with wool
and mutton prices as they have
been in the past two years.
The five of the entire 27 farms
which produced wool most econom-
ically showed a final production of
1914 cents a pound. Wool brought
an average of 25 cents pound for
the - months in which records
were kept. 1t is bringing more
now.
But the remaining % farms that
kept accounts showed an average
cost of 375 cents per pound of
wool, and hence lost money. Why?
Comparison of individual reports
shows that the five best farms fed
less hay, but that twice as large a
part of this hay ration was alfalfa
as in the case of the less successful
farms. Also, the best farms that
made a profit raised an average of
Al lambs per 100 head of sheep,
and the focks that lost money
raised only 80 lambs to 100 sheep.
News Briefs
A hundred and fourteen Ohio
farm women, trained by an exten-
sion specialist from o. S. o., have
passed on these lessons to 3,233 of
their neighbors, with the under
standing that these neighbOrs, in
their turn, will pass the word
along.
Leaders in Marion, Penn, Mefgs-
vile, Center, and Deerfield town
ships were active in getting this
work started according to the above
plan.
Average increases of a third in
egg production, reported by 157
farmers in 20 Ohio counties who
fed the Ohio dry mash to their
flocks late last summer, represent
only one truth that the work dem
onstrated, poultry specialists Of the
o. S. U. believe.
Who cheers you up when you are
sad and finds for you the facts you
seek about, the doings good and
bad of all your neighbors every