Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1922-01-12
AGRICULTURAL NEWS NOTES
County Agents December Report

County Agents December Report
Days in office, Z; days in field,
10; miles travelled by rail, 1876; by
auto. 1885, calls on agent at office,
Sc: letters written, 20; farm visits,
g; meetings held, IA; attendance,
Poultry Report
The demonstration farm reports
have been submitted in good time
this month (December) and sum-
married. as follows: Farm No. Q,
number hens, SOL; average eggs per
hen. 4.8; 3-185; 5.4; 4E84.5; 80:
800; %; 6-223.5; 2.5. Farm
number 1, no report Farm num-
her 4 showed a cash income OF
S27.28 for the month. The highest
average net price received per
dozen was 63c and the lowest 44c.
Annual Meetings
! Malta and Windsor townships
have held their annual meetings
during the past week and elected the
following officers for next year:
Malta, VIM Brown. director: Chas
Finley v. D.: Ralnh Scott. sec'v
Windsor, Kenneth Barnes, director;
v. B. Patterson, w. D.: A. B. Van
fossen, sec'v and purchasing agent
Meetings will he held on Wednesday
and Thursday in Bloom, Union and
Homer townships. A series of nro-
gram committee MEETINGS will be
held through the townships BEGIN
ming Ian. is.
4 Program of Annual Meeting
The program for the annual meet
inn i.nc f0 6n rnII rr-<1 :
while affair. saws the committee on
ARRANGEMENTS Besides the big din
ner to which all Farm Bureau mem
bers are invited there, will be ar
election of officers. reports by Off
GERS end talks hv County AGENT
Leader. o. NJ. Johnson and G.. T.
Shoenherser of the Ohio Farm R1l-
reau Federation. Unless the cards
sent out are returned. no provision
will he made for the. dinner.
Clods Crump,le Under Limestone
Treatment
Lime is a clod-killer. Tt helm!
crumhle 1umps of soil which have
already formed. and it tends to nre
vent other clods from forming. Thi;
is leading statement in the Tanu
ary issue of "Timelv Topics" ;
monthly pamnhIet issued by the De
nartment of Soils of the o. s. II
Earl r. Barnes soils and crops spec
ialist writes the current number.
/ Prof. Barnes cites evperiment
(which show that the addition Of
per cent of lime to soil in hac
physical condition reduced the hard
ness of the clods 1870. Limestone
he saws. acts to break soil m into
smaller particles. Clods which have
been lined will often crumble tt
pieces after thew drv out. This as
sures good mechanical condition il
the seedbed: Il, one which. wjthou
lime. could he had only through re
reated narrowing and dragging, i
then.
Winter weather, too, is a great fo'
to clods, but attacks them most eff
fectuallv only when the land Iie'
bare. This. of course. requires fal
or winter plowing Prof. Barnes re
marks. and he strongly recommend
such practice but adds: ."Despit,
such advantages. fall or winte
blowing cannat be recommended 70
hillv sections in Ohio, because Of thu
danger of erosion" He concludes
.''Soils containing organic matte
and lime in substance will not b.
likely to form clods The effect o
lime as soil f1occulator apart from
it's many other virtues, is often suf
ficient to Justly its use"
Meeting of Morgan County Farmers
Elevator Company
A good lively meeting of tn,
stockholders of the Morgan Count,
Farmers Elevator Company wa
held at McConnelsville on Jan. 10
A representative crowd of rs from
the ESQ stockholders speaks we'll TO
the interest taken in the elevator.
Mr.. w. H. Calland, the manager
gave very good report and include
the gratifying news that divident
of go was paid all stockholders on
of the profits of the last years bust
ness. The directors elected for tn,
ensuing year are:
T. j. Osborn, Bloom O. C. Glass
Malta: o. d. Fuller, Union; w. L
Hardesty, Bristol; A. H. Humphries
Morgan; H. M. Finley, Morgan; ]
A. Hambleton, Windsor: VIM. Shil
Iling Meigsville; Hiram Hart, Marion
The date fixed for organization i
Feb. 8.