Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1922-08-03
AGRICULTURAL NEWS NOTES
Sheen Men Tour County

ii Sheep Men Tour COuHty
4 25 farmers in six automobiles
spent July 26 visiting pure bred
fiocks of sheep throughout county.
4 They visited on west side in fore
noon and on east side in afternoon.
Willis Greer, Herbert Herman, and
/ Lewis Strong, of the Morgan County
Sheep Boosters club were in the par
ty and were honored by having the
delegation visit their club projects.
Plans are being made to send their
club sheep to State Fair. There will
/ also be a demonstration team train
4 ed and sent to the Fair, and prob
i ably wool exhibit by the Sheep
and Wool Growers association. In
all IA fiocks were visited. In these
! a total of 375 pure bred ewes and 80
nure bred rams were represented.
/ Flock owners visited were J. T.
Bowman, w. G. Fawcett, VIM. Bow
man. Chas. Newburn, Harley
Thomas. c.. O. Thomas, James
Richardson, Chester Strong, L. B..
Strong, C. E. Dewitt, Willis Greer,
Lewis Strong.
Shortnorn Meeting
The tour of the Morgan county
tbe executive committee at a called
meeting Saturday in the County
Agents office, McConnelsville. It
is planned to take two days for the
tour and to have present Thos. ID.
Phillips, field man for Ohio Short
horn Breeders association. Every
breeder in the county will be invited
to go along on this tour and see the
Shorthorns of the county as they ap-
pear at home. The matter of hold
ing a sale will then be further TAX
en- up after the tour, which If ad-
visable will be held in October. j.
L. Glenn was appointed leader for
tour on east side and Claire Strobe
on west side. Date and route will
be announced as soon as Sec'y C. 0.
Thomas finds out when Mr.. Phil
lips can come to the county. Mem
bers present at meeting were J. l..
Glenn Pres, C. o. Thomas, Sec'y.
Claire Strobe, C. V. Cheadle and
Chas. Fleming.
Club Notes
July 81, Busy Bee Food club.
Meeting called to order by Vice
President; song; roll CALL talk on
What success / am having with can
ming; song, Bernice Nolan and Pan
sy Earles; spelling contest of 100
words: business. Adjourned. Rest
of afternoon was spent playing
games and eating popcorn, sweet ap-
pies. cake and drinking lemonade.
Next meeting to be held at Mrs. F.
A. Dawson's. Each member to in
vite her brother or a friend.
Willing Workers Food club of
Center township met as their picnic
meeting at the Morrow falls The af-
ternoon was spent as follows: Presi-
dent called meeting to order, read
ing of minutes and roll call, then
business session, after which a de-
licious picnic supper was served.
Next meeting was decided to be
Parents day, at home Of leader.
Program: Dialogue, Belle Wilson
and Louise Williams; recitation,
Myrtle Campbell; prophecy, Lulu
Hastings.
News Briefs
Poultry sometimes find a dead
animal and, picking at it, become
i'll and die in numbers. good dose
Of salts will often meet this condi-
ton, says l.. w. Finley, agricultural
inquiry on such q case Seven hens
had died and a dozen more were
nearly dead, but the cwner kept his
flock housed for a day and gave
them salts. 1t cured them.
Coming Events
Aug. S-Penn Township Poultry
Meetings, B. A. Carr, Stockport, 10
a. M, Ernest Price. Westland, / p.
m.
Aug. 9-McConnelsville, 10 a. m.
to 3 p. M, Health Leader and Spec
ialist, GAINESVILLE, livestock Ship
! ping Conference, Officers of Live
stock Companies.
Aug 1O-Union Tp, Luther Tip
pie, 10 a. M, Geo. Van Horn, ! o.
m., poultry meetings
Aug. 11-Center Tp., John Sher-
lock, 10 a. M, F. E. Williams, / o.
M, poultry meetings.
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