Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1922-04-06
AGRICULTURAL NEWS NOTES

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Girls club work for 1922 has been
received from Cloud community,
Bristol township. The Progressive
Girls Food and Clothing club which
! has carried on two years of sue
cessful club work and one year
clothing club work under the lea
dership of Mrs. H.. G.. Henderson,
will begin their third seasons work
| following report of their first meet
| ing has been received:
The Progressive Girls Food and
Clothing club met at the home of
their leader, March 25, and reor-
ganized. The following officers
were chosen: Pres, Sarah Barclay;
vice-pres.. Elizabeth Hall; sec'y.
Georgia Knight; treas, Edith Ray;
social committee, Edith Ray and
| Elizabeth Hall. Other members are,
| Anna Macklem and Grace Camp
bell Meeting to be held Thursday
of each month. This club has a
bank account of over $17.0O They
expect to work for the offer made
| by the B. e o. r. r. as found in
the Ohio Farmer.
County Agents Report
County Agent, r. e. Helt, has
submitted the following report to
the State Dept for the month of
March:
Days in office, 13; days in field,
IA; miles travelled by rail, 332; by
auto, 1873: walk, 90; calls on
agent at office, 126; letters written,
38; farm visits, g. meetings held,
| IS; attendance, 223.
Township Notes
The county agent met the pro-
! ject leaders in York township,
Deavertown, on, March 29. Demon
| stration dates were arranged and
plans made, generally, to carry on
! the work of the farm bureau in the
community this year. Mr.. John
Spring, purchasing agent, reports
! the receipt of one car of 20 T. of
| fertilizer.
Sixteen boys and girls and par
ents met Saturday at the home of
Mr.. and Mrs. Miner Morris, Center
township, with the county agent to
discuss club work. Food, clothing
and poultry work will be the pro-
jects attempted.
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collected from Meigsville, Morgan,
Bristol, and Windsor townships, and
sent to the Ohio Experiment Sta
tion for testing. Advice will be
issued on the basis of these tests re-
garding the corn root rot situation
i'll Morgan county.
Fair Board Meets
The fair board held called
meeting on Monday Revision of
part of the premium list and nego-
tiations for the purchase of 26
acres of land adjoining the grounds
| from H. r. Bozman was the chief
! business of the session. All men,
| bers visited the fair grounds in the
| afternoon to survey the new prop
erty.
News Briefs
| Prof. r. F. Taber, o. 8. U. Ex-
tension Economist makes the fol-
lowing statement: "At the present
time, Ohio farmers are paying an
average of 50 percent above pre- war
prices for what they buy, and get
ting an average Of % percent above
pre- war prices for what they sell.
The situation is bad for the farm
ing business in general, and conse-
quently bad for all business of
which the farmer buys, but it may
be good for the farmer who hap
pens to be producing poultry, ap-
pies, and lambs, which commodi-
ties are far above pre- war prices.
On the other hand, farmers special
izing on horses. cattle, or oats,
products far below pre- war range,
are critically hard up"
The Ohio Farm Bureau Fedora
alton will handle 10000 T of fer
tilizer through the pool this spring.
r. F. Taber, Farm Management
Demonstration. o. S. U., submits the
Following statement regarding the
summary OF corn cost production
work. "The summaries in Portage,
! Greene, and Hardin counties, have
been completed and averaged as
follows: Portage county, Sc per
bu.; yield, SIS bu. per acre; Greene,
soc per bu.; av. yield, so bu.: Har-
din county, where draughty condi-
tions existed, 75c per bu.; av. yield,
AZ bu. The usual wide range in
cost per bushel was found to exist
in other cost work due to variation
in labor, rent and fertilizer costs.
The per acre fertilizer manure
charge in Portage county averaged
SILT, in Harding sara"
Meetings ON Schedule
Saturday, April 8-Penn town
ship Boys and Girls Club Commit
tee, Pennsville, 1880 p. m. at the
Grange hall.
Parents Day at Borders School
Parents day was observed at the
Borders school in Bloom township,
on Friday, March 81. Although it
was bad day, SO were present.
At the noon hour an excellent din
ner was served by the ladies, con-
sisting of sandwiches, chicken,
pickles, salads, jellies, sixteen pies,
eleven large cakes and all other
good things imaginable, to which
everyone did ample justice, espec-
tally Vine Cordray and JEFF Huff
man. The way they stored away
the cake was remarkable, but we
understand they are still well and
happy and wishing for more. In the
afternoon the following program
was delightfully."- rendered BY the
pupils, their teacher, Miss Mary
Shilling, and the parents: Song,
America; recitations, Wilma Nc
Murray, Donald Lawrence. Robert
Barkhurst: dialogue; recitation,
Robert Cordray; dialogue: reading,
Mrs. Barkhurst; recitation, Albert
Devol; dialogue; recitation, Dom
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