Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1923-09-06

| the making of kimona apron. Re
| port Of standing of these teams has
not been announced.
| Morgan Has Other Exhibits
! H.H. j. e. Richardson of Grand
| view Farm, Bloom, were among
chief exhibitors in American and De-
laine Merino classes of sheep. Their
winnings consisted of 9Th in the
pen of lambs" class bred and owned
by exhibitors, 10th in the c eve
lamb class and 9th in B eve lamb
class. Sheep were in charge of j.
E. Richardson and Ray Pierpoint of
Chesterhill. The sheep show at
Ohio State Fair has the reputation
of being the largest sheep show in
the world. Close to 1000 head of
fine wool and mutton sheep were on
: display.
NJ. & Nj. III. S. Boys at the Fair
Q. L. Young, teacher of Agricul-
ture in M. & M. H. S., was leader of
group of students who competed
in the vocational stock judging con-
test. Robert Newsome, Delmar
Glenn, Paul Bone, and Estelle Bailey
were contestants entered. Howard
Forsythe of O. S. U. also was con-
testant from the county, in the
group mems stock judging contest.
The Fair in General
Critics were free 10 say that the
recent State Fair exhibition surpass
ed by far that of fvilner years. AL
most every department was full to
overfloWing with entries. Many of
the departments were very much in
excess of the space provided, MAX
ing it necessary to provide tempor-
AIRY quarters and space to house the
exhibits. While the weather was
somewhat unfavorable there was an
increase in attendance. Record
crowds We're reported on two of the
days Morgan county also contribu-
ted quite large share. more than
80 visitors from the county being ac-
counted for
Breeders to Publish Catalog
c. 0. Thomas, secretary of the
Shorthorn Breeders association, was
in the county agents office Monday
preparing the catalog of entries
for. the coming sale Oct II. A to-
tai of 40 lots will appear in the sale
catalog. 1t is planned to have the
cattle shown in the classes in the
forenoon and to be placed by a com I
petent Judge.
News Briefs
In Morgan county. 14.1T of the
farms are operated by tenants. This
is below the average Of Ohio, where !
in 500 of all farms are tenant-op- !
Grated. The average of tenancy for
the United States is $3.50.
Livestock producers of Ohio, using
cooperative channels in marketing, (
sent livestock valued at 48,9S3.04 7
to market during July, according to +
reports from so counties. This 1
was sent to terminals by
1921 producers, members of the CO.
operative associations reporting. The /
stock was taken to market in 643 .
floors, the stock weighing at market +
. ,941 $50 pounds
When observation-disclosures first
came into use for gassing peach
tree borers, three years ago, August .
was thought to be the best time to
lay the rings of the substance around
the trees. Subsequent experience in
Ohio and elsewhere has indicated,
however that August is little ear
ly.
If the silo is alright and the 81
lage literally supplied with juice or
additional water, we'll distributed
and thoroughly packed, there need
be no fear of the feed spelling, said
G. w. Montgomery of the Farm
department, Ohio eX-
pertinent station.
Sam says: Fill your mind each day
with new things. It's awful to grow
up into an old man with nothing to
think about
Coming Events
Sept rs. District Conference of
Extension Workers of S. f. Ohio, at
Sept. 11-14, Morgan County Fair.