Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1924-12-18

farm. BY Prof. N. w. Glines, agri-
cultural Extension specialist in veg
etable gardening at o. S. U. Hot
bed frame construction, manure
preparation, soil preparation and
cultural methods were fully discuss
ed with Mr.. Glines. In addition,
trucking problems, diseases and gem
eral cultural methods were studied.
These farmers are starting into
truck growing "for keeps" The
Stockport local has enough members.
with sufficient acreage, for a ship
ping point at Stockport. These
truck growers are going to build hot
beds and grow their own plants in
stead of buying their plants else
where. Many plant diseases are
brought from old truck growing sec
tions in seedlings.
Another Group Treating Sheep For
Stomach Worms
Twelve good Federal valley sheep
farmers attended the sheep treating
demonstration at Eliza Coles barn
last week. A few of these farmers
had treated their sheep, but all were
amazed at the ease with which a
closing syringe" can be worked.
Morgan county farmers are locking
forward to the day when these
stomach parasites will be thing of
the past.
Cream Marketing Group Organize
The signed up members for the
Stockport local of the Muskingum
Valley Dairy Sales association met
and organized last Friday. Some 65
members are signed up in Penn,
Marion and Windsor townships, rep
resenting the production of $40
COWS. They elected the following Of
ficers: Chairman, Earl Bowman;
vice chairman, c.. E. Chase; sec'y, G..
M. Newberry; treas, B. A. Carr; ad-
visory councilmen, III. A. Morris and
Hiram Hart This executive COM
mittee will be very much on the job
until the cream station is opened
some time this winter
Wool Growers Meet
The Morgan County Sheep and
Wool Growers association met Sat
| urday, Dec. 13, in McConnelsville. A
great deal of interest and enthu-
siasm was shown. j. f. Walker,
secretary of the state association,
was the principal speaker He dis
| cUSSeu lH6 past yCdI . WOlh UCilCllt1 :
for the wool pool, advantage to
member and nonmember. He was
in the county all last week. The fol-
! lowing officers were elected: w. M
Shilling, president; Elmer Richard
son, vice president; G. O. Thomas
sec'y-treas. y. E. Richardson, Orin
Miller, B. A. Carr, B. F. Wells and
C. II. Mendenhall, executive commit
tee The wool marketing program
/ is much farther along now than il
was this time last year. Members
have signd 1925 contracts for about
10000 pounds in the county to date.
The Wool Growers association
has done a great deal for Ohio sheep
men. It has helped the per pound
price of Ohio wools From 1910 to
1918 these woods sold for 3.S cents
per pound above the United States
average. The wool pool started in
1918. From 1913 to 1924 the same
Ohio woods sold for IA cents above
the United States average. For the
pooled wool the sale price has been
| 9.8 cents above the average. The
pool has been instrumental in bring
ing S175,00 additional money into
| the pockets of wool growers. Ac-
| tivities of the wool pool have been
an advertisement for Ohio sheep.
There is keen demand for Ohio ewes
in nearby states. 1t has created a
dollar per head additional value, due
to increased demand for these ewes,
which increase returns in wool to
purchasers outside the state.