The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1929-04-04
COUNTY AGENTS COLUMN,
]. H. CARTER,
Resident County Agent,
Oakland, Md.
No Scrub Bulls.

United States that are free from scrub
bulls. These are Union, Russell and
Taylor counties in Kentucky and Gas
ton county, in Virginia. Now is good
time to start Garrett county on the
road to an all purebred bull county.
Visit the Better Dairy Sire Special in
Oakland April Oath at 200 p. m. You
will have three breeds to choose from
-Holstein, Guernsey and Jersey ami
mails offered for sale at cost.
In dairy sections barns are being
erected at an average cost of $500 per
COW. Whereas construction cost should
not exceed $500 per animal and most
cases lower. Barns of the "brace raf-
ter" type are economical in both ma
terial and labor. You may secure barn
plans through the county agent or
through the University of Maryland
Extension Service, College Park, Nd.
Successful farming requires organ
izing, working and financing the same
as other kinds of successful business.
The time to cultivate crop is be-
fore it is planted. Plan good depth
and prepare the seed bed well.
The best time to turn under green
manure or cover crop is about one
month before seeding time for the
crop to follow. If no crop is to fol-
low, the crop to be turned under
should get it's maximum growth re-
turning the maximum organic matter
to the soil.
Bulletin Pictures Canning Industry.
A comprehensive picture of the Ma.
ryland canning industry in so far as
the manufacture and distribution of
tomatoes, sweet corn and peas, the
leading crops, are concerned, is pre-
sented in Bulletin No. 301 of the In
iversity of Maryland Experiment Sta
ton by w. J. Hart.
In this bulletin Mr.. Hart reviews
the development Of the canning indus
! try in the State. All who are interested
| III lllC Canning Will NSlNOlllC
such information as found in this bull
letin The bulletin may be obtained at
the county agents office or direct from
| the Experiment Station, College Park,
Maryland.
When buying fertilizers do not buy
on the basis of cost per ton, but rath-
| l. - oF
plant food.
Good seed corn at $1.00 per gal
lon is cheaper than peer corn as a
gift
Buy baby chicks from the nearest
certified hatchery. The greater dis
tance the chicks are shipped the
greater the chance will be for them
to be diseased or chilled when they
reach you.
Ten Reasons for Boys Club Work
Here are ten reasons, and good
ones, too, why farm boys and girls
should become All club members and
then be able to make good farmers
and farmers wives in the communit-
les in which they live:
l. Club work enlarges the vision
of the boy.
2. It stimulates his interest in
rural life
3. 1t enables him to make some
money for himself.
4. 1t furnishes recreation and
amusement at regular intervals.
5. 1t trains the boy to keep farm
records.
6. 1t encourages modern methods
in farming.
7. 1t emphasizes the dignity Of
farm work we'll done.
8. 1t reaches the young boy and di-
reefs his thoughts and efforts in prop
er channels.
9. 1t stresses the Importance of
organization and cooperation.
10. 1t assists in building the four
most valuable ships: Ownership,
Partnership, Leadership, and Citizen
ship.
Cattle Prices Move in Cycles
1t is we'll known that cattle produc-
ton and consequently cattle prices
move in cycles. Three rather we'll
defined complete cycles took place in
the last half century, says the United
States Department of Agriculture.
The first of these price cycles
started somewhat before 1880 and
ended around 1891, the second started
around 1891 and ended about 1906,
and the third started around 1906 and
ended around 1928.
The cattle industry now appears to
| be at the low point of a production
cycle. Cattle prices reached high
levels in 1927 and in 1928, and the
department advises producers to bear
in mind that a downward trend will
undoubtedly take place eventually.
Price cycles and production cycles
are, of course, correlated in inverse
movements. Declining production