The Semi-weekly Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 1923-19??, 1932-06-17
INTERESTING
PROGRAM GIVEN
Continued From Page One)


Wilson 1926, D.. Effie Koontz 1926,
Mrs. Neva Chenoweth 1927, Miss Ma
rian Williams 1929, Mrs. Lottie Fitz-
gerald 1880, Mrs. VIM. Walker 1881,
Miss Mabel Foster 1882. At past
meeting the other past officers OF
the club were honored by Mr.. Shaw.
The club voted to honor Mr.. Shaw by
attending his Sunday school class at
the Presbyterian church in London,
Sunday, June 26, at 9:l5 a. m. he
teaches the Busy Mems Bible class.
C. r. Arnold from the Department
of Rural Economies of Ohio State
university, spoke to the group about
his experiences while in the employ
Of the United States Department OF
Agriculture year ago. He visited
SO different states from July Is to
January /. Mr.. Arnold stated that
although we think we are in bad
circumstances we are much better
off than people in many other states
Madison county has larger farms
than any other county in the state,
q higher percentage of tenants, and
more crooked line fences and crook
ed roads than any other county in
Ohio" Arnold said.
There was a big increase in crops
in the western states during the war.
Much land was broken up then and
sown to wheat when wheat was
high in price.
Zone farmer in Montana had three
sections in wheat in 1881, according
to Mr.. Arnold. He did not harvest
any wheat because of the drouth.
He had not harvested a crop fol
three years. He was once worth
$4,000, but last year was trying tt
get enough money to get back to ms
folks in Iowa.
Zone Wyoming farmer owned 10
bands of sheep. A band is l20t
head. The sheep are pastured OF
government land. The sheep are
never sheltered. Two men care for
a band. They pasture in the low
lands in the winter until shearlng
time and then are taken into the
mountains in the summer. Last yeaai
the Wyoming farmer sorted out 5Ooo
Of his best sheep and drove the rest
up into the mountains. to starve
Sheep were so low in price that they
would not pay the freight to mar
ket. There have been between three
and five million sheep starve te
death last winter because of the
drouth and lack of feed" Mr.. Ar
mold said.
"We can always sell things in Ohio
at some kind Of price. One Idaho
farmer had 10000 bushels of pota-
toes and could not sell more than
$4,000 bushels. He could not get an
offer on the rest,' according to Mr..
Arnold
The big problem in one of the
Mormon communities, which Mr.. Ar
mold visited, is drainage. The farm
ers there irrigate their land. They
must then pump off the underground
water which is saturated with aka
line salts.
Jack rabbits are one of the most
serious pests in Colorado. Mr.. Ar
mold and the sheriff in one OF the
Colorado counties shot up 500 shells
one afternoon when they went out
to hunt jack rabbits. Jack rabbits
are hunted from automobiles in that
territory. ss.
Farmers in the state of Arkansas
have been extremely hard hit by
bank failures, according to Mr.. Ar
mold. More than two-thirds OF the
banks in this state failed in about
a year and half. The colored farm
ers in Arkansas farm about four to
six acres, raising about a bale OF
cotton per acre. Cotton at the
present prices sells for about $40 per
bale. The tenants must give half
of the proceeds to the landlord. One
colored farmer said that he had
eaten turrip greens for dinner and
supper, but that last year was the
first time that he had had them for
breakfast. Tenants in Arkansas are
kept in debt to the landlord and dare
not leave the farm while. they are
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Mr.. Arnold gave a few figures
Ohio's position in agricul-
ture. Only IA states are smaller
than Ohio. Only six states produce
crops Of more total value. Only five
states produce more bushels of corn.
Only four states produce more bush
els Of wheat, and only two states
have larger income from wheat
than Ohio. Only three states pro-
duce more oats and only four states
produce more hay. Ohio has one
half as many sheep as all other
states combined, east Of the Mississ-
ippi river. The total value of crops
in Ohio is greater than any other
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