Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1932-03-10
AGRICULTURE NEWS NOTES
(By County Agent I'll. F. Eaton)
Poultry Schools To BE Held

M. the county agent will conduct a
/ poultry school at the Deavertown
| high school, Several film strips
dealing with phases of chick raising
will be shown. These film strips
were prepared by the poultry de-
Dartment at Ohio state University
/ Anyone interested in raising baby
/ chicks this spring is invited to at
! tend. The same tyne of meeting
will be held at the Hackney school
1 house at 7:s0 p. m, Tuesday,
March Is. At / p. m, Thursday,
March II. a county wide poultry
school will be held at the county
agents office. This meeting will
not deal with production problems,
but will be devoted to discussion
of the economies of poultry produc-
ton. In other words, Morgan
county poultrymen will be given a
picture Of the poultry situation as
it affects the entire United States.
Such questions as: "Will it pay me
to stay in the poultry business ''Is
this a good time to start a large
number of baby chicks" care any
poultrymen making money" What
are the possibilities of poultry as
compared with other sources of
! farm income" c.. M. Ferguson, ex-
/ tension poultry specialist from Ohio
| State University, will lead the dis
cussion at this meeting. He will
have available all of the informa.
/ ton of the federal department OF
agriculture relative to the poultry
| situation, and will be able to assist
/ Morgan county poultrymen ma
! terially in making future plans and
/ in adopting future policies. This
meeting with Mr.. Ferguson is one
which no forward-looking poultry
man should miss.
! What Is Ahead For Our Sheep Men
Practically all sheep men in the
county are wondering what the
I next several years holds for them.
4 Certain it is, that the hap-hazard
I sheep owner is done as far as
profits from the sheep business is
! concerned. There is only one way
4 out for the sheep owner of Morgan
county who expects to make any
\ profit under present low prices and
prices which the immediate future
! seems to offer
The way out will be discussed at
a meeting of prominent sheep men
/ of the county to be held at the
county agents office at 1:30 p. M.
! Friday, March IS. The extension
I is L. A. Kaufman, from Ohio State
University, who was present and
talked briefly at the annual meet
ing of the Morgan County Wool
Growers Association held last
month. Whether it will pay sheep
men TO hear Mr.. Kaufman point the
way out can perhaps best be an
swered by the statements of several
local sheep men who attended the
wool growers meeting They said,
after having heard Mr.. Kaufman,
that they would not have missed
his comments for five dollar bill.
The comment keeps coming back to
Morgan county from various re-
liable sources that we are not hold
ing our own down here in the quail
ity of the wool we produce. Such
comments are not mere idle talk.
They are facts. They can be prov
en-. The sheep and wool industry in
Morgan county is in the hands of
the men in this county who own
sheep. If the quality of our prod
sheep owners are to blame. In the
past we have enjoyed and profted
by splendid reputation for the
quality of wool we produce and it
took years to build up such repu-
tation. II we backslide now, no
difficulty is encountered in square
ly placing the blame upon the
shoulders of the man it belongs on
the present sheep owner in Nor
gan county. All sheep men really
interested in the future Of the sheep
and wool industry in the county,
should consider it their duty to get
all the information possible as to
what should be doEe to enable our
county to maintain and expand the
prestige which our fathers earned
in the production of fine wool down
here in these hills. Such informa-
ton can be gained by attending this
meeting with Mr.. Kaufman.
Farm Radio Program
The Ohio State University radio
station WEAO will broadcast on
Monday night, March IA. as fol-
lows: Farm Night Melody Max
ers; 7:05-Ohio Farms to the Res
cue, p. G. Beck; 7:20-The Coop
Marketing Investment, B. A. Wal
lace; 7:35-"Pa Takes the Cake"