The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1946-01-03
Shortage of Farm
Labor Is Not For
Earl Harvey Family
BY Ray Davis, Staff Correspondent,
The Baltimore Evening Sun

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Harvey may be a 6-foot rabbit to
Broadway, but to Western Maryland
it is one of Americas biggest farm
ing families.
Even the Garrett county agricul-
tural agent, John Carter, can't re-
member all the names and ages of
the children of Mr.. and Mrs. Earl
X. Harvey, ST..
Yet they have produced record
crops, won prizes at stock shows,
christened newly developed potatoes
and practically formed their own All
club.
Marshall in Army
First comes Marshall Harvey, the
eldest SON He helped form their All
club and was assistant supervisor
of their 18O-acre farm before the
Army called HIM Now %, he is sta
toned in Pittsburgh, 100 miles from
here, and sometimes gets home long
enough to milk a cow"
Next is Lucille, %, who was active
in the All club until she reached the
age limit of q. She is now married
but still helps to hoe the Harvey po-
tatoes
Then there is Calvin, who gradu-
alted from the All club when he
reached the age of q last January
Selective service classified him PC
giving him an agricultural workers.
deferment He and his father super
wise the 1S0-acre farm, the 35 cattle
and the As tons of shelled peas the
land produced last summer.
Potatoes For Fanny Mae
The next in this pastoral family
is Fanny Mae, 20. Potatoes are hel
forte. Recently the University OF
Maryland experimental station, CO.
operating with the United States De
patrment of Agriculture, developed q
new potato in Garrett county. AT
elaborate ceremonies here, it was
christened the "Potomac," and Fanny
Mae did the christening.
Then comes Freddie, II. Besides
being president of the "Harvcy All
Club" at nearby North Glade, where
the farm is located, he is president OF
the Future Farmers Of America chap
ter at Oakland High school
But this is not because of num-
bers alone" he pointed out.
Earl, Jr., In High School
Then there is Earl, Jr, 16, also al
eXuberant agriculturist, All member
and student at Oakland High school
Next comes Robert, A. Robert
bought a All club calf, nursed il
along, took it to the Pittsburgh Live
Stock show with Joseph Steger, as
sistant county agent, last month, anC
came away with fourth prize He was
competing with boys and girls from
Ohio, West Virginia, Pennsylvania
and Maryland.
Ernest The "4-H Baby"
Then there is Guy, 49, Not to be
outdone by Robert, Guy also RAISED
a calf and took it to the Pittsburgh
show. 1t weighed $40 pounds, cap
tured sixth place in the lightweight
class, and was bought on the spot al
26 cents pound. Guy figured he
/ cleared "about 500" on the transac
ton, while Robert made $119 profit
Then there is Ernest, Earnst is 10
which is just old enough for him tC
be called the "4-H baby" He is study
/ ing agriculture and the why's anC
Wherefores of cattle during schoo
hours, like Freddie, Earl, Jr., Rober
and Guy, and before them Marshall
Calvin, Lucille and Fanny Mae.
And then there is Arthur, who is
Arthur definitely leans toward pota
! toes He took it very hard when mucl
of the Harvey potato crop frozc il
the ground last year.
] But he philosophical like the born
cropper that he is "Therc weren'
anything | could do about it."
Douglas A Pea-Sheller
And then the bottom rmg of thi.
farming ladder is Douglas. Douglas il
3 and has yet to prove himself, bu
, it was indicated that he is a natura
pea-sheller, An apprentice by birth
he expects to grow by example ant
observation.
To recapitulate, Mr.. and Mrs. Iar
vey have produced eleven farming
children, nine boys and two girls.
With the vision typical of a West
ern Marylander, Mr.. Harvey, who il
40, "but not through by long ways,
said this was the only way he anC
Mrs. Harvey could figure to beat tn
farm labor shortage