Evening Republican, Volume 59, Number 72, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 March 1917 — FARMING ASSOCIATION PLANS YEAR’S WORK [ARTICLE]

FARMING ASSOCIATION PLANS YEAR’S WORK

At Meeting Held in Court House Saturday rlans For Coming Year » Were Adopted. At a meeting of the Jasper County Better Farming Association held in the court, house last Saturday, the lines of work to be conducted during the coming season were adopted. The meeting was called to order rby President Henry Paulus who called upon Mr. Clarence Henry to explain the plans in operation in other counties. He pointed out that it is absolutely necessary that the Association put ics work on a demonstration basis and that these demonstrations be along lines of general interest to the people of the county and that the local community clubs, as rapidly- as they are organized, take up special projects of local interest only. County Agent Learning read an outline of work which had previously been suggested to him by the farmers of the county and which was used as a basis of the discussion. It was decided to purchase a carload of lime and apply it to the soils on various farms and obtain accurate data as to its effect upon crop production. Meetings will be held on farms co-operating at such times as crop conditions warrant. The fallowing farms were selected for the liming demonstrations: Ed Honan, James Amsler, Henry Paulus, Stephen Kohley, P. H. Hauter, Roy Gish, Henry Gowland, John Sparks, Tom Walter/ Mr. Berry, Chauncey Wood and Wm. Wortley. These men will apply lime to part of the fields and leave the remainder Untreated so that, the lesult may be observed. A committee is to be appointed to have charge of an annual corn show to be conducted ait some point in the county. It was the opinion of the meeting that this should be held in the principal three towns of the county in rotation. During the late summer, farmers will ibe selected who will conduct tests with different varieties of wheat in order to determine which ones give best results in the county. Any farmer wishing to take up this work in co-operation with the association, should confer with the secretary, P. H. Hauter, or the county agent. It was decided to work toward an organization of the breeders of purebred live stock of- the county, whicn -would have for- its purpose the promotion of the pure-bred live stock industry, co-operation in buying and selling of stock, the exchange of valuable animals, the holding of fair*, and sales, and the development of better farming generally. jSuch an organization, when once formed, could handle the live stock part of the Better Farming Association’s business and have charge of co-operative feeding demonstrations, and similar lines of work.

Orchard management demonstrations in pruning and spraying are already in progress and will be continued until the close of the season. It was decided to carry on a campaign for the organization of township community clubs in all localities where these may seem desirable. It was felt that the work of the association would be much moer effective in localities served by such clubs and "that every effort should be expended -to result' oY the campaign, four communities have organizations at_the present time. These organizations are as follows; The Wheatfield Center Farmers’ Club, Newton Township Farmers’ Club, South Marion Farmers’ Club, and the West Carpenter Farmers’ Club, Other communities have taken steps toward early organization. t Boys’ and girts’ industrial club work will be carried on through the rural schools. For the boys there will be a corn club, poultry and pig clubs, and for the girls there will be poultry, breadmaking and canning clubs. Full particulars may be obtained from the teachers and through the local During the summer the Better Fanning Association plans to have one. or more automobile tours to visit the demonstrations conducted under its direction for the purpose of observing the results secured by the tests'-and methods it is using. During the fall and winter a senes of meat curing and butchering demonstrations are planned for the purpose of demonstrating better methods of handling the farm meat supply. It is hoped that arrangements can be made during the coming winter for a week’s gasoline motor school which will have , for its purpose the illustration of the common motor troubl es and the explanation oftheir remedy. ' It is also planned to conduct a series of oat smut demonstrations throughout the county. .Farmers will be asked to treat part of their seed oats with the treatment advocated and to leave a check plot untreated. Results will be checked -.nd made public. The following men have been selected up to the present time: Peter Plummer, Charles Welch, George Putt and Richard Goldsberry., Other O; will be selected daily and will be ann°The Jasper County Better Farming Association is an organization for the betterment of the conditions of the county. It desires to be of utmost service to the-people possible and seeks heir co-operation and support in making its plans and carrying them to a sucecssful conclusion.