Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 40, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 February 1918 — BETTER FARMING ASSOCIATION MEETING NEXT SATURDAY [ARTICLE]

BETTER FARMING ASSOCIATION MEETING NEXT SATURDAY

. Plans for the annual meeting of the Jasper County Better Farming Association to be held at the courthouse next Saturday, March 2nd, are complete. At this meeting reports will be made on all the work undertaken by the association through the county agent during the past season and. a definite program of work will be adopted for the comHenry Paulus, in discussing the matter has said “there are so many phases of agricultural production and conservation needing attention at this time that all of our work will be carried on through the committee system. We have appointed a number Of committees made up of substantial, people of the county who will work out definite plans along the lines assigned to them and present them at this meeting for the acceptance by all the people.” These committees are as follows: Committees of Jasper County Better Farming Association for 1918. Soils—Virgil Hobson, James W. Amsler, Willis Lutz, P. O. Kennedy, John Guss, Howard Jones. Crops—Moses Sigo, Thos. McAleer, John Kolhoff, George Parker, Stephen Kohley, Chas. Schleman, Chas. D. Lakin, Harry Gifford, John Rusk, S. C. Robinson, W. C. Dooley, S. P. Chenoweth, Wm. Grube, R. E. Davis. Livestock —Fred Phillips, H. J. Dexter, Chauncey Wood, H. J. Kannal. Cattle—Joseph Kolhoff, James Walter, H. W. Marble, Edd Randle, Kenton Parkinson, Frank Hill. Hogs—John R. Lewis ,Carr Brothers, O. S. Bell, W. H. Pullins, I. p IMEcader. Sheep Production —Oscar Weiss, Guss Yeoman, E. L. Hollingsworth. Horticulture — A. Moolenaar, Henry Van Wienen, /John Teter, Arthur Hopkins, Logan Wood. Farmers’ Club —George Putt, P. H. Hauter, George Hammerton, Mrs. J. P. Deselms, L. E. Harrington, W. C. Dooley. Industrial Club Work—-J. M. Sauser, Burdett Porter, John Kolhoff, M. L. Sterrett, John D. Matt. Farm Management—V. M. Peer, George Myers, Chas. Welsh, John Roberts, R. A. Parkinson. . Home Economics —Mrs. O. E. Hauter, Mrs. J. P. Deselms, Mrs. Chas. Welsh, Mrs. A. Eib, Mrs. Raredon. Special War Projects— George McLain, Mrs. Ora Ross, Henry Paulus, Chas. Postill. These committees will meet at the county agent office next Saturday morning at nine o’clock and formuate their plans in writing. At ten o’clock reports from officers and demonstrators will be heard, followed by the election of officers. The afternoon program will begin at one o’clock. Prof. John Schwab will open the session with an address on Livestock Production, outlining a program for livestock improvement for Jasper county. Mr. Schwab is well known in the county having had much to do with the success, of the ; livestock Breeders’ Association. Mr. F. J. Pipal will give a talk on Plant Disease Control demonstrating methods of combating the. more serous plant diseases. He will also suggest methods by which community effort may be secured in order to stamp out epidemics of plant disease. . Mr. D. S. Myers, assistant county agent leader for Indiana will deliver an address on Farm Bureau Organization and make its work more effective. Mr. Myers made a very favorable impression oh the people of Jasper county when he spoke at the War Conference last month. Mr. Clarence Henry, state leader of the United States Seed Stocks and Labor Survey, will be present to tell our farmers of the seed corn situation and give definite information as to where seed may be obtained. As there is probably no one in Indiana better qualified to talk on this subject than Mr. Henpr, his appearance will be awaited with interest by our farmers at this time. Miss Leila Gaddib, state leader of Home Demonstrators will speak of the work of the home demonstrators. Last fall the federal government placed a demonstration agent in this county, who was called away after a few days by death in her family. Miss Gaddis has with her a young woman to take her place and invites all women of the county to meet with her and plan' for her work. It is understood that these demonstrators are in federal employe and the county and state are not contributing to their support. The crowning event of the day will be the adoption of a definite program of work for the coming year. Every resident of the county is a member of the Jasper County Better Farming Association and all are cordially invited to attend this meeting and take part in its deliberations. t