THE -FARM HIKE Over Fifty Em£Ryo' Montaomery County,Farmers Visit Best Farms of Count-Y
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Volume 55, Number 37. TOPEKA, KANS,AS, SEPTEMBER 15, 1917. THE -FARM HIKE Over Fifty Em£ryo' Montaomery County,Farmers Visit Best Farms of Count-y . second of the viduals in this herd came in for special of the best farms in belly and is held down by the operator's On 'Thursday, the day was made mud One, of these- had been in the were visited foot. 'The of the farm gave tour, the march through study. Montgomery C.ounty proprietors, at of and rain The arrived at the Bush- Southwestern Dairy Show Kansas TIDRTY-FlVEthe who took in the a demonstration of the method using ... boys by boys part fall was a fine - ,- nell farm .aboub six and after last and r..e.marJmbly annual farm bureau hike, August 15, 16 this castration table. � O'clock, City their clothes and a specimen of the breed. Mr. were in Almost the entire section visited from drying out getting PO\lenoe, and 17. There fifty-two boys of indicated farm the end of the turned in for a long night's county agent Lyon County, the and, in spite of the rain and the Ellis -to trip, good supper, ,- party to be about mid- the to consider in the s�lection.e roads the with it to was in 'the best orchard land in Mont.' sleep only interrupted points muddy boys stayed cows. the water showers. , dairy the end of the They traveled gomery County. It is also in night by heavy trrp, farm south of Inde- I fact was Mr. Bushnell has a herd of .At the Ewing miles' on foot and fifteen melon growing section, which splendid thirty-three and the the found one of the interurban. of special interest to the' boys. The pure-bred Bliropshire sheep, boytl pendence boys miles by visited on the were- .with the most places.. Carl G. adaptability of the soil for these �ops made acquainted points interesting District, Agricultural Agent how Mr. , of were also told inspected Ewing's dairy of Southeast Kansas and was noted' especially on the farm of good sheep. They trip. They Elling ,Agricul· his silos and his herd of Holstein northwest o{ Cof to avoid trouble from stomach worms, bam, tural H. L. Popenoe of Lyon Ernest Miller &; Sons. Agent these most troublesome cattle and noted=the operation of 'his assisted E. J. Macy, agricultural feyville. -Mr, Miller has a demonstra parasites being County' to the lambs. Mr. Bushnell a demo milking machine. This was very inter for Montgomery County, in con tion orchard under the- direction ,of the, gave agent onstration of the' method of a, as well as practical to the boys. the' tour. Professor Tomlinson Agricultural College. With the help of drenching esting ducting three cows was a how to 'it a dose of A class of aged brought of the .. schools had his sona- he has constructed power lamb.- showing give Independence city The out and the tried into while Frank De and have sprayed th.e or medicine without strangling. party boys putting prae of the sports, sprayer they - charge also his of ,tice what had learned about select took care of the feed chard the supervision of George O. inspected he;4 pure-bred they Hart, a local chef, under Mr. farm was to horticulturist of the extension Herefords, his barn, and ing dairy' cows. Ewing's which . gambrel.roof of the proved Greene, , " ing aggregation, one visited. From there the kind division. hollow tile silo. the last be a- The boys were very quite job. At the Banks which is man- took the interurban car for Inde·' , are tried farm, boys ill with this work, _ Two irrigation systems being assisting, W. the found there at 4: 15 the of the first out on the Miller /farm. Mr. Miller says aged hy C. Conrad., boys pendence, !1,rriving Early on the morning day -of the one best' orchards in afternoon <if the third day tour, at the hall at the overhead spraying system is espe of the producing the gathered city on party It has a wonderful' set of, traveled thirty-three miles where the of the trip cially adapted for early watering where the county. having plan , Independence, , fifteen miles the Interurban The there is need to break the soil. The fruit' and shows .effects· of the spraying' foot and by was outlined Mr. Macy. boys by demonstra- car and visited five far-ms other was a work that has been done in having thirty· were then into three companies, sub-irrigation system using diyided the farm bureau. and noted of interest on all those under the lines of drain tile every fifteen feet to tlone conducted by points each company being placed amounted to over He this latter The were shown a tree tha,t the passed, which sixty. of one of the agricultural carry the 'Yater. prefers boys leadership had last and 'The total expense of a trip of this Three different routes were system -when any great quantity of county agent pruned spring agents. -the differences between it and the ad- kind amounts to a trifle over one hun traveled orrthe fil'st day of the hike and water is needed by .the growing crop. were dred the most of this for here- were the trees. of the same variety dollars, being when the parties came together they The· crops noted egg. joining noted. 'The were larger and of foods consumed. With the exception of, told each other of the points of interest plant, different varieties of tomatoes, apples "better color -and. the tree a one on the route the boys were had seen. different varieties of sweet potatoes, and presented place they well received. This is a the Western States the effect of prepared tree paint on more thrifty appearance. very practical The through our trip _ At Walker's a 42 x 84 barn was in-. method of calling the attention of was of to trees. Mr. Miller's son Gus gave Cement Plant great Interest peach the best the demonstration which attention to its young people to agricultural the many of whom saw for .a budding proved spected, giving special boys, At the Wheeler farm near of the section in which they manufacture of cement. a feature to the boys. tile roof. practices first time the very interesting number a dozen melons awaited the live. from .tho of boys Farm, Company This farm made an impression because Jefferson Judging At the Aganippe spring who have taken the three it is fine of its neat and the hos After. these were put; where, hikes, "A" saw an exceptionally acreage appearance, company. melons Mr.' Wheeler showed evident that consider it a splendid and a well constructed extended to the will all good go, they of sweet potatoes pitality boys long to remembered. his of White Leghorn outing as well as -an opportunity sweet storage house. Company be Roasting ears, grapes, system raising' potato He told of his start about study £arm methods as fol visited the Griffin farm and was watermelons, cantaloupes, two pounds of chickens, prac�ic,l!.}, "C" lowed of the and five dozen hot rolls were fourteen ago with eleven pullets county. shown II; fine' herd of PolandChina hogs butter, years bY,.;tJte��s't'qarmers in added to the and one rooster and said that at the and many practical pointers commissary. given even with - Movie in East Corn, wheat, and alfalfa At the Cline farm the boys were given present time, the high price Kansas hog raising. him a nice ,Ib this farm. In' work in the selection of a of feed, his flock is making learn that are the crops grown <in horses, pure � is rather interesting to com bred Percheron mare at the little sum for the bank each month. Mr. the afternoon of the first day two purchased one copy of the motion picture film, er a. Iendid1 h 0f barn. Percheron sale at Manhattan last Feb WheeI sp pate • panies visited Mr. Bressie's round also, has "Winning with Wheat," prepared by the as an lesson. cow which were noted. This barn- is sixty feet in diameter and ruary being used object peas Kansas CounciI of Defense and already mare is an fine On, the farm of W. D. Godwin the boys fifty-eight feet from the floor to the This unusually speei shown to large audiences in 200 Kansas ex a had an unusual to comb of the roof and ij! avery good men of the breed, and gave .the boys 'opportunity inspect "movie" houses, is doing service for the to in mind when either cattle,' his herd being one of the, ample of this type. good type keep Jersey Red Cross in Massachusetts this week. best in section. Two of the indio At the Reardon orchard one of the selecting or judging horses, thie Edward C. Johnson, dean of the division companies inspected the apple trees of extension in the agricultural college, which had previously been found to be who is .in Massachusetts, is using the infested with cherry and San Jose scale. film in a Red Cross benefit lecture on All parties met at the Ellis farm, which Kansas and the war ill Medway and had recently been purchased by Jero�e Franklin, Mass. L. E. Call, professor of thls 'Travis for $37,000. The wheat on agronomy, is showing the film' at New farm averaged fifty bushels to the acre Bedford, Mass., in a Red Cross benefit and the methods practiced to obtain this performance.