American Agriculturist, May 5,1923 
397 
Pennsylvania State Farm 
Council Now Organized 
A s the outgrowth of the recent Penn- 
.sylvania Agricultural Conference, 
there has come into existence a 
body known as the State Council of 
Pennsylvania Agricultural Associations, 
which is composed of agricultural 
groups and organ 4 zations rather than 
of individuals. Its official purpose is 
to represent organized agriculture in 
the State and to bring together the 
various groups for a round table dis¬ 
cussion on topics of mutual interest. It 
also desires to co-ordinate farm asso¬ 
ciations for definite action and to in¬ 
itiate and support legislative measures 
beneficial to farming. Its first official 
step was to urge economy upon the 
legislature in the expenditure of State 
funds. 
Officers elected are: President, M. 
J. Phillips; Vice-President, Mrs. F. B. 
Black, President of the State Federa¬ 
tion of Farm Women’s Clubs, and Sec¬ 
retary-Treasurer, John D. McKee, 
Deputy Secretary of Agriculture. 
These together with Dean R. L. Watts, 
of the Pennsylvania State College, and 
Master John A. McSparran of the State 
Grange, make up the Executive Com¬ 
mittee. 
The Pennsylvania Farms Bureau 
Federation plans to start active opera¬ 
tion on May 1, opening official head¬ 
quarters at Harrisburg, Pa. Paul 
Hoffman, County Agricultural Agent 
in Adams County, Pa., has been chosen 
as Secretary for the body. Mr Hoff¬ 
man has made an excellent record in 
the Farm Bureau work in his county 
and his appointment to the State Farm 
Bureau has been received with much 
favor. 
The Pennsylvania State College of 
Agriculture is developing plans for a 
larger summer session this year than 
ever before. Applications from public 
school teachers and others interested 
in the summer training school have been 
pouring in rapidly at the college and an 
exceptionally large registration is ex¬ 
pected. Almost 2,700 men and lyomen 
were enrolled at the college last season. 
A faculty of over 200 has been engaged 
for the work, a number of which are 
coming from other schools and colleges. 
CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA NOTES 
J. N. GLOVER 
Farmers are busy seeding oats and 
plowing sod for corn. Many farmers 
have plowed sod before seeding oats on 
account of the cold weather, which will 
retard germination of oats at once. 
Since frost was only a few inches deep 
last winter, the ground plows harder 
than usual. Then, too, the ground has 
dried out lately, for no rain has fallen 
for nearly two weeks. 
Clover seed has been sown and 
manure has been hauled to sod fields, 
instead of allowing it to rot in yards 
until fall seeding. Feed seems plentiful 
on farms and some hay will be baled 
later for sale. Apple trees are being 
sprayed for the first time. 
Several carloads of Michigan seed 
potatoes have been shipped into Union 
County as disease-free seed. The Penn¬ 
sylvania Farmers’ Cooperative Feder¬ 
ation of Philadelphia sold a number of 
carloads of fertilizers in this section, 
saving much of the dealer’s pi'ofits. 
Famous Guernsey Cows 
Faith of Rockledge is owned by B. 
■N.’Dickinson, Chazy, N. Y., has a record 
of 13,999 pounds of milk and 663.6 
pounds butterfat, giving her seventh 
place in Class CC. She carried a calf 
<^73 days of her test period. Her record 
was made ON AN ORDINARY FARM 
^ud had several different milkers hand- 
Jmg her during her test period. She 
has a very amiable a;spositien and is 
always ready for her feed. 
They believe in square deal and expect 
to sell many carloads of dairy feeds 
this fall at a saving to farmers. 
The eight months’ term of school is 
up and farmers will get some help from 
children old enough to help on farms. 
This may be a good year to stick to 
the farm, though the outlook is none 
too encouraging as to help and wheat 
crop prospects. 
URGES PENNSYLVANIA FARMERS 
TO SUPPORT TRESPASS BILL 
A bill has been introduced in the 
House of Representatives in the Com-, 
monwealth of Pennsylvania by Repre¬ 
sentative Woner from Butler County, 
which is designed to protect private 
land against trespassing. The bill was 
prepared by F. M. Dean, Seci’etary of 
the Farmers’ Game Protective League 
of Eldorado. 
The bill provides for the posting of 
private land, calling for the use of 
printed signs not less than a foot 
square which shall be located at inter¬ 
vals not exceeding 40 rods apart and 
shall be posted at least 30 days before 
the open season for game and fish. 
Trespassing will only be permissible 
upon securing a permission from the 
owner or caretaker of such lands. 
Persons guilty of trespass will under 
the law be liable to a penalty of $50 
or a jail sentence—one day for each 
dollar of fine or cost. One-half the fine, 
according to the bill, goes to the school 
fund of the district in which the offense 
is committed and the other half goes to 
the general fund of the Commonwealth. 
Mr. Dean in the letter to American 
Agriculturist urges all Pennsylvania 
farmers and landowners to write their 
representatives and Senators to sup¬ 
port this bill. He writes: “If you will 
urge the farmers to write their repre¬ 
sentatives in your next issue of Ameri¬ 
can Agriculturist, I believe we will be 
as successful as we were in defeating 
and securing the repeal of the Daylight 
Saving law.” Be sure to write your 
representatives. 
We are new subscribei’s to your pa¬ 
per, and do thoroughly enjoy the weekly 
visits of the American Agriculturist. 
—F. L. P’oSTER, Oswego County, N. Y. 
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the day’s work 
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How many summers 
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Lighting the Bedroom 
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