Future Farmers Club of Hazel High School Obtains Fine Results with Strawberry Crop The Ledger & Times Murray, Kentucky Thursday Afternoon, June 30,1932 (See picture on Calloway Co Archive Pg.) By 0. B. Turnbow A survey of the activities of used an additional 50 crates to the Future Farmers marketed 26 the Future Farmers of Hazel pay for picking, making a total acres, a total of 24,239 pounds of High School, offers some very of 175 crates on the half acre tobacco for a total of $1539.00. interesting and encouraging facts. project. This gives a net income This average is considerably The organization is sponsored of around $200.00 on his half higher than the total season's by Mr. Frank Melton, instructor acre. average. There were elghteen of vocational agriculture, and is R. E. Orr, son of Mr. and Mrs. tobacco projects and twelve of composed at present of twenty- Rupert Orr, produced 95 crates these boys used thermometers eight boys studying agriculture in on a half acre to take second while firing their tobacco. the high school, and the sons of place. Third place, Jno. Brent Other enterprises included farmers of the Hazel com- Underwood with 75 crates on his dairy cattle, hay, corn, swine, niunity. A study of the report half acre. poultry, and sweet potatoes for of the products grown and sold The Future Farmers plan to the past year. In addition to this year, enables anyone to see increase tlie acreage next year. these, which are being continued the value of such instruction in Strawberries follow tobacco and this year, considerable emphasis high schools in rural communi- soy beans best and should not be will be placed on capons and ties. planted on sod land. March is seven acrea of vegetables. Plans The purpose of course of such the best time to set them, are already under way for hav- training, is that the farmer of the It is interesting to note that ing 400 to 500 capons for the fall future may be better prepared and winter markets. Capons for the successful preformance of usually bring a much better price his vocation of farming. than roosters or hens and grow The most intersting and suc- to a greater weight. cessful enterprise of the present In order to promote fellowship year, is the crop of strawberries, and furnish dlverslon from their which has just been marketed. work, the boys engage in the fol- There were twelve projects in llowing activities: they send a strawberries with a total scope judging team to the State Fair of eight acres in cultivation. Mr. each year; they meet once Melton and the boys went to Mc- month to talk over their plans Cracken county in the spring of and exchange ideas. They play 1931, in a truck and brought several games of baseball each back 50,000 strawberry plants summer. Each year they go on whlch was the beginning of the a several days outing at a bike strawberry enterprise in the com- or other suitable camping place. munity. Following is the list of Hazel The crop this year, which was Future Farmers: the first one marketed here, Herbert Alexander, Clifford shows the value of diversification Brandon, Jesse Brandon, J. Y. of money crops, especially in a Brandon, Hester Brown, Julius year when one fails, as the tobac- Cooper, T. G. Curd, Trellis Doug- co crop did the past year. las, Prentice Douglas, Shelby The average yield per acre for Hicks, Charles James, WiIIiam these projects was 114 crates of Jones, W. D. Kelly Jr., Edgar 24 quarts each. These were Maddox, William Maddox, R. E. marketed with the McCracken Orr, Ellis Paschall, Brent Phil- County Association at an average lips, R. ~ Shroader, Jno. Brent gross price of $2.00 per crate, Underwood. œr netting about $1.60 per crate, Hollis Walker, Ralph White, other than cost of picking which Clate Wilson, Claude Wilson, was paid for with cull berries Cyril Wilson, Derril Wilson, Jack unfit for shipping. The above White, Vonleer White. yeild of 114 crates per acre is considerably above the 85 crate average of the entire associa- tion. Credit for the highest yield goes to Jesse Brandon, son of Mr. and Mrs. Toy Brandon of ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- News articles saved by Prof. Frank Melton My father taught at Hazel from fall 1927 through the 1934 school year, so the articles are all in that time period. I do not know any more than that about exact dates. I'm sure the pictures were taken for the articles at about that time. Frank Melton 4103 23rd Ave . 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