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Show Shortage of Farm Laker Unknown to Big Harvey Family Western Maryland claims one of America's biggest farming families and points to Mr. and Mrs. Earl K. Harvey Har-vey Sr., and their 11 children, 9 boys and 2 girls. While others oth-ers complained about a farm labor shortage the past few years, the Harveys went right on producing record crops on their 180-acre farm. The eldest of the children is Marshal Mar-shal Harvey, now 25, who served In the army. As a lad he helped form a 4-H club and is now "assistant supervisor." Next is Lucile, 23, who was active in the 4-H club until she reached the age limit of 21. She is now married, but still helps to hoe the Harvey potatoes. Then there is Calvin, who graduated gradu-ated from the 4-H club when he reached the age of 21 last January. Selective service classified him 2-C, giving him an agricultural worker's deferment. He and his father supervise super-vise the 180-acre farm, the 35 cattle, cat-tle, and the 45 tons of shelled peas the land produced last summer. Fptatoes for Fanny Mae. The next in this pastoral family Is Fanny Mae, 20. Potatoes are her forte. Recently the University of Maryland experimental station, cooperating co-operating with the United States department de-partment of agriculture, developed a new potato in Garrett county. At elaborate ceremonies here, it was christened the "Potomac," and Fanny Mae did the christening. Then comes Freddie, 17. Besides being president of the "Harvey 4-H club" at near-by North Glade, where the farm is located, he is president of the Future Farmers of America chapter at Oakland high school. "But this is not because of num-pers num-pers alone," he pointed out. Then there is Earl Jr., 16, also an exuberant agriculturist, 4-H member, mem-ber, and student at Oakland high school. Next comes Robert, 14. Robert bought a 4-H club call, nursed it along, took it to the Pittsburgh live stock show with Joseph Steger, as-, sistant county agent, recently, and came away with fourth prize. He was competing with boys and girls from Ohio, West Virginia, Pennsylvania Pennsyl-vania and Maryland. ' Ernest, the "4-H Baby." ' Then there is Guy, 13. Not to be outdone by Robert, Guy also raised a call and took it to the Pittsburgh show. It weighed 870 pounds, captured cap-tured sixth place in the lightweight . class, and was bought on the spot at 26 cents a pound. Guy figured he cleared "about $90" on the transaction, transac-tion, while Robert made $119 profit. Then there is Ernest. Ernest is 10, which is just old enough lor him to be called the "4-H baby." He is studying agriculture and the whys and wherefores of cattle during school hours, like Freddie, Earl Jr., Robert and Guy, and before them Marshall, Calvin, Lucile and Fanny Mae. And then there is Arthur, who Is eight. Arthur definitely leans toward potatoes. He took it very hard when much of the Harvey crop froze in the ground last year. And then the bottom rung ol this farming ladder is Douglas. Douglas is three and has yet to prove himself, him-self, but it was indicated that he is a natural peasheller. An apprentice appren-tice by birth, he expects to grow by example and observation. |
