The Red Cloud chief., 1876-03-16
Minutes c.the LEGAL Farmers institute
he'd a. Ta..u: crcel Ear:h I.tn.

ITt>iu'nt IAulEht III alif Cbab. w
motion ,he address, was postponed un
Ill The afternoon session. The resi-.
dent of Kansas and Franklin coan,y.
present, were Invited to participate il
the meeting.
The question of successful fruit-rai,-
Ing was then DISCUSSED by Me>Srs
Knight, Iloldridse, Fulton, Mitchell
and others.
On mo;ion, Institute adjourned IN
Il! TWO o'clock p. u.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
Institute called to order by the Pres
ident. Mr.. j. :. Gilman addressed
the meeting on The >uhjec. of Farmers
Institutes. The subjec, was handled
with rare ability, aud gave ample evi
dence of much deep thought and re-
search. Ii was clearly and logically
discussed, and the address vas trauyht
with instructive hints and suggestions.
The effort wa highly crcditabic to the
speaker and gives promise Ola success
tul and u-e!ul career in the future.
After the address. the culture Of
broom corn and other matters. e-peci
ally the advantages OF the Institute,
were discussed.
EVENING SESSION.
Institute Gale to order by the Pre-i
dent at seven o'clock. The culture Of
Castor Beans was taken, and much in
formation va given on the subject b.
the President and Mc>srs Jones,
Mitchell, and Kennedy. The di>cus-
ion resulted in ten of the farmers
pledging themselves to Ian, of an
acre in the beans, and II. b. Fult'D
was appointed a committee to procure
the seed.
The question of deep blowing and
deep sowing wheat was then taken up.
The members gave their experience as
follows: Mr.. Ho,drilge culuvate> corn
stalk ground both ways, >! inc'-e>
deep, narrowed it in on sod. Mr.
Downs best wheat was cultivated Ia
on sod,-grass wheat 5 uSile, whea.
cultivated in, a total failure from
d,ourh. Mr.. Rise last year had st
acres. 10 acres fall blowing Wa double
the other,-wheat >tujbIe a failure.
Mr.. Thos. Vaughn would SOW tall
blowing Il inches deep, spring blowing
/ inches. JAS. Vaughn had the best
wheat N the creek, 1873, Is acres on
cnnstalk>, nluwed 8 inches deep.
shovel rlcxed in, Scotch, yield .
bushels to the acre !; 1874, fall pl"wcd
III acres. tai!ure.->hovel plowed /! acre
on corns,alk. L. bu heels per acre 1875
10 acres fall stirring, yield ii bushes
per acre; 10 acres grass wheat dragged
in on breaking, sowed one bu>Sel 10
the acre. yield 5 bushels to acre-pre-
Ger cornstalks calrieat,d in J Mitchell,
1875, 10 acres,-One acre On ground
broke previous year, Fife wheat. drag
ged in, yield ii bushels no difference
in corDstalk> and breaking s ceres
fall plowing-drouth came and dried
it up, in >treaks, both Grass aud Fife,
tall blowing six inches deep, late in
fall,-early fall plowing MY preference,
rolled ground thoroughly. both spriug
and fall piowing, = inches deep. drag
well, not roll until wheat is 3 inche.
high.
Mr.. Knight spoke at length about
spots in wheat, occurred Gu bottom
lind and only GU fall rlowiue. due to
chemical elements in soil. narrowing
on sod and cultivated on cornStaiks
after fab blowing, sod not affected by
drouth. yield p to 30 bushels; be-,
on sod, next best on corn>taiks, p!owed
in ) inches deep, rolled after up. Benz
Philips raised most from : 4, harrow
ed in very poorly. Ed. Euy,ter fall
plowed 5 inches deep, planted corn,
and mex. year sowed to whca, to pre-
zen spots. Thos. Kennedy raised
best crops N sod, would plant two
inches deep if ground we're dry, ! inch
deep. if ground were moist.
The experience of the farmers vas
10 favor of Grass Wheat. raised test
crops and made best four.
The length of wheat roots was dis
cussed, views varying from twelve
inches to 5 feet. The corn question
Va. deferred until next meeting.