The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1878-01-25

hundred dollars over and above his earnings
during the four years OF his course. Some man
ual labor ia necessary to preserve the habits o.
labor, and absolutely indispensable to would-b,
farmers.
Second. A practical knowledge OF the man
ner ana expense Of conducting the various op
eratons of the farm. 1t is only by learning
new ways and improving on the old that mer
in any vocation can meet the demands on their
time and capital. No one ever claims that
graduates will ever be able to spend as much
money as they do at the College, but they can
do as they teach there. The Professors are al
ways particular to point out the difference be-
tween those rules which 1t is safe to follow and
those theories which lead to failure il tried be-
fore we have practical proof.
THIRD. The art OF experimenting is acquired.
In agriculture and horticulture experiment
must ever be the great source Of Advancement.
Still, in every experiment there are so many
conditions to be met, that knowledge OF the
laws OF nature is indispensable. Farmers must
learn to experiment.
Fourth. Science, as taught at the Agncul-
tural College, is illustrated in its direct appl!ca-
ton to the everyday affairs Of life. There are
many things OF which We may read and not be
able TO perform. At the College everything
must be learned so that the theories can be put
INTO actual practice.
Fifth. II heighteps the ambition Of men,
II young man comes home from college with
no more ambition, no more ability to make
home and life pleasant, and no more desire to
IL gor a. h. nxyaH
we'll his time while there.
Finally, we mention that practicability re-
sulhng from training in any school, and which
Is known as culture. President Abbot once
SAID: II a man would be useful and lntelli-
gent citizen he must cultivate his tastes, invig-
crate his understanding and become able TO
think, and to give expression to his thoughts
and opinions. Culture is necessary to enable
us to do this. One OF the wise men OF Greece
once said: Endeavor always TO employ your
thoughts on something worthy. We must have
something worthy to think about, then. Study
opens the field for thought. Let the farmers
be educated,-let schools and papers for them
be extended and improved, and he who is now
stigmatlzed as ''only farmer" will become
indeed power.
FRIDAY MORNING, O'Clock.
The first paper by Mr.. David Woodman I'd.
Subject: Varieties Of GRAIN. Mr.. Woadman
was called for but not responding, Capt. j. r.
Hendryx OF Hamilton was called for and said
Ladies and gentlemen, I hardly know what to
talk about, my earliest ambition was to own
farm, have always taken great deal OF in
terest IN these Institutes. / never took any
PRIDE Ia anything else but In farm. took
much interest IN those old farmers meetings
that we used to have, and missed them when |
they died out. l am glad that something
else has taken their place. Mr.. Woodman SAID
the value of the wheat crop excelled IN value
that OF all the cereals combined He SAID
Michigan last year raised about two million
bushels Of wheat, an average of ii bushels per
acre. She ranks among the first states in the
quantity and quality of wheat produced.
have tried for 40 years to raise the best OF
wheat. have not raised bushel OF chess in
ten years We can't avoid smut. Smut in seed
wheat will not increase the amount in the crop.
He had averaged from Is to 20 bushels per
acre, and received an average price, s1.25 per
oushel. He raised several varieties The
dawson is now my choice. | believe it was con-
iemned by mere Spectators. They circu-
ated reports calculated to prejudice cultivators
against it just before seeding time The gold
medal is hardy good variety of white wheat.
{ 10 conceded that varieties OF wheat degen-
rate, soule's and Diehl were once the best.
The cost OF producing one acre Of wheat is
fifteen dollars or about sixty-five cent? per
'ushel. The best crops yield profit of about
welve dollars per acre. Can wheat be success
ully hybrdzed? He said that corn was next
o Importance for profit; that the area in
llchIgan was six hundred and nnety-five
housand acres producing twenty eight million .
ushe;s valued at ten million dollars; 1t
an be grown on the same ground for years
9 it does not exhaust the fertility OF the
,oil his favonte Is the Yellow Dent; he
ad grown it for thirty years without changing
eed he was sure OF one hundred bushels of Z
ars to the acre with good tillage. lie consld- $
red fifty bushels to the acre poor crop Il
hlle Dent comes next, he considered the I
ony variety valuable; the eight rowed variety
as good and always sure he had tried other
arieties occasionally; it costs ten dollars per
IRE to raise corn or an average Of twenty-five
,nts per bushel; at hundred bushels OF Q
srs per acre the profit is good. Oats can be
reduced for thirty-fve cents per bushel the
orway variety is the most prolific; The oat u
'op Of this State he estimated at four hundred v
lousand dollars they exhaust the coil too n
uch to be profitable crop on light soils. c.
he value OF barley is twice that OF oats for o
led or market. and under favorable circum-
ances will yield profit OF twelve dollars per a.
IRE; to grow this crop successfully the soil
eeds to be rich and well pulverized, and not ,
70 wet; this crop leaves the ground IN good
'ndition for wheat. j. II. Hendryx, said that L
. had had fifty years experience and that he 81
gued with Mr.. Woodman he was aware that d
'ports had declared that spectators had cried b.
own Clawson wheat he had forty acres ready pl
Id ten Of it already sown, when the hue and m
y reached him. he then wished to SOW no W
ore OF that variety, but his son would SOW the n
manning thirty acres any way; it was good II
op,-did not believe that any wheat need run W