Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1883-12-22

TON .INTELI
SCIENTIFIC FARMING.
| The Old and NEW Plans Compared.
| Meeting Of tho state Board OF Az.
rkcuIt ure.
A meeting OF tho State Board of Agriculture
was held at the opera house ut Hissinsvill'
Tuesday and Wednesday, the 18th and 1911
insts. Tuesdny morning was cold. windy ane
| yely disagreeable. and but few country Peopis
were In attendance. The meeting was called te
| order at lO:l5 O'Clock, u. IN. by Hon. Johr
| Walker President of the Board. who stated I'M
object of the meeting, and proceeded TO give 8
short sketch OF the objects OF the Beard. III
stated that he had been u farmer for dny years
aud had held the pillow for forty-nlne years. ano
intended to plow next year to make out the nal
century. He knew of nothing he liked better.
but he came too coon to get the beneh! OF recen'
Inventions. Now y man can ride ana -piow
while he always had to walk. He said the board
were working without pay, as the state does mol
allow enough to even pay for publishing and
sending out reports of the Board. Much pro-
gress has been made IN the past hfty years In the
pioou'"oa "a e.H ~. ~. : -. ~.
III ques.io" ~" . y -. :. ...,s,
law ~
=, Al tne'i po"e'
~
49, s,.,.a ,ha. bs xss M,
n.,oh .n,n,is.a a., ,ha .moII audience as,be dav
- ,ia.a....h. - IN. ,o,;c.s had ba.n
-: 49,, r... 80, n.,.re o;v;no
SSa..H". T.s-.s.a -, E.ta.r ..o...,.rv
80 asns.rs.a an, .n..ta-. a. h. had
go. - h.I;.r. vo,,a .,t.nd .na univ an.
who vos .dv.-,isod for this mes,ino wonId he
.ha.,,..,a ,hot o,r,d mr., h.. h.,,.a ua sa;d
Tho, N. c,,mors v.r. mn, Ioon;,o s,.n N the al.
.......... $50. IT,. . rms
rhan aar,orI,rro o,,ro.,.d an much attention as
,nr.s.nt s..rca,r y nr,,o,,,io,, can nov
he made tbs. viii meet the annroval of all farm.
ora Aor,cu,,ure has s.,t,ed facts. I'm, M se,t,ed
Law. Tn. yovern m.nts NJ the c,vi,iz.a wor,,
ar. now mating efrorts m devotion This acience
:, "a om,ss,pg ii.ar.,,r. rast.r than ,nv o,b.r
nnrsni, and mor. facts are be,ng ,nvest,gated
Inertia ia the great bane of eyery industry. II
fsrmers made use of the thew al-
ready have. It would create n revolution In Az.
ricultursl pursuits. de paid a high complimen,
To the power of the press. and said that " ithou,
its sssistance it would be fmpossible to make
much roadway: but the nress wss ALWAYS will.
Ing tn do more Than its share
"A tho crowd was ANAL and o.he- .ns.h.r.
had M, arrived p,of a.nho-, Gei,1ar.; HI.
address on seed Breeding and stook Oroystb !,
tbouob nm. of tho r.on,.r or,e, n. .oit+ha,
M dsnar,mont ~ .ar;.n,,,r. wo., .,.,m,o,,.,
an, On mrch nse,..tod Cos. ~ o.,,,. :. 800.
mated hv the coat of tho Grain v. csa, mem w.
mould our cattle tn snit our fancv,sa,,,.w hv M,
mould our nIan,sp Some seea h~r,np1o ,,.r cont
more than other seed that looks IA vei soms
aeea unfara,,.ed v;i hiring m,,s a,.,, thor
other seed fe,,iIizea n we feed two COW.
exactlv m. sam. amount nm, nm. e,,,. ,u ne,
cent. and the other 40 usr cent. we saw il is the
s,ock. so with plsnts. Bv GOOD breeding we
can increase the oapucity of production. W.
have nm record the nroduct,op ar 1,o hnshe,s n,
corn IN the acre He had orown ,oo bnshel. nm
an acre and m ,he ssm. soiI. with s,m. care.
9TH o,h.r s.ed had onIv r,;ssd 10 hn.be,. In
hr..dinn. o.d -. n,., hro.a TO- ,,ao. ,n.,,,,
and onantitv MnIions of dollar, are Iost in
th;s sto,. .vorv r.or ~, tho me-. nf noor .eaa
n. ,ouId nrodu.s .,.. =. 49, .otato.. -,
.H' VI "ae- ~
~ .A t.N4N' e'py ""N-o.
+. !uA..s y. n"" os.i"eu W = A'. -
ne ~ WV 80.
m'" ""As' " " ~.
u. :. - 20 >n.-t ~ $50
s"N' ~ .ea =. : 80 - sS
oas :" IT, $50 rss,s"n ~ sa,s..,,m no,s,o
s.od ,r;u nroduc.o NJ v.rIotv ~ no,..oss
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.ua. 'n'0 "As "n .wpoftans 'ques'.on.
op.A :" AZ" n'eeie@sio"' me"S tninN
80 ese. W "'Isn " 'o
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80. "" to.a.s. saIH - :.
~ : p"' ".os po ~eo
N ~ N'e.as st1e "-'- s"'e'S
49, ey.' ~
..ts.:.efaa,sn 80 =, -.
Nm n,ifo-n,,, .u....sn,
An auditor asked II tnrr;n. oon,d l.. ,x.a
Till thsv RIM ont II. .nswsr.d ,ho.h ia ,ho,sh
not; as long as the seed brought q crop 1t would
be turnips. -
Returning % the potato subject he said that
800 pounds bad been Iaised from q single po-
tato in one year. The potato wa. cut into single
eyes; then the eyes divided into six or eight
pieces. and the first sprouts broken of AMI re-
planted.
Prof. Tracy remarked that he knew all about
'n'S crop' ~ WAS really l'S~ POUNDS, put no
pr.sd.nt w.,t.- ..n,..h.., 49,. =, -.
sa.d (. ,aken f,on N,.aou-; - 1m, -. ~
n,r,, II nrodpc.o IN. Lila ..hh.a. h,, -
,.t.o sortb nil, con, h.,on. ,ou 80 49,.
no,o ,jta toha.oo +hon ,.,hon.
IT, a d,.o,so;on &C. ~
MILO and pror T,..v eta ,h., nho., -.
e,,m Pus,;. did hsttar Tho, -, 60 o.
.,her .sc,ion '
M.at,np csI,ad tn order -, IN o,,ooL ,n .h.
pros,a.nt NJ wo,tar vho. n.,. - ,;w
Mo a,r..t;o,. in ,ha s.,...,.. - -.
n ...ia no u,nr1, .o...-.--
,o,, IN. who.t =, "a go :. T.;. -
Nm, IN. l;.h, s..a - ~. 60, "a -.
-. .t.:..--., -
Gave his experience In saving seed corn. One
year he hung some in an open barn, but the fogs
In the valley where he lived kept the corn too
damp, and about 40 per cent. of it was not fit to
plant. Another lot was hung in a vacant room
In the house. over the family room. and scarce
N- - t-.-nl ,. -f,.-A $1,000 L. l.--k