The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1884-10-16

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OF %yerbenas, stocks, pinka, lovely tube.
TOsea, white carnations, and a dark
crimson fiOwb resembling n double HI
Discus, OF which your committee would
like the name.
Mr., j. Holl appears with two presents,
one OF which In composed entirely Of GO
Taniuma, the other OF %verbenas, pinka,
surrounded with leaves Of The white day
lily, anrmonnted with u fine crimson
dahlia.
, Miss LIbbie Jones has four parcels OF
flowers, very handsomely arranged, one
composed almOat exclusively OF gerani
uma, another OF white poppy, c0xcOmb,
m%ignOnette, sweet ecented pea and ager'
alum; and last, seyerel varieties, oil
very fine, Also, = flower with which
your committee are u%nAcQuainted, but
think 10 bs the Spider Plant.
Mrs. Borat deposits q pyramidAl do
sign OF exceeding fine flowers, pfOmi'
nent In tho display Ia q nne gladiola,
c~entuceA, and many other flowers for
which your committee have no time,
A cluster OF flowers Without donors
mama, but not unnotlced by your Com
mlttee.
Prominent In the display IL a fat de-
align OF petuniAe, anttrs, Jacobs Coat,
surrounded with large and beautiful 70.
rhnium leaves. Mrs. 0berlln, donor.
A miniature aheaf OF wheat, artlatic.
ally arranged, by Miss Youtz,
Three unique and miniature g0nTda,
form a novel feature In the display,
Deposited by 8, Meyers.
The largest and hneat display OF dab
las ever presented before the society,
must DO seen to DO appreciated, was ar
ranged and deposited by =, Meyers,
8, MEYERS,
Mrs. q, j. LESTER.
The Secretary read o communication
from j. ", Flemming, Assistant State
Commissioners 10 the Worlds Fair 1T
New Orleans, calling upon our county
for u display OF its agricultural PRO
ducts.
Secretary also stated that the County
Board OF Agriculture had made arrange
m0nte; appointed q committee TO take
charge OF tho display NJ our fair, where
all who take pride In having our county
make q display can bring whatever will
no " interest, (rhe Secretary will here
state that at u late meeting OF the Board
tho ladies OF our horticultural Society
were respectfully requested 10 make u
grand aOral display NJ eur coming fair,
Superintendent Shaub allotted space.
hui mention OF This was forgotten at the
meeting. We Insert II here, and trust
thia will reach you In time
Tho Committee on Exhibit 1T State
Fair made u verbal report, which wAa
somewhat "inlerestlngN and were 70
Qnested by she Secretary TO red0ce the
report TO writing for next meeting,
Essaylat Clayton HOll then responded
with the following:
Thls being the lrat attempt TO deliver
Rn essay upon such an occasion land
probably the last one,0 for when | get
through the President Will have aeen
his mistake In this appointment. From
the fact that all around IN here are
seated elder men and women who have
u larger and more varied experience TO
draw from aud certainly serve this so,
ciety more ably, Therefore "Should
fall below Demosthenes or Cicero, don't
view me with u critics eye, but pasa my
imperfectlons n.y."
Having always been u common farm.
VT, YOU can expect a common produc.
tiOn on u few Of the essentials necessary
In successful farming, Az all OF you
arc aware, 10 attain tho highest success
on our farms different methods aud
somewhat change OF rotation Of crops
will have 10 DO pracilced In the future,
First, IN thorough till0ge OF the soil
The greatest mistake OF the average
farmer IL 10 have about twice M many
acres under cultivation M should be,
therefore the work IL generally only
half done and especially M to raising
wheat. | shall venture 10 say that In
this county the average number OF bush'
Ella per acre should be double what II IL,
or In other words, the same amount
should be produced on half tho number
Of acres aud tho rest Of the land devoted
10 raising OF corn and pasture or hay
for stock and feed on the farm, and oil
The manure made possible aud that
properly applied would return us u
much larger revenue and NJ tho same
time increase the value Of our farms,
Years ago the virgin fertility Of our
soil produced q fair crop, however rude
ly II was put out, aud the result Ia that
numerous farmers oil over this country
are still stalking along In the old ruts,
never thinking Of Improvement, The
time IN ut hand 10 wake up and 10 gei
out Of the old ways OF preparing the
soil, not only sklmmlng over tho tor
but get down into II with tho improved
implements we have and alifring II NJ
thoroughly ana lining IN much "
possible.
For cultivation Ia manure; this h
shown more generally whore u sinai
plot OF potatoes are grown In The corn.
held which receives better cultivation
when this can DO seen In all succeeding
crops even without manure.
Our corn crop IL probably tho worsI
abused of all. Numerous farmers Guilt
| yate their corn Just enough TO keep thC
| weeds down (aa they term it) never
thinking that In u dry soGejn (as The
one Iutt pasD by giving twice the cult,
yati0n the yield would perhaps DO near,
ly In proportion, This point should bC
more fully discussed by our farming
community, Of which there are still
quite u number who hold TO the idel
| That to stir tho soil In dry weather vii
dry out more, when In fact II IL Just The
reverse, IN IN shown by those who lives
tlgate, aud all reasoning farmers vii
adult who have tested the subject b,
actual experience.
Tho making and application OF man
uro IL next TO proper tillago. All man
uro applied TO wheat should be. top
dressed, for several very essential rea
sons. First, the land can DO plowel
much sooner; therefore, longer time I,
1rming and properly preparing tho see,
bed, which IL very important, no man!
OF you can testify, In the season jus
past, oil fallow wheat was much I'M
best, And, second, IL the Importance o
obtaining d stand OF clover, each season
however dry II may DO, having THE sea
son q stand sufficient on one OF my ield
| prepared In this manner, when on nj