The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1885-11-20
Farmers Institute.

State Board OF Agriculture and General
Farmers Institute will be held in the Opera
House, Bloomsbury, Pa, commencing
Wednesday December I'd, 1885, The follow
ing is the programme
Wednesday morning, December 2, 1886
Call to order at 8 a. m. Adjournment
from 10 IN. to 1890.
]. Address of welcome by Rev. ID. J.
Waller, of Bloomsbury, Pa 2. Reply on
behalf of the Board by Hon. Roberto. Pat
tison. 3. Roll-call of members. 4. Ap.
pointment OF committee on credentials of
members and delegates. 8. Reception of
credentials. 0. Reading minutes. z. Re-
ports of committees. 8. Unfinished bust
ness. 0. New business.
ESSAYS AND DISCUSSIONS.
l. "Grapes for the Farm Garden" BY
j. II. Townsend, Esq, Bloomsbury, Pa
2. "Quince Culture" BY DR.. James Cal
der, Lecturer, Stase Grange p. of H., Har-
risburg, Pa. 3. Fruits for Family Use"
BY q. Hiester, Esq. member from Dauphin.
2. Questions and Answers.
Wednesday afternoon, December 2, 1885.
Call to order at 2p. m. Adjournment at
5;3O to 8 p. m.
| 1. "Best Breeds of Dairy Cattle" BY
| William Fairweather, Esq, McLane, Erie
county, Pa. 2. "Pure Bred Horses" BY
Col John Jameson, Boomsburg, Pa. 3.
"Poultry for Profit and Pleasure" ByM
p. Lutz, Esq, Bloomsbury, Pa. 4. "Bee
Keeping" BY II. H. Brown, Esq, Light
| Street, Pa. s. "Experiments in Farming"
BY M. w. Oliver, member from Crawford.
6. Questions and Answers.
Wednesday evening, December Q, 1885.
Lecture. By Prof, w. A. Buckhout, Ento-
mologist of the Board, State College, Cen
tire county, Pa. Subject "Life and Ha-
bits of Insects" To commence at 8 p. m.
Admission free. All ale cordially invited
to attend.
Thursday morning, December 8, 1885.
Call to order at IA. IN, Adjournment at
12 m. to 11:30 p. m.
l. Farmers Mistakes" By E. NJ
Tewksbury, Esq, Catawissa, Pa. 9. "In-
surance of Farm Buildings" By Samuel
Neyhard, Esq, Bloomsbury, Pa. 3. GLOW
to Bring up Worn-out Farm" sBy A.
p. Young, Esq, Millvile, Pa. 4. "Tne
Best Wheat from Miler's Standpoint"
BY A. z. Schoch, Esq, Bloomsbury, Pa
8. "The Answer of the Prophecy" BY
DIR. John p. Edge, member-at-large, Down.
lngtown, Pa 6. "Questions and Ar
swers.
Thursday afternoon, December 3, 1885.
Call to order at 2 p. IN. Adjournment at
$3.50 to p. m.
1. "The Farmers Family Past, Present
and Future" BY Mrs +. NJ. Ewes, Mill |
vile, Pa. 2. Education of Farmers |
Sons and Daughters" By Mrs. Mary V.
Bowman, Berwick, Pa. B. Industrial |
Education" BY ID. ]. Waller,Jr., Blooms
burg, Pa. 4. "Mind and Matter, in Health |
and Disease BY DIR. L. A. Shattuck,
Bloomsbury, Pa. 8. Questions and An
swers.
Thursday evening, December 3, 1885.
Lecture. By DR.. E. Harvey, member of |
the Board from Delaware Subject "Geo-
logy Familiarity Applied" To commence
at 8 p. IN. Admission free. All are cor
daily invited to attend.
At the close of each essay or address, an
opportunity will be afforded to ask the es-
sayist or speaker such questions as will
have tendency to develop information
not given in the essay or address, or which
may be the means of making more clear
partially developed points. At or before
the close of each session, an opportunity
will be given to those present to ask any
questions of a proper nature, which will be
at once referred to some one who is sup
posed to be competent to answer, and an
answer will be furnished at the same or at
subsequent session. All present are cor
daily requested to take part in the discus
sions, End to freely ask the essayists any
question covered by the subject ma tier of
the essay or address calls out in the sub
sequent discussion more information than
is furnished by the essayist. 1t is the wish
of the Columbia County Agricultural So
ciety and of the Board that all present will |
consider themselves cordially invited to
take part in the discussion which usually
follows sach essay
1t is requested that all oranges, farm
clubs, and other agricultural or hortcul-
tural organizations will send regularly ac-
credited delegates to the meeting. All such
delegates will confer a favor by handing
their credentials to the Secretary or to the
proper committee Gas soon as apponted) |
in order thlt the organizations which they
may have proper credit on the
published list.
1t is the desire of the Columbia County
Agricultural Society and of the State Board
OF Agriculture that this should be pre-emi-
nently gathering of the farmers of the
State, and it is hoped that they will make
it general meeting for the purpose of
ideas upon topics relating to
their calling.
Ladies are specially invited to attend and
take part in the discussion of topics in
which they are interested, and the local
committee request that members of the
Board will bring their wives with them.
The head quarters of the Board will be
at the Exchange Hotel, and members will
please report there Con arrival to the To-
cal committee, who will assign them quar-
Iers.
For information relating to board, rail-
road timetables, &C., address Chandlee
Ewes, Millvile, Columbia county, Pa. For
all information relating to the business of
.he meeting, ticket orders, &C., address
THOS. j. EDGE, Secretary,
Harrisburg, Pa.