The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1886-12-16
FARMER,s INSTITUTE.
Interesting Sessions TO-day--Ihe Lecture
Tonight.


Tonight.
The fourth annual session of the
Stark County Farmers Institute con
Vened in ScnReGsr's Opera House al 10
o'clock this morning with gO1d atten
dance. Ellis Hszen, president, and
j. + NiesZ, secretary.
Music under the leadership Of Prof
McPhsil, was furnished on call.
Prayer was offered BY Rev. j. Fred
Rapson, of the Baptist church, follower
by pleasant address Of welcome nv
Rev. j Il Harpster of the Trinity
Lutheran church.
aOr, Rlbert ii. FOlger occupied the
undivided attention of the audience foI
nearly en- hour and a half speaking on
the early History of Stark County
The lecture was highly appreciated Dl
his hearers. Many facts Of local interest,"
that are not accessible to all, we're given
For want of time many things were
omitted that would be of especial inter
est and the Institute trusts that Mr.
FOlger will give many more rem1n1s-
cenCes from the fund stored up In his
memory.
Prof. ]. Il. Dstmers and Gen. 8. Fl,
Hurst, State Food and Dairy COmmls-
siOner, are present and will deliver sew
sral good lectures to-day and will also
speak tomorrow.
Prof. Lord, of the State University will
arrive this evening, and with G5ners
Hurst will address the Institute
in the lecture room of the Bap
tist church. General Hurst's subject:
"a Republic of Farmers" Prof. Lords,
subjac': "AdulterstiOn of Food ana their
Detection" Following Is the program
for
Prof. N. W. Lord interested this morn
II g's session with an expansive lee
ture on Common Fertilizer" which
was very instructive to those Interested
in progressive farming.
W. D. 06erlin, of Dalton, followed
with su interesting essay on Public
Roads," giving many points that It
would be we'll 10 adopt In the clnstruc
tOD and improvements Of our highways.
Gen. S. Fl Hurs.'s lecture on "POmOlo
gy, with specimens, and Cold Storage"
WAS IS instruct We and eloquent as any,
and the audience gave tokens Of their
appreciation by hatteTing comments.
General Hurst left before noon to-day
in order to reach his home before SOn-
day,
President Scott could not b. present
on account of being unable to make rail
road connections.
Louis Schsefer delivered an address
Ia his usual interesting manner, giving
considerable historical information of
Stark county.
There was an abundance of good
music interspersed in the program.
FRIDAY EVENINGS SESSION.
The meeting of the Farmers Institute
was held In the lecture room of the
Baptist church. The attendance was
good.
Prof. N. W. Lord gave an instructive
address on the "Adulteration of food
and Its Detection" giving history of
the adulterations in ancient times, down
to the present, and said that never had
lOod Rdulterations been carried on SO
extensively as In the present century.
He classified the principal kinds OF adul,
terstions as follows:
1st. Debasing the quality Of food, and
gave as an example diluting milk with
water.
I'd. Manufacturing artificial food as,
for example, oleomBrgarlne.
Sd. Adultersting to cover upinferlOri-
ty or unhealthy quality Of food so as TO
make 1t sslable.
The second part of the lecture was on
the detection OF adulteratlOn, and the
only conclusion reached was that 1t re-
quires an expert chemist to detect pure
food from sDuri0u1.
The second lecture on the program
was by Gen. 8. q. Hurst, subject, "a
Republic OF Farmers" Gen. Hurst is
An eloquent speaker and his lecture was
a rare treat and was highly appreciated
by the audience.
The question box caused considerable
discussion on the Agricultural society
and the extension of the fair grounds,
In which a number Of persons in the
audience took part.
Good music was furnished by Prof.
McPhail with a number of assistants
which was highly appreciated by the
audience.