The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1888-02-02
THE INSTITUTE.

Tuesday forenoon. The exercises were
opened by the delivery of a neat little
address of welcome by Mayor Torrison.
| "Our Glover Crop" was the first regular
subject taken up. 1t was July discussed
by Messers. s. Faville, D. F. Sayre and
John Gould, the latter gentleman con-
Quoting the institute in the absence of
Mr. Morrison, who was unable to reach
the city. The subject elected a great
many queries and showed that the farm
ers present took deep interest in the
raising, handling and feeding of clover.
| Cue idea advanced which called out
great many questions, and which was
apparently new to many of the istners,
was the cutting and storing of clover in
the barn before it was ripe,-or before
the heads began to brown. Another was
that it did not iniure the clover to cheat
in the NOW, particularly if foot or SO of
hay or straw was placed on top of it,
The writer of this knows mighty little
about farming, but the subject was so
fully elucidated that every farmer present
understood the idea sought to be con-
veyed. The subject took up the remain
| der of the forenoon. The first thing on
the programme for the afternoon session
was 1.-THE Value of the Silo," assigned to
Hon. Hiram Smith. Mr.. Smith not be-
ing present, Mr.. Albert Landreth told
what he knew about the Cultivation and
Raising of Peas" That gentleman is
thoroughly at home on that subject and
what he had to say was of value to his
listeners and was well received. Roads"
by Mr.. Ostenfeldt, was next taken up
His remarks showed exhaustive study of
the subject and the views he advanced
are worthy of the careful consideration
of every farmer in the county. Mr.. Os-
tenfeldt showed that there were in this
county 225 road masters, each with diff
ferent idea as to how roads should be
built and maintained. Not only this, but
each of the 225 was elected to serve one
year and frequently the work done by
one was undone the following year by
his successor In furtherance of his pecu-
liar ideas on the subject. Going into
figures, Mr.. Ostenfeldt showed that the
road tax raised in this county since 1880
was S369,700. He argued that it would
be desirable to have county road mas
ter; to levy tax of mills on the 100
dollars which on the assessment of this
county would Yield about $4,000 year,
an average of only about $500 on each
so acres of land; to expend the greater
portion of this money in building say
nine miles of good road at an average
outlay of from 81 500 to $500 mile, so
that in eight or nine years the greater
portion OF the county would be traversed
by excellent thoroughfares. thine" was
called on him before had exhausted the
subject, but he said enough to give occa-
sion for much earnest thought on a
matter of great Importance. The after
noon exercises were concluded by Mr.. T
A. Huebner in paper on "Potato Gull
ture." Mr.. Huebner has probably de-
voted more attention to the raising of
potatoes than any other farmer in the
county and the results he has achieved
show that he has mastered the subject.
He was listened to with marked attention
in return for which he gave much valu-
able information on the subject in hand.
At the evening meeting Mr.. Fuller told
n m n 70 hT1t-
portion of the butter made at this gen.
teman's dairy sells at &C., a pound in
Chicago, which tends to show that the
quality is good. Judging from his re-
marks, there is no reason why all butter
should not be good if the cream and the
milk producers are properly handled.
Mr.. Rahr entertained the large audi
ence with very interesting talk on the
subject of "Smuts and Blghts." With
numerous large crayon drawings he show
ed the development of many forms of
mold, fungus, ETC., the drawings serving
to illustrate the various stages of growth
and the manner of reproduction.
A either duet by the Misses Boehmer
and Greve was an acceptable change in
the programme. Their performance was
SO well received that second appearance
was insisted upon.
'Bees and Honey" was the subject of
fifteen minute talk by Mr.. Hatch. With
the aid of colored plates he gave the au-
dience very clear idea of how honey is
made and stored, and the information i'm
parted by his remarks was of value to
bee keepers as well as interesting to those
not in the business. This finished the
first days programme.
Wednesday mornings exercises were
opened by MIR. Gould. His topic was
Intelligent Dairying" and he handled it
IN manner which held the closest atten-
ton of his audience Much of the value
OF the institute comes from the fact that
practical results are commented upon
instead of theories. Mr.. Gould is prac-
tical man and what he says has the weight
of conviction. He was followed by Prof.
j. w. Robertson of Montreal who, with
the aid of drawing, explained the points
to be secured in good COW, the forma-
ton of the milk, how cows should be fed
and handled to obtain the best results,
etc. He is one of the most entertaining
takers engaged in the institute work
and the only cause of dissatisfaction
found with his share of the session was
that he had to stop. He is Scotchman
and aside from the interest attaching to
his thorough handling of the subject in
hand, his manner of speech made it a
pleasure to listen to him. At the close
of his talk Mr.. Sandford occupied the
platform with Jerseys" for his topic
He is an ardent admirer of jersey cattle