Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-02-06

TAYLOR RIDGE, Feb 5.-The fourth
meeting of the Rock Island County
Farmers institute was held here to-
day. The attendance was large. there
being about $50 people present. and
much interest seemed to be taken by all
in listening to and discussing the various
topics present.
The meeting was called to order by the
president. Mr.. Campbell. who called upon
the Rev. Mr.. Green, Of Presumption, to
open the morning session with pray er.
after which the audience was entertained
with music. Mr. D. T. Seymour then
spoke upon the subject of Sunshine and
Shadow in a Farmers Life" giving quite
a complete sketch of the western farmers
sunshine and shadow experienced from
the period of the appearance of his white
topped prairie schooner to the time when
he removed the last mortgage from his
homestead. The last named circum
stance usually produced sunshine. A
yearning to possess all the land joining,
and an effort to accure the same often
succeeded in producing three>ply shad-
ow of a very fine texture and fast color.
Many points of interest were spoken of
by Mr. Seymour. Remarks upon the
same subject followed by Mr.. Swisher,
Mr.. Montgomery, Mr.. Edwards. Mr.. Me-
Culloch, Mr.. Heath and others. all she'd
ding a little light from different stand
points upon the rocks and whirlpools of
life, and thus to make possible a better
chart for future plain sailing. One gen.
tleman intimated that "to tell Sarah that
he never ate better bread than of her
baking would not only Danish a shadow.
but might have considerable influence in
dIsper ing dense fog"
Next music, then dinner-more than
enough for the large number in attend
ance-then music again at 2 O'Clock the
beginning of the afternoon session. An
ably written paper by Mr.. Hiram OAR
ling upon Cultivation of Apples" fol-
lowed, in which he gave his experience
in cultivating various varieties, and FUR
nished list of those with which he had
been the most successful. Following
this was a very general discussion of the
subject of orchard rearing and selection
of proper varieties for the same. From
the general drift of the remarks it seemed
rs if there existed at the present time. a
good opening for new variety of winter
apples to set up in business if 1t only
possessed the following capital: all the
good growing and keeping qualities OF
the Willowtwig and the delicate texture
and flavor of-say Maiden. blush or yell
lowsbelf1ower.
Next followed a short business session
during which it was decided to hold
another session of the institute soon.
Butter" was the next inject. Coun'
ty Superintendent OF Schools ]. 81. South
well, after giving short sketch OF early
Scyrhian and Moorish methods of pro-
| ducing the same, said that he would mo-
| approach the subject from the point OF
| the practical manufacturing of the same
but would give the result of some Studio.
| of butter and fat crystalization and OF
| butter limitations and substitutes. Tit
| practical part of the subject was brought
out in the very general discussion, during
which Mr. A A Buffum, upon the gen
| eral demand of the audience, gave an in
terestiDg description of his method o
| butter making Mr. Buffum was followed
BY Mr.. Little, of the Presumption cream
cry, who, upon call, came to the from
and for fifteen minutes replied to in
/
| the house; after which Mr. Little said
There is constant contest between
butter men and butterIne men TO
| the market, with first one and
then the other ahead. just now tn,
| butterine men have the call becaus
they had cornered the Elgin butter mar
ket, until the city retailers had to tax
out butterine license. and stock VI
with "oleo" to get something to suppl.
their daily trade" and Mr.. Little now ad
vocated the appointment of state dair.
commissioner. to make sure that butter
inc is sold, by the dealers, especially 5,
long as butter is not purchased by tn
same, as we'll as for the many other use
to which good state dairy commissions
NAV be put.
Now came adjournment for supper an
at the reassembling of the institute fo
the evening session, interesting paper
were read on the respective subjects O
Hog Raising" by r s. Montgomer
and the Cultivation OF the Potato" b
W. s. McCulloch, both followed by inter
esting discussion
1t was decided to have the next sessio
of the institute in the Town hall at Mi
Ian two weeks from today. and will be j
part as follows:
10 100 a. MS it Desirable to Abandon Town
ship Organisation Samuel Swishe
10 80 Q m Discussion.
~ m.--Noon adjournment.
900 p m Sunshine and Shadow In Far
| nler Boz . Life, ............E. E. Parneptel
2:1O D. m-Re marks
$3.50 p. m.-"The National Horse of America"
| ..................-.-.. Arthur burrail
| OF the remainder Of the programme 70
the Milan meeting, your correspondent