The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1889-01-18
FARMERS INSTITUTE AT MILL
WILLIE.
MILLvILLE, Jan. 9.

ue II afu1erb lnbJltuJe Dcgan
this afternoon in the Millville
Opera House, which is fair
sized room furnished with folding
chairs, stage, curtain and sliding
scenes. The attendance considering
the inclemency of weather and the
wretched condition of the roads was
large, although not likely half as large
IS under more favorable circumstanc-
es.
The meeting was called to order by
Chandlee Ewes, member of the Safe
Board of Agriculture from this county,
who was elected chairman by the
meeting; Jas. A. Warner and E. T.
Ewes were elected vice presidents, and
Laura f. Masters and Chas. J. Jonn
Secretaries.
Mrs. Frances Ewes made a very
pretty introductory and welcoming ad-
dress in which she dwelt on the i'm
portance of farming and the great in
tiuence that farmers WELD for the
good of society aud government, and
appealed to them to labor for further
moral growth, "We look to you for an
influence that will be helpful to the
multitudinous world of workingmen
and women whose sinews, bones aud
muscles are the human corporal force
that moves the great industries of the
world and is SO potent in creating the
vast and constantly accumulating
wealth of this nation and to counter
act the work that the demon intem-
perance is shrouding our country in
woe and misery. This unholy traffic
appears to have passed beyond the
control of our towns ID cities and
our last hope is in the rural popula
ton. Do we ask in vain? The farm
ers' home has been the starting point
of men and women IN whom was gov
erned the promise and power of gener
ations, whose lofty ideas and noble as
pirations have left an imperishable in
huence upon the nation.
"We welcome you all on behalf of
our citizens, that you are willing to
come here and help us keep our com
pact TO make the place, in the future,
as in the past, centre of culture, and
I cuo seCOuu aJucuo VI SOiuhDid Suuil-
/ ty.'
! Samuel Wilkinson of Chester Co.
responded to the address of welcome
in which he discussed the proposed
prohibtory amennment to the consti-
! tuition. This question, he said, should
claim the at ention of every voter in
the state. 1t is a duty that every one
owes to society and the future to con-
slider it we'll and vote conscientiously
on it when it comes before the people
1t seemed remarkable to him that the
! licensed sale of intoxicating beverage
should be allowed in this age
"MoNEY IN PoULTRY' was discussed
! by VIM. B. German. He claimed that
with from to 10 acres of ground and
| from 400 to 500 hens a man could
make as much money as with ten times
a. much farm and ten times the capi-
tai in any other kind of stock raising
He gave example to prove this. 1t
must be poor management that can't
make 200 per cent. out of poultry;
while the best management cannot be
made to yield so per cent. out of cat
tie. The egg supply does not equal
the demand, for mill ms of dozens are
imported yearly. Hens should De fed
literally aud he recommended the fol
lowing kinds of food to make hens
lay: OYSTER shells, broken bones
gravel and lime, for shell formation
aud mixture of part meal, part
shorts and l part wheat bran fol
breakfast (this should be warm in win,
ter), for dinner wheat and for supper
corn, all they will eat. They should
be supplied at all times with fresh
water. In winter they should be civ.
en- vegetables and meat scraps. Their
roost should be well ventilated in sum
mer, but closed in winter.
DIR. H. b Warren to show that the
demand for eggs exceeded the supply
told of the large number of men and
vessels that were engaged in gather
ing for market the eggs of birds along
the Atlantic coast, especially in the ar
tic and subartic regions. Mr.. German
in reply to question said that the
Plymouth Rock W IS the best chicken
for all purposes; but the Brown Leg
Horn was the best layer.
| DR.. Warren discussei 4 the use of the
incubator and gave Instances where 4
was used very successfully.
management of Poultry" by
Henry tote. The raising of poultry
is generally considered OF main impor
tance among farmers, Each kind O.
poultry requires different management
Young poultry should be housed a
night aud kept out of the morning
dews. Chickens ~ well in summer
and to have them lay in winter W,
must approximate as nearly as posi-
BILE to the conditions of summer. Feed
alone does not make eggs. They
must receive exercise and their feec
should be scattered among chaff, tha
they may be forced to scratch for it
The roosts should be open in summe
but closed in winter.
Il Mr. Wilkinson said that there wa