The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1889-06-27

ROBERT McCUNE,
Bditor and Proprietor.
woRrHlnsron. MIMI. JUNE u 1850
THB FARMERS 1NSTITUTR.
The lecturers composing the force Of lnatrue-
tors Of the institute arrived on Monday and ex.
pressed much satisfaction at the preparations
made by our citizens for theiI accommodation.
aud for making tho occasion y successful Que.
There was disappointment to lie encountered
ut the outset, as Mr.. Smith, who waste lecture
sp ''The Battle of Ch!ckam.auga" on Monday
evening was kept at hume by domestic Afiiction.
His wife had been taken ILL.,, and aftoR q few
days of suffering, had died, and therefore he
would not be able for some time to resumes his
labors. I.
Monday evening therefore was devoted to .
addresses adapted to introduce tho proper
work Of the institute. supt Gregg very hap"
pily referred to me reasons which called the III
slitute into existence. Farmers we're once told
TO hold on to their wheat. 40 At some date be-
tween harvest And harssstn II would touch the
price Of one dollar per bushel. But Of late
years that expslsstisa had not been met. India
wss ssndiug large yields OF wheat into tho
s1aaariss ofths world. 80 was South America.
These tropical farmers had harvest much ear
Her in the yeaszsnd were In the Liverpool mar
kses before ours were grown. The East Iudian
Wofo~ no clothes 70 speak Of. and built no
churches or school hoa,sss. He s1nt no sens to-
college, nor daughters to the seminary. Honco
lis competition had BECOME formidable. and It
had come to stay. SO the Minnesota Farmer
hal Tn nj l0nDptItiON
the cattle market. The cattle OF the Texas
plains required and received no sheltcr-the
,erviee with the pitch fork was unknown 10
them. Now it WAS i'm pprtant to learn, if pcssi-
bic, how these competitions were to be met.
How to produce in sufficient quantity and OF
such superior quality that Minnesota farming
could be made profitable. Was Quo OF the IN
Quiries to be discussed at these Institutes.
Dr.. Dixon then explained In u bright, hua,or-
ous speech, his meth DDS OF illustrating the dis
eases Of the horse, Dr. Curryer followed in q
clear and Interesting tax Un how to train tho
horse.
A Quartette consisting Of DR.. Moore. Mr.. F.
Buchan Miss Crandall and Mrs. w. BuchaD SAM
appropriate songs. which were listened to with
pleasure.
On Tuesday at 10 a. m. the institute was
called to order by Supt. Gregg, who made a
few pertinent remarks explanatory Of the OBJ
jects to be attained aud the methods to be
pursued in the work cf the day.
DIR. j. C. Currler then lectured for an hour
on the different types OF horses.
DIR. Dixon lectured for an hour on the prop
OF method Of shoeing 'rses. The doctor
eOmplinlented the blacksmitlling done In
WOrthington. some OF which he had inspected
but said there was great harm done. In many
places, by the incompetent work done by ILL
trained hOrseshoerS.
Tho noon hour haying arrived. a recess was
taken for dinner.
The WOrthingt0n village park presented 4
busy and happy social aspect. Yhe national
nag foatcd over group of tents pitched in
the grove to serve IS resting places and for
storage of goods, for those who wished to use
them A long table had been selected for the
dinner which came out Of q multitude CT bas-
kets, and was swiftly placed thereon. A cook
stove had on it boiler full Of hot coffee ade-
quate for all the guests. The repast was equal
to the occasion in quantity, Not a hungry
man Or woman was permittc to escape. In
quality 1t was good enough for an assembly
OF kings; il it be permissible to speak Of them
As deserving of better fare than "born free and
equal Americans." 1t was such a feast as cnly
At one O'Clock Prof. Curryer gave All cxhb-
jti0n Of his method of colt t:aini * on the lot
Of Mr.. Peter Thompson, corner of M.,in street
and Fifth avenue. The subject va, \ spirited
handsome two year old c3t Le:o:,ying 10 Mr..
AzOm Forbes. The course pursued Was that OF
gaining the confden &c Of the horse by kind
ness. Dr. c. uses only Il light rope. The task
was accomplished In a little over half III hour
Tho yOun. animal was high Strung aid pucky,
but his submit ission was complete. The doctors
remarks wore valuable to those Wishing to
train colts in humane and successful manner.
At y. III. the institute assembled at the
Music Pavilion in the park. the Masonic hall
the largest III the place-nOt being able to
hold hall the people eager TO hear tho lectures.
Prof. Gregg lectured OH dairy stock. lie laid it
down IS fact that cows must be selected with
an eye to their capacity as mixers. Good beef
cattle and at the same time first class dairy
COW, do not exist You must select along di1-
feront lines. A large mouth. Il good stomach
and large ud'ier are the marks Of profitable
dairy cow. The lecturer had no preference as
TO breeds OF cattle. There are good hllkers
and poor ones iu all the preferred breeds.
Tuere are lines OF descent in all breeds of good
capacity for milk production.
+. u. Holmes. OF OwatOnua, secretary OF the
State Dairy association then spoke Of the
proper treatment VI milk for dairy purposes
Dr. Dixon followed In = practical lecture on
the diseases Of tho horse, dwelling particularly
on rinGbOne and SPAWN.
Prof. Burdette, Of kushmore. entertained
the audience with u couple Of appropriate
songs. which were received with applause.
At sp. NJ. the Masonic hall was crowded t.
hear Dr. JixOn's lecture on agriculture III the
East lndias. lie showed the wooden ploN
with whith the Wat or coole does lis plOwing
The cOOlic wears no clothes to speak of-has
no literary tastes-eats garden weeds for food
but after all only gets his wheat into the Liv-
erpool market at a cost Of 25 cents bushe
less than the cost Of getting Minnesota whea,
into the same market. Doctor d. thinks
South America Offers tile most formidable Up-
position to the American wheat raiser.
A SKI lful volunteer choir Of singers enliv-
oned the proceetiings BY musical selections. l,
and buchan. and Mrs. Crigler. Mrs. Bigelow
aud Misses Crandal and Husselton.
At this point we must close our re-
port to give the third days proceedings
next week, rs our paper must be il
form while the Institute is still in pro-
grets. .%
Grand Army boys. as we'll rs many
others, will be interested in the follow
ing from Alex. u. Pope, Stewart, Ton,
who is A, ID. e., Commander Dep'
Tenn. and ia. He says: 1--WE hav,
had an epidemic OF whooping cougt
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