Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-03-07
FARMERS SUBSTITUTE.


Held in the court house in Jerauld
county, Saturday. March LIST 1890.
About one half of the program was
carried out.
The first to respond was N. E.
Williams who read a very able paper
''N'hy do we plow"? lie traced the
progress of the art from the earliest
times when q pointed stick was used.
to the present age With the patent
snlky ploW. The progress Of clvili2a-
ton could be measured by the,lmprcvc-
ments in the plow. Mr.. Williams SAID
that plants really derive morenutrition
from the air than from tie soil. This
furnishes food for thought as at .irst
it seems too strange 70 be true. The
paper as i whole was humorous, in-
structive and rightto the point. Mr..
Thomas asked as to shallow or deep
blowing for corn: Discussed by Mr..
Phillips, Mr.. Do3ter and others.
MIR. Rinford then read Il paper on
"Education for farmers Education
| was needed on the farm, and farmers
were beginning to realize it. The Old
idea is no more in force, that it there
is one brightboy in the family he must
be sent to college. $50 that he can be
somebody" and the others will do for
farmers. Try to make farm life pleas
ant for the children. Gave them a
patch of ground for their own crop.
This paper was discussed by Geo
Williams who thought it all right for
the children to have a patch of ground
for their own, but thought We should
go a step further and give them the
proceeds, also playtime for recreation.
This led n. Z. Williams to recount
some of the discomforts of a boys life
OF & farm as ne recalled his own ex-
perience.
President Brownell then gave a
select reading on Reorganization" fol-
Lowed 10y an Interesting speech by A.
ID. Cady on the right place for farmers
to begin work as an organlH alton. If
anything is TO be gained 10y legislation
work must be done ! n the primaries.
i. t. Tofiemire was called for
who talked about the Home
Garden He did not see how
the country home could be complete
without the garden. From a good
garden. table luxuries car be obtained
from May to November. Last fall he
got eel cry oat of his garden the 23rd of
November. Havea small garden
first, pillow deep, manure well, cultivate
with hoe and rake. Leave no room
for weeds. In the vegetable line he
woHld recommend the Stone Mason or
the Premium Or Flat Dutch cabbage.
the White Globe onion, Blood Turnip
beet, Golden Heart celery and in the
small fruit line the white currant does
exceedingly well; Strawberries do well
also. Plant garden seeds twice as
deep here as you did III the east.
Maud Tohlemire very effectively rem
dered a defamation entitled "l2um
the worst enemy Of the working man."
Geo, Williams referred to the remarks
on Hone Gardens" and put in a plea
for the posies.
@. j. Marshall was next called for
VIII o gave a brief account Of Iowa visit
and read a paper on Our Nation us a
Farmers Organization" The mission
OF the Alliance is education in the
proper channels. Higher education is
becoming in vogue among the farmers
as shown by their patronage of the
Washington Springs Seminary, Brook
ings College and other institutions.
Mr.. Marshall's paper was closely fol-
lowed and produced a good impression
llermie Harden read a paper on
'Ponltry" AS IIermle is a young mar
OF ABOUT sixteen or seventeen years.
his paper deserves special mention as
one of the best on the program. Pur-
chase bred poultry. First among the
American fowls are the rlymoth
Rocks and Wyandottes. Small birds
are great layers but never sit. With
good care poultry will pay better than
any other stock.
At.er appointing is, Hinford n. IL.
Williams and Frank Phillips !. com
mitt"e on next program the Institute
adjourned to thu second Saturday in
April.
For SALE One yoke OF good oxen
hE John Thomas on Sec. 35-lO.-65.
90 naal Taala