The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1891-12-19

worms? Eggs deposited in sore. Use
cresylic ointment. Calomel is also good.
Chloroform will take all out but not cure.
s. w. Burnside-What causes bots? Fly
lays egg on leg, and horse will naturally
lick leg and if he swallows egg will cause
stomach to swell. Can only be removed
by cutting in left side. Horse has no gall
bladder.
SPEECH-D ]. RUMBAUGH.
ID. j. Rumbaugh then took the floor
and spoke for some 40 minutes on the sub
ject of miscellaneous Farming" He
said: 81 did not expect to speak when |
first heard of the institute. thought the
speakers would all be imported. l like
farming because it was the first industry
raising Cain. Miscellaneous farming is
farming in various ways. l don't like the
old adage raise q little of everything and
you'll have something for market Plant
only what o can cultivate. Theory is
one thing, facts another. Theorists tell
us we farm too much. We ought to plant
more grass and raise more stock. There
are more farmers in the old ruts than in
any other industry. Too many farmers
OWH wv ltC lhIu OWH ltSS luuu anu
keep what you have in good condition.
Some farmers let their machinery stay
out floors all winter, and by this means
more machinery is ruined than is worn
out from use. l expect to live and die i'm
Missouri; the soil is so rich / believe it
will produce the first fruits of the resur-
r~ection. There is not a farmer in the
country so cramped that he cannot keep
the brush out of the fence corners. Brush
in the fence corner is to the farmer what
a boil is to the person.. Landlords won't
pay a cent to have farms kept up. Land
lord has the land left, renter nothing. ]
believe in the Mosaic law that land should
ave rest every seven years. Ladies set
more hens. Everything has been corner
ed except chickens-they go from the
coop to the pot"
r.
Mr.. w. II. Hearne, OF Jackson county,
member from the fifth district of the
board OF agriculture. followed with a very
interesting paper on wheat growing. W.
intended to borrow his essay and copy 6
few extracts from it, but the matter was
iOiSoOtShs "A DCob we Gull TtllltIlDtT lit
said he plodded along in the old style o
farming!for twenty years before he woulc
submit to the new STYLE" He was raised
in Kentucky, but now owned a farm neal
Lees Summit. For seven years he hac
raised an average of Az bushels of whea
per acre; sowed salt early in the spring;
never pastured wheat. He was interro
gated at length by a number of farmers
When asked If he thought cheat woult
grow where clean wheat wa sown h,
could not answer directly, but said h.
did not believe it would grow il plantet
alone. He said the best time to plant oat
was in February and timothy in Septem
, Der.
The subject of clover as a fertilizer O
relief to land was discussed freely. Som
maintained that land would be equal,
benefited not to plant anything. MI
Chubbuck, always ready to make a point
said that nature could be improved upon
The land was bound to grow a crop o
weeds if nothing was planted, and that b.
alternating the seeding from year to year
the lane received the same rest. He urget
the frequent planting of clover.
!, FRIDAY NIGHT SESSION.
+ Mr.. G.. l.. Turton the hustling fruit tire,
man, opened the night session by readin
an essay on education, or OF that nature
q The article contained thirty nine pages G
q closely written foolscap, and Chairman
, Ferguson called him down at the expira
ton of 30 minutes-about the middle @
: the article. 1t was an able production an
did not partake of the superfiuity, bu
was entirely too numerous" for the oc
casion. Mr.. Turton is n good reader, an
w1thaf his pecnliar1ties a man OF goo
sense.
HON.. J. X. GwYNN's ADDRESS.
Hon. j. X. Gwynn, executive commits
sioner of Missouri's Worlds Fair Com
mission, was then introduced. His tai
= was mainly to awaken a greater interes
a OF Missouri's duty in having a good ex
hibit at the Worlds Fair to be held 4
= Chicago in 1893. he outlined the opera
tions of the commission and gave the al
dience a splendid idea of the magnitud
a and wonderful buildings to be erecte,
!, Said that the government appropriate
of ten million dollars and the five millio
given by Chicago had been found to
insufficient to meet the demands, an
that congress would be asked to make a
Il additional appropriation of $3.50 900.
ga series of congresses will be a gre,
v feature of the fair" said he, (which wi
= be for the purpose of discussing all gre,
questions affecting this and other cour
- tries: such as a universal currency (tt
a same money for all countries), bimetal
ism, religions, a universal language, labt
n and capital, etc. The state of Nilsson
. has appropriated $3.50, 600 for an exhibit,
He placed Missouri at the head of stat,
" hood. The state has been maligned,
said Mr.. Gwynn, and referred to as 'poC
old Missouri but has greater natural &C
vantages thar any state in the union;
has a larger available school fund tina
any state"
After the address the following resolu
ton as unanimously adopted:
o Resolved, That it is the sense of thi
meeting that the state BOARD of agricu
ture, through its secretary,
"a court of the state of Missouri, under tn
provisions of the statutes. section 1892, re
vised statues of 1889, for the purpose {
partially defraying the expenses of co
If Letting an exhibit OF the agricultural an
horticultural products of the several cour
ties Of the state for a display at tn
d Worlds Fair.
u HON. L. A. eooDMAN's ADDRESS.
Hon. L. A. Goodman, secretary of I'll
g state horticultural society, followed wit
10 a very valuable address on fruit CROWN,
&c He said among other things: "Frui
l. growing will soon be one of the leadin
Industries of Missouri. The state is we
% adapted to the industry, the southei
slope beyond the Ozark mountains beir
the best for peaches. Don't plant tc
many varieties of apples; study the mari
cts n raise what is demanded. Fort
acre orchards are large enough. Plai
ID 2-year old trees and never cut out tt
b, center shoot. Take the same care of yol
lie orchards you do of your cornfields; don
re plant in orchard after it begins to bea
of prune orchards in June; wrap a piece
+. screen wire around tree at the ground
keep out bores." He was kept on I'll
floor some time after he had finishe
- speaking answering questions. The lie
n ture was indeed valuable.
"a SATURDAY MORNING SESSION.
Judge Thomas A. Catron, of Lexingto
~ was the first speaker, his subject beir
"Roads." Because of the already lengr
III of this article we must be more brief
l. what shall follow lint Iat II ba understo