Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1891-01-08


and four inches deep:neyer use small po-
totoeS for planting and plant-in fresh dirt
as soon as possible after cutting.
Adjourned for dinner.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
At 1:l5 the Institute ere-convened. Mr..
NJ. n. Giffin was called out of the regular
order, and read a paper on How shall
We encourage our Flocks under existing
condltions?" Mr.. Gitfins paper showed
wide experience and careful and intelli-
gent observation in the practical care of
the flock. Among other useful pointers
he recommended to prevent lamb cholera
giving ewes plenty of salt, and allowing
lambs access to same, provided there IS
plenty of good, fresh water.
Ed. W. Reid, Of Martins Ferry, read a
sensible and highly practical paper on
Fruit Growing as a Business" and the
whole subject of fruit and its culture
was discussed by I. B. Terry, A. 7. Nc
Kelvey and PreS't Arick.
The Misses Anderson sang as duet
Far Away"
Mr. Terry then spoke on "The Secrets
of Successful Wheat Growing" He said
that he found clover the best means of
fertilization, but insisted that some sort
of fertilizer should be used. An obstacle
to success in wheat growing is badly pre-
pared soil; and to rightly prepare the soil
a roller or clod crusher should be used; /;
he himself having found the former pre-
ferable. Another cause of failure is bad
seed; seed should be selected from the
yield of certain parts of the field-not
necessarily the largest, plumpest grains
but those parts of the field which yield
the most and best wheat; it should be
carefully cleaned, by hand, if possible.
Certain varieties of wheat are adapted to
certain soil, and each farmer should find
by experiment the variety adapted to his
ground. Much is gained by doing the
right thing at the right time, and to do
this each farmer should have his own
machinery.
EVENING SESSION.
When the Chairman raped for order
at o'clock, nearly every seat in the
large hall was taken, and by the time the
exercises were under way the crowd over
flowed into the aisIes and about the
doors.
Misses Ida and Nellie Anderson sang
duet Mr.. Terry spoke on ''The Wife's
Wages" bringing forward number Of
new ideas, which met with the hearty ap-
proval of the audience. Mr.Terry thought
the wife i'll paid. She is generally forced
to ask her husband for her pin money,
which to sensitive woman is disagreed
BILE. Take your wife into full and complete
business partnership. Mr.. Terry had
himself decided his lands to his wife, and
she had willed them to him, making each
safe in the event of the others death.
Messrs. Archer and Kirk, with the An
derson sisters, constituting an excellent
quartette, entertained the audience with
music, after which Miss Georgia Alexan-
der recited "Flying Jim's Last Leap"
Miss Alexander's enunciation is good, her
appearance and manner effective, and
her effort was rewarded with lond ap-
plause.
Rev. C.B.Hulburt, D. D., of GAINESVILLE,
who had been delayed in reaching town,
was introduced. His subject, "The Farm
er as the Ultimate Factor in Politics."
was treated logically. The ballot box
was shown to be the American King.
The Doctor here embraced the oportuni-
ty, which the mention of the ballot box
taken together with the fact of his priest
ly calling gavehim, of delivering an elo-
quent appeal to the integrity of his hear
ers, against the prevalent corruption in
the politics of to-day He then claimed
for the American farmer the first place
among the citizens of America. The ma
ture of fhis calling is such as to develop
those traits which make up the true
man. 1t makes him independent; he lives
with less society than men of other voca-
tions. His toll in the sunshine builds up
his mind partakes of the same strength
and health. Tine varied interests to which
he attends make him versatile; yet be-
cause his thinking is healthy and from
himself, and not of that forced growth
which characterizes the so-called great
currents of the worlds thought, he is
cautious He is the conservative, and
balance-wheel of politics. The speaker
made larger claims for the farmer, de-
signaling him as the ideal man, his wife
us the ideal woman, and their home as the
ideal home. From this class, and from
these homes have come the great men of
our country. In Short there is no place
like the farm.
AT the conclusion of this lecture, the
quartette rendered ''Ship Ahoy" and Mr..
c. c. Carroll, by request, re-delivered his
recitation of the preceding evening
Adjournment followed.
SATURDAY-FoRESooN.
Session was called at 10 o'clock, and
opened with prayer by Rev. DR.. Hulburt |
Geo. NJ. Wise, of Bellaire, then read pa
per, filled with matter for thought and
practical suggestions, on "How can our
Taxes be Reduced?" which will be found
in another part of this paper.
Mr. r. E. Giffin came first in the dis |
cussion, and thought that the farmers
themselves of this country are to blame |
for the extravagant salaries. Each man is
opposed to reducing salaries because he
may have chance at one of them one
day. Let us choose men for Office who
are not Office seekers. Let the office seek
the man. Make it a disgraceful thing
to scramble for Office The best men do
not now seek the offices, but only the
politicians. He referred also to the liquor
traffic as cause of high taxation Mr.