Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1891-05-01
Flshersville Farmers Club.
MOVEMENT TO SECURE A STATE FARM
Frs INSTITUTE FOR AUGUSTA.

MOVEMENT TO SECURE A STATE FARM
ERs INSTITUTE FOR AUGUSTA.
FIsHERsvILLE, April 1Sth.-The Club
was called to order by Vice Chairman DR..
D. w. Hanger, with the following members
present-Maj A. Koiner. Willard A. Col
ner, Capt. G. b. Coiner, W. A. Freed, DR..
DIV. Hanger, M. C. Hildebrand, e. w.
G. Karnes, - Jones, M. L. Leonard,
and A. FL. McCue. The Secretary being
absent M. G. Hildebrand was elected Sec
rotary pro tenn. Reading minutes Of last
meeting dispensed with.
The committee appointed to look up our
title to the hall were not ready to report and
were continued.
Maj. Koiner offered the following reso-
luton:
That committee of three be appointed to
furnish suitable questions for discussion at
the several meetings OF the club. with the
privilege to any other member to propose
questions for the consideration of the COM
mittee and if neither of them be present, to
submit the question directly to the meeting.
The resolution was adopted.
The Secretary was requested to notify all
members (by postal) that the regular
election will take place the third (3d) Sat-
urday in May, 1891, and urge the import
ance of full attendance.
FARMERS INSTITUTE.
Maj. Koiner opened the ScuSsion Of the
question as to the ACCESSIBILITY Of holding a
Farmers Institute. He urged the necessi-
ty of farmers studying their chosen profess
sion, saying that while they cannot expert
ment on large scale they can take notes
from year to year as to the acreage planted,
condition Of plant bed, amount of fertili-
zers used, results Of crop harvested, amount
of yield, &C., in order that they can give an
said that farmer to he successful must
be intelligent, energetic and possessed OF
good hard common sense; that not of ne
cessity should he be possessed OF book edu-
cation, but a diligent student of all that
passes around him. He deprecated the
neglect generally shown by farmers in their
not taking more interest in our experiment
tai station at Blacksburg, and i'll their fail
ure to keep thoroughly posted by reading
the results Of experiments Of others. He
then gave results of observations of his re-
cent trip through the trucking regions. He
finally dwelt on the many advantages and
benefits that the farmers OF this county
would enjoy by holding Farmers Insti-
tute and offered the following resolution:
That the Farmers Club at Fishersville do
ba off IF 10 Of OF
to hold a Farmers Institute at Staunton in the
month of August next and that they will
make the necessary effort to secure the pledge
of attendance on the part OF not less than
three hundred farmers at said proposed In
stitute meeting.
The resolution was adopted.
MI. Freed moved that committee be
appointed to get up and circulate petitions
in order to secure the holding of a Farmers
Institute. 1t was adopted, and the chair
appointed Messrs. w. A. Freed, G.. W. G.
Karnes and M. G. Hildebrand.
The following questions were submitted
for discussions at the next meeting:
LIST. What are the causes which have
hindered the prosperity of Creameries in
Augusta county.
by tbs press for the improvement of the
public roads.
MI. Freed's motion to take up the road
question, was adopted.
The chair appointed the following COM
mittee on questions-Maj. Koiner, A. III.
McCue and M. L. Leonard.
On motion the meeting adjourned.
M. C. HILDEBRAND, d. w. HANGER,
Sec y pro tenn. Charm.