The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1891-03-13
FARMERS TNSTTTUTNS.
A Successful One Held at Charlottes.
vile, Va.
The Delegates Were well-Dressed,
Thrifty and Prosperous Looking
as All Farmers Should Be.


as All Farmers Should Be.
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va, Especial. l.
No one looking upon the Farmers As.
sembled in the Levy Opera House could
have received the impression that they
belong to q down trodden and impover-
ished class Of our citizenship They
were we'll dressed, thrifty and prosperous
looking and all thoroughly Interested in
the proceedings of the second Farmers
Institute. The gentlemen who occupied
the stage were especially distinguished
MT' b. lyman wss rnsnmsn-wuc
near him were seated the Hon. Thomas
l.. Whitehead, the Commissioner OF Az.
riculture; Captain Vanwater, Of the Mil
!cr Manual Labor School; Col. II. II. Ma.
&ludcr and DR.. Charles Ellis, of the Vir-
SInia Experiment Station; Captain Orris
\. Brown, of Accomac, member of the
state Board of Agriculture, and many
other ll-known gentlemen. In wei
coming the members Of the Institute to
the city, Mr.. Lyman said that although
the nation needs the farmer more than
any other one class, political and legal
questions would be eschewed. While the
great need of the farmers is instruction,
. knowledge of law and the dead Ian.
Suagcs will not increase his crops or add
to his margin of profits. He said thai
The true aim of his class was to better it,
condition and perfect the Productions oi
the land and to do all they could to make
the world another Eden.
ADDRESs OF WELCOME.
Tn his brief response to the address ~
xycyr ol "a Sx,y~o a n.
points which pleased his audience vcry
much. He conceived the object of sucl
institutes to be to advance the interest of
the farmer without taking from any othc,
class right that it now possesses There
ought nott,2 be, and cannot he fairly, /.
war upon acy class by the agricultural.
people, but it is to their interest to have
what is their own. The farmers want to
avoid being preyed upon. 1t is not hart
sense that would use such terms OF re-
proach as "hayseed" or "clodhoppcr."
He thought it took just as much sens
and religion to be good farmer IN u
good LAWYER. The move of farmers IN
stitutes has been tried elsewhere in su,i,
states as are now successful in their awri
cultural enterprises. He believed tha.
northern Michigan had our admiratl,
climate Virginia wonId be depopulatcd,
because the people Of that section have
the knowledge and are winning the pro;
its. They don't claim that they arc net
making money, hys they want to escape
an pnhespi - 3lfaleedA thesp.
ziae kptal 90 nj 2 : =, - lliss. !.
comfortable. He thougbtit an era in the
progress OF the farmers That the Univcrs
ty of Virginia, and such institutions shaw
IN alacrity in assisting the farmers IL
their work of education.
HoG-CHoLERA AED iTs TREATMENT.
The first set address ives by Dir. Char!c,
Ellis, veterinarian of the Virginia Expert
ment Station: The subject, "Hog Cho'
and evidently deeply Interesting to the
farmers present. He believes in the gcrr..
theory of course, but does not believe Ia,
disease contagious. He gave very in.
tcresting resume Of the Investigation;
which the scientists have made Of a..
subject. Many incidents, which shoe.
in what way the disease is spread iynof.
antly and discussed remedies at some
length.
...xAt the close of his address, questions
G1fc propounded and general discus
sion ensued, which was followed very
closely !.s;il by Dr. Tuttle of the University Of
tion of the Hygiene of animals and lanHdI
locking to the protection of the anima!
Industry. You cannot prevent hog cbol
era by law, he said, unless somebody secs
that the law is enforced. The law now
is that diseased d"a1 animals snail he
burned or buried at least four feet deep.
otherwise the constable must do it, and
make charge for it, Riding about the
country, he saw evidences that the farm
crs did not know of the existence of this
statute. The law says animals infected
with contagious diseases, when condemn
cd hy II commission appointed by the
court shall be killed. This is too slow
process. lie thought the loss by hog
cholera should be divided by means of
some arrangement of the tax laws, for in
that case each man would be interested in
preventing such diseases
RoAD-MAKINe.
The question which elected the most
interest, perhaps, was road-making, In
which Professor Thornton, of the Univer-
sity of Virginia, delivered very striking
and valuable address. Pointing out the
best systems, the cost of building them,
and the manner in which the FINANCIAL
poit vi shc Huco'ioh HliBhC Dc DeSC man
aged. He took strong grounds in favor
of the State doing the work with an en-
9incer in charge, with headquarters ut
the Capitol, and with subordinate cngin.
GERS to supervise the work in progress.
lie thought it a waste Of time to build
roads that would not last for all time
practically.
lie was followed by Captain Vawtcr,
who thought good deal of practical
road building could be accomplished ;f
the people would take to the importance
of good highways and place at conven-
lent places rock gathered from their
farms, which the county could crpsh and
spread on the roads under the direction
of competent men.
Captain o. A. Brown, of Accomac,
and others spoke on the same subject.
NIGHT SESSION.
At night the breeding of horses was
discussed at length by Mr.. Foxhall, A.
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