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

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as All Farmers Should Be.
CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA, Special l.
NO one looking upon the Farmers As.
sembied in the Levy Opera House could
maze received the impression that they
belong to down-trodden and impovcr
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.
'0fhin1 M. b: L. Lyman wa, chairman,
near nim were seated the Hon. Thomas
w. Whitehead, the Commissioner of Ag-
r'cuiture; Captain Vanwater, of the Mil
'er manual Labor School; Col. H. II. Ma
%.uacr and Dr. Charles Ellis, of the Vir-
! S'nn experiment Station; Captain Orris
~ - Drown, OF Accomac, member of the
state board of Agriculture, and many
other well-known gentlemen Tn 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 eschewcd. While Tho
| SIeat need of the farmers is instruction
know!edge of law and the dead Ian
! Snagcs will not increase his crops or add
| 10 h's margin of profits. lie said thai
lie true aim of his class was to better H.
condition and perfect the Productions %;
INC land and to do all they could to make
the world another Eden.
ADDRESS OF WELCOME.
In his brief response to the address ~
NNln "a 49,
points which pleased his audience vcr,
much. He conceived the object of such
institutes to be to advance the Interest of
tue tarmer without taking from any other
class right that it now possesses There
ought not to be, and cannot he fairly.
war upon any class by the agricultural.
| people, but it is to their interest To have
what is their own. The farmers wan. tn
avoid being preyed upon. 1t is not ,.nr'
sense that would use such terms Of re-
proach as "hayseed" or "clodhopncr.
lie thought it took just as much sens,
and religion to be a good farmer ~ u
good LAWYER. The move of farmers in
Sttutes has been tried elsewhere in au.i.
states as are now successful in their :mr
cultural enterprises. He believed that ;
northern Michigan had our admira;,l,
climate Virginia wonld be depopulatc,!
because the people of that section hay"
the knowledge and are winning the pro-
ITS. They don't claim that they are NJ,
making money, hut they want to cscan,
an Hnhespitablsgei eif@1sse syEa-peed thesp.
comfortable. He thougbtit an era i'm tLr
progress OF the farmers that the Univcr%;
'y OF Virgins, and such institutions show
IN alacrlty in assisting the farmers il.
their work of education.
HoG-CHoLERA AND ITS TREATMENT.
The first set address was by DR.. Ch,r.c,
Ellis, veterinarian of the Virginia Ey,,.ri
ment Station. The subject, "Hop (;nni
era and it's Treatment, was imnor;,r,
and evidently deeply interesting to tn,
farmers present. He believes in the qcr,.,
theory of course, but does not believe N,
disease contagious. He gave a very IT,.
teresting resume of the Investigation,
winch the scientists have made of H..
SUBJECT. Many incidents, which showr..
IN what way the disease is spread ipnor
antly and discussed remedies at SOM
length.
At the close of his address, questions
were propounded and general discus
sion ensued, which was followed very
closely by DR.. Tuttle of the University of
ton of the Hygiene of animals and lands
locking to the protection of the anima!
industry. You cannot prevent hog cLol
era by law, he said, unless somebody sees
that the law is enforced The law now
is that diseased dead animals shall be
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 by a commission appointed by the
court shall be killed This is too slow q
process. He 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 Uniyer
sity OF Virginia, delivered a very striking
and valuable address. Pointing out the
best systems, the cost of building them.
and the manner in which the financial
part of the question might be best man
aged. He took strong grounds in favor
of the State doing the work with an en-.
2incer in charge, with headquarters ut
the Capitol, and with subordinate engin.
GERS to supervise the work in progresS.
lie thought it waste of time to build
roads that would not last for all time
practically.
He was followed by Captain Vawtcr,
who thought a good deal of practical
road building conld be accomplished ;t
the people would take to the importance
of good highways, and plnce at conven
lent places rock gathered from their
farms, which the county could crash 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 skssIoN.
:. At night the breeding of horses wa.
discussed at length by Mr.. Foxhall, A,
Dangerfield, Captain Brown, of Accomac