Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-02-11

near by. There is an abuI dance of watel
for any ordinary manufacturing. Ths
healthfulness of the community is far
famed. The means of shipping is fur
nished by two railroads, thus securing
the lowest rates. Such advantages few
towns of this size possess Then why
not carry on manufactures There are
many things to which this locality is
adapted. With business tact woOlen
factory in this wool growing section
could be made success With our sup.
ply of timber, much OF which is going to
waste, wagon makers supplies, and vari-
GUS other kinds of wood work could be
carried on with profit in this place. A
little investigation might develop cement
and fire clay. Fruit canning has been
tried on limited scale, and in this fruit
growing region, there is no question OF
the adoption of this place to that indus
try. If the people will invest their mon
ey at home, there is no doubt of our
ability to build up the town by manufae-
lures. Manufactures would hold the pop
ulation that we have, and attract more
population All we need is a little more
of vim and enterprise in the develop
ment of our resources.
In the discussion of the subject J. f.
Young spoke of the benefit to the farm
er in manufactures furnishing home
market for produce; and on this ques-
Sion all agreed. J.W. Riley related his
experience with canning fruit, and found
his greatest difficulty in obtaining labor.
Thought labor would have to be brought
in from elsewhere. A. T. McKelvey ad-
vocated fruit canning. DR.. Balph thought
cooperative enterprise, and board of
trade would help along the work.
"The Jersey Cow" was the subject of a
paper by E. r. Roberts, of Mt. Pleasant,
in which he related his experience with
this breed of cattle in running dairy.
From five cows in one year he received
a return of S590O6, or S1lSOO per cow.
The cost of keeping each cow was S44.5O
per year, leaving net gain of S73.50 per
cow. Fed each COW 50pounds of ensilage,
pounds hay, pounds oil meal and 3
pounds bran, mixed per day. Sold his
cream in Wheeling at 65 cents a gallon.
Thought the Jersey by all odds the best
butter cow. and addnced numerous proofs
in support of this. His paper provoked
a lively discussion from the floor, which
was participated in by DR.. Balph, Amos
Fawcett, Candy Giffen, John Watson,
Joseph Fl. Denham and George Lentz.
Each breed had its supporters, and the
Jersey was not allowed to carry off the
laurels without contest.
PREY ious to adjournment two commit
tees on resolutions were appointed, one
of which was to take action on the Cali
fornia exhibits presented by DIR. Balph.
On the first committee were j. F. Young,
VIM. Nichol, Reece Thomas. T.J. Hen
derson, VIM. Chambers. On the latter
r. E. Giffen and j. B. Nc
Mechen.
AFTERNOON.
The afternoon session opened with a
talk by L. B. Steer, of Colerain, on the
''Silo." The speaker stated his expert
ence with the silo-that he had found it
to be both desirable and economical in
feed for the dairy. He told
how his was built, and in the light of his
experience how one ought to be built.
Favored several small silos rather than
one very large one. Found ensilage
feed for all animals producing
milk for their young. Fully explained
his methods of feeding ensilage as well
as how to prepare it. The subject brought
out many questions from the audience
in regard to weighting the silo. The
general view was against placing weight
on it. In the discussion one man said he
would as soon think of keeping house!
without wife as running dairy with
out silo. Mr.. Steers treatment of the
subject was exhaustive, and set forth the
merits of the silo to the best advantage.
Farmers Institutes" was the title of
an excellent essay by Miss Maggie Kirker,
of Glencoe. She looked at the subject
from rather a humorous standpoint,
and told of the trials of-as she termed
an old maid farmer. She also gave farm
ers' wives some advice how to manage
husbands. The humor of the writer fire.
luently cropped out in her production.
Rev. Thomas Balph, while the Insti
tute was awaiting the arrival of Prof.
Nelson, talked further in regard to the
products of California and the labor it |
required to make land productive.
Next, Prof. E. 7. Nelson, President of
the State Board of Health, gave short
address on the subject "Public Health is |
Public Wealth" He said he believed
the man who is doing something to de-
velop pure physical manhood is deserv-
ing of the highest place on the roll of
honor. He placed IA cash valuation on
man, and put forth some new ideas on
how much the State loses when man |
lies. The average Englishman is worth |
about $1,000, said he. and when an Eng !
ishman dies the State loses the produc-
tive power of $1,000. In this country the |
value of man is still higher, and the
onger a man lives the more value he is. |
He made some statements to show the |
oss sustained in community by the |
,avages of an epidemic, and placed the
whole matter in new light.
EVENING SESSION.
Upon reassembling in the evening |
.he committees on resolutions previous
y appointed rendered their reports. Res
buttons favoring the closing of the
Fair on Sunday. and extending
thanks to the officers, speakers. musicians
and the local press, for their efforts in
making the Institute success. were |
l. II. l. II.