Weekly graphic. [volume] (Kirksville, Adair Co., Missouri) 1880-1949, 1892-02-05
Farmers Institute.

afternoon, AT I'oO v oiooh, Wds
we'll attended, and the meeting
most profitable and interesting
Present at the opening were, Lew
Chubbuck, Secretary of the State
Board of Agriculture, G.. W.
Walters, of Rails county, and Dr.
4. j. Turner, State Veterinarian,
and d. A. Ely, member of the
State Board of Agriculture from
the First District.
The address Of welcome was
pronounced by r. M. Brashear
and was fittingly responded to by
d. A. Ely in behalf of the Board
of Agriculture.
The work of the Institute pro-
per opened with lecture or talk
on animal diseases by Or. I. J.
Turner, of Columbia. state veteri-
an. InIthis lecture he stated that
the cattle disease known as lumpy
jaw was a contagious and lnfec-
tious disease, and thatit could be
communicated to the human FAM
lily by eating the meat or drinking
the milk of diseased animals.
Safety to the herd and to the
family deman led that all such ami
mails be killed. Screfula, however,
might be mistaken for lumpy jaw,
but was also dangerous as it might
be communicated to the human
family in the same manner as
genuine lumpy jaw.
DIR. Turner was followed by G..
W. Waters who spoke on the sub
ject of "Sheep in mixed Farming"
In an experience of forty years be
found that the sheep paid better
than any other farm animal. 1t re-
quired variety of food and did
the best on short blue grass pas
ture, which should he frequently
changed. In mixed farming he
would keep 20 to 25 head on r
farm of so acres, and so to 100
head on farm of 100 acres.
Mr.. Chubbuck also read a paper
on the sheep business from the pen
of the noted sheep specialist, G.
W. Hamilton, of Fulton, Mo, in
which the Spanish Merino, Tex
as bred. was recommended as the
most profitable, and the very best
sheep fol Missouri. This closed
the afternoon session. At night
j. X. Gwynn, executive commits
sioner of the Missouri Worlds
Fair commission, addressed the
Institute, and urged that Adair
county make an exhibit at Chicago
in 1898.
Saturday mornings session
opened with a paper by Judge
SHIRLEY, subject, Raising the
hog for profit" 1t was full of prac-
teal ideas, and an able contribu-
ton to the exercices of thaInstitute.
Raising cattle for profit was
thoroughly discussed by MIR. Ace
Scott, of Sticklersyille. He would
use Short Horn blood in grading
up his herd, and when the herd
had reached high grade, he would
introduce other pure blood, either
Devon, or Galloway.
stock feeding was discussed
by G. W. Waters, of Rails county,
who gave the farmers many prac-
teal truths gained from an exper-
fence of forty years inthe business
The remainder of the forenoon
was devoted to an address by Prof.
Muir. The address was verv
good indeed and would, no doubt,
haye been much better had Mr.
Muir been present at each session
and thoroughly understood the
object of the meeting.
"Dairying" by j. L. Erwin, OF
Fulton, was one of the prominent
features of the Institute. Mr.
Erwin HIS made an exhaustive
study of his business, md his lect.
ure was listened to with marke d
attention. Feeding. milking, churn-
ing and sailing the butter, pre-,
pairing for market and other i'm.
portant points were discussed in
detail, and showed that the speak.
er thoroughly understood his
business. Before beginning his
talk he tested number of samples
of milk, the test showing the
amount of butter fat it contained
Mr.. Erwin stated that the test
showed the poorest average he
had seen in the state, the per cent
of butter fat in one of the ampies
being SO low that the sale of the
milk would be prohibited in st.
Louis. He advised wedding al
animals out of the herd that did
not show test OF 6 pei cent
The highest test shown by any
Kirksville sample was 4 6
Mr.. Erwin was followed by Mr.
John Patterson who told how he
raised calves on skinned milk.
| The evening session was occu
pied by Mr.. j. l.. Erwin who lect
ured on road improvement. The
speaker advocated the contrac
sy stem, and q change in the con
sti tuition of the state so that GU,
present dcplorable road law coulc
be amended. After the discus
sion which followed thelecture tn,
following resolution was unani
mously adopted.