The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1892-01-08
last DAYS EXERCISES !. &c
or the Farmers Institute Over at
Martins Ferry.
AND INSTRUCTIVE.
Addresses and Papers by Ablc Men
on the Second and Last Days scs.
sion..."Luok In Farmins"...Tho Nc.
Kinlcy Bill Protects tho Farmer.
Injurious Insects, Etc.

x Yesterday the second and last day Of
tho Farmers Institute was held in tho
Martins Ferry Opera House. =.
Z "Luck in Farming was tho subject Of
tho address OF DR.. Chamberlain and it
was a very able one. Last year no cx-
pected GOO or 700 bushels OF apples on
his farm near Hudson, and tho crop
reached over LOO barrels, while many
OF his neighbors had more. Most OF
the neighbors came with large baskets
to buy them and this gave him a home
market without tariff. Tho clements
OF luck gave him worthless appless.
His farm is very high and the apples
escaped the singing frost the people
had below. lie had u northerly slope,
with heavy woods toward the north
which kept OF the cold northerly winds
from the lake. lie had scrapcd and
pruned the trees and plowed the land
for wheat and treated it the best he
knew how and could learn. The sue
cessiul ones, not only the farmer, but
Off it, aie those who spell luck with q
"p" before the a." In farming there is
great deal more bad luck than in any
other occupation. The authorizations
have not only injured the dairy bust
ness, but tho maple sugar, cheese, lard
and beef. The Mckinley bill is tho
first law to give protection to the
farmer rs well as the manufacturer.
Before this law went into effect the
farmers along the Lake Shore road in
northern Ohio and Michigan got very
little for their eggs, end some fruits and
vegetables, owing to the products OF
Canada with its cheap labor. Some OF
the bad luck OF the farmer can be over
come by legislation. The Republican
Congress and the Democratic Legis-
lature gave us about one-half what We
want.
J. F. Hickman gave a very interest
ing and instructive talk on the subject
OF destroying insects. He said the APP
pie scab lives over winter. 1t COM
mences to grow when the bud opens in
the spring. 1t is worse in the valleys
than on the hill. This is due to the
heavy atmosphere in the valleys 1t
attacks fruit and often falls premature
~. A number OF charts were shown
which gave much information concern.
ing apples as follows: Number OF scab-
by apples in 4 bushel, 81; free from
scabs, 202; average weight OF scabby
apple, % ounces free from scabs,4
ounces; per cent OF marketable apples,
Newtown Pippin, unsprayed+0, sprayed,
50; Benoni, unsprayed, ~, sprayed, 90;
Northern Spy, unsprayed, 81, sprayed,
90; Roman Beauty, unsprayed, 81,
spray cd, 100.
Z Northern spies are often destroyed.
The Ben Davis and Northern Beauties
are affected mostly only on the leaves
by, the scabs. The cost spraying 100
trees is So IS as follows, three men day
Sl.SS; one horse % cents; materials
Sl.30, cost per tree for, the season il
cents. a dilute bordeaux mixture is
made as follows, 4 pounds sulphate OF
copper, pounds quick lime and so gal-
Ions OF water. For the second and third
sprayinvs add four ounces OF paris
green. The charts showed the differ
ence in the appearance OF sprayed. and
unsprayed apple trees, also potatoes.
One-third OF an apple orchard was ben
Gifted $500 by spraying.
DR.. Chamberlain read a paper on
barns, which was illustrated and full of
valuable information. 1t showed what
are the best barns for stock and crops,
and gave a large perspective OF barns
and ground plans.
Mr.. Berry made some good points on
county fairs. He objected to the sensa-
tional features, such as wheels OF for
tune, shell games and gambling gener-
ally. lie is opposed to saloons and says
racing is carried on to great extent.