The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1893-12-20
FARMERS INSTITUTE,
Interesting Papers Read by able Men--Hot
t.t DiscussIons4Good Music. ias

Interesting Papers Read by able Men--Hot
81, Discussions--Good Music. 'ia.s
' Monday morning was stormy winter
day. The air was filed with snow, the
the roads rough, making going very tedi-
GUS and difficult. This interfered with
the attendance at the farmers meeting
held at the opera house. ','7n7 D.. than
~ 1twas late in the forenoon when Presi-
dent Braman, of Elyria, called TO order
and delivered his opening address. The
regular Instructors on the program not be.
ing present, Hon. Lucius Herrick read an
interesting paper on farming. A piece of
music by the Cheese City male quartet
closed the exercises Of the forenoon.
In the afternoon, s. II. Todd, Of Wake
man, gave lecture on Feeding Sheep
AMI Hogs for Profit" Many practical
things were suggested as 10 quantity and
quality of feed, also the manner OF feed
Ing. A discussion followed, which
brought out some valuable facts.
The next speaker was Prof. Kellerman,
of the State university, who lectured on
Vegetable Physiology" He brought out
some new things on plant growth, that
were especially interesting to those who
inquire into such minute details. au
After brief discussion, Mrs. w. II.
Manley read paper on Fashion on the
Farm, in which she scored the lords OF
creation most numerically by the use Of
the severest kinds of sarcasm. They all
took 1t in good part, making the most oI
the situation, because they felt more OF
less guilty. Because Of the extreme late
ness Of the hour, there was no discussion
and the smarting lords had to take the
lashing without an opportunity for max.
ing defense. ..
This was followed by paper by F. s
Reefey, editor of the Elyria Democrat, on
"The Worlds Fair---the Lesson II Taughr'
when the meeting adjourned.
The evening session opened with well.
written paper by Miss H. =. Mason or
"The Country School, She was followed
by a talk Success in our Farming" by S
H. Todd. A lively discussion on this
question followed between CIV. Horr and
s. II. Todd, that elected great deal Of ap-
plause. tft'r' sar. -fi'
The Cheese City male quartet furnished
some excellent music, adding greatly "a
the interest of the sessions.
Prof. q. N. Cornthus delivered the first
lecture Tuesday morning. He discussed
gambling in futures, in wheat and cotton
showing tina, this gambling operation kept
the price OF these products down. He,
also, touched up the money question
claiming that the demonetizing of silver
was one OF the causes of the hard times
In the discussion OF The lecture by the in
stltute, objections were made 10 Juggling
in political questlons-that the purpose OF
the institute was not to make stump
speeches, but to consider farm topics
purely.
Prof. Kellerman gave short talk on
bschteria, which was listened to with
great interest.
A. ]. Sage, being called on, sung a solo
"The Farmer, which was enjoyed by the
audience.
A committee was appointed by Pres
Braman to nominate officers for the com
ing year, when the meeting adjourned.
The first thing in The afternoon was the
election Of officers, which resulted 10 the
choice Of W. A. Braman, president; b. B
Herrick, vice president; r. Baker, secre.
tary; Chas. s. Mills, treasurer; j. l. Den
ham, u. b. Bailey ,tLewis Woodruff, exec
utiye committee. rr.I ~'Hr1 % p
y. Il. Todd gave brief lecture OF
Hens and Eggs, which should hav,
been heard by every poultry raiser. \.
| ho WAC iOho"ou Wy IIot. hcileIuihn VI
"Smut, or Rust, and the Method Of Pre-
venting It." He gave the following as ,
preventative Of rust; Heat water TO I3'
degrees, dip seed fifteen minutes. Use I
basket made Of wire netting TO hold tn,
seed. 4 tn't,'3 F,.1
Secretary Baker read paper on the or
ganizailon and progress Of the Lorair
county farmers ins,ituie and compsret
the present method with the former, Mr.
Baker prefers to go back TO the old sys
TEN.
On motion OF Hon. Lucius Herrick
the officers OF the institute were consii
tuted committee 10 confer with Sena
tor Ely and Representative Haskell 10 90
cure Legislation with reference 70 ths
future location Of Institutes. s'' Z. N
Elyria and Wellington were designai-
ed as the localities for the next meet,
ing under the auspices Of the state hoard
Of agriculture. ti l'oj hlee4aa