Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1893-02-18

The Farmers Institute at Manassas.
The programme is now out for the
Farmers Institute of the Sth Congress
sional district. The chief items of in
terest are as follows:
The Institute will be held in the Pres
byterian Church and will be called to
order promptly at 10 o'clock on We'd
nesday, Feb. %, by Hon. S. w. Corbln:
The opening address will be by Prot.
Wilbur o. Atwater, of Wesleyan Uni
yersity, Middletown, Conn. He was
the leading spirit in founding agrlcul-
tural experiment stations i'll his own
State and throughout the whole coun-
try. He has personally inspected the
experiment stations of Europe and Is
consulting expert of the Department OF
Agriculture, in Washington. He IS the
author of the recent articles in the Cen.
tury MQgaziae on the subject OF food.
Major o. e. Hine will deliver an es-
say on chow best to manage q lO0-ac e
farm TO make it pay" and will be 70,
lowed by 5-minute talks from several
practical farmers.
Mr. Bradford, a member of the Corn
Valley Harvest Club, will give 10
minute talk On High Farming"
The Institute will then take recess
till g p. m., when DR.. Charles w. Stiles
will deliver an address on the thorn fly
and other parasites" He is BIOLOGIST
in the bureau of animal industry OF the
Agricultural Department and lecturer
in the University of Georgetown. lie
may have something to say concerning
the seed-tick, which is 4 subject OF m
tense interest to some of the citizens.
Capt. r. H. Tyler will follow with a
10 minute essay on CHOW to manage a
500 acre farm so as to make it pay and
add permanent improvements 10 the
SOIL" Five minute talks and questions
will follow.
At the night session Congressman
Meredith will preside and introduce
the speakers. Prof B. T. Galloway Of
the division of vegetable pathology,
will talk on "The spraying of fruit trees
and vines" and Prof. H. f. VanDeman,
pomologist of the U. S. Department OF
Agriculture, will speak on Fruit cul-
turc."
On Thursday morning, Feb. 23d,
Maj. w. NJ. King, of the Agricultural
Department, will lecture on ''How best
to improve the roads we have He
will be followed by w. &. Dodge, OF
Fairfax and others. DIR. NJ. e. Ellzey,
of Woodstock, Nd, will close the morn
ing session.
Prof. Patterson, of the Maryland FIX
pertinent Station, will speak on "Thc
feeding of cattle" at the afternoon ses-
sion of Thursday and a discussion on
that topic, and on the subject of
'Dairying'' will follow. The closing adj
dress on Thursday will be by Prof. L..
O. Howard, of the division of entomo-
logy, Department of Agriculture.
His topic will be "The Insects that injure
Wheat and Corn"
Twenty -one of the principal farmers of
Prince William, Fairfax and Fauquicr coun-
ties have been specially invited 70 take part
in the discussions. They are James w. Rob
erts, CORTLAND Lukons. Z. E. Mason, L. Q.
Chaplin Robt. Beverly, j. II. Nelson, Theo-
dorc Pitcher Beverly Turner. George G. Gal
legher Henry F. Lynn, John q. Taylor
James Luck, NJ X. Reading, Thos. j. Chew,
Abram Conner, James NJ Barbee, Chas. W.
Hazen, Crawford Cushing, George W. Tansill,
and Col Edmund Berkeley. 1t is also cx-
pected that one or two ladies will contribute
something of special interest to the farmers
wives and daughters who will be present.
ANY farmer desiring a programme or other
information can address the undersigned.
secretary of the local committee.
GEORGE c. ROUND.
Manassas, Va Feb. II, 1893.