The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1894-11-23
rAnmrns, INSTITUTE.
Meeting at Stanton. Addresses by Prof
Bishop aud eirand Lecturer Terry OF
Ohio.

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The Farmers Institute OF New Castle
county convened yesterday afternoon In
Stanton Hall. The meeting was presided
full attendance of the tillers Of tho soil
and several OF their wives aud daughters
were present.
| ". II. Bishop. Professor Of Agriculture
at newark College, was the first speaker.
he dwelt on the opportunity now offered
by the College to young men oyeril5 years
| u age to obtain free course OF thirteen
| week.
There will be no charge for tuition and
| school education.
The five hours per week will be consum-
ed with recitations on tho following sub
| jects:
A.Soils;thsir origin, ON position, proper.
Ties. management and relation to plant
growth. b. Farm management and econ
my. b. Farm implements and Maehiu-
cry. u. farm Crops; their history, use
and cultivation. 4. Fertilizers and Man
nres. +. Plant structure and compost.
tion.
The work In Animal Husbandry will IN
elude instruction IN z. Breeding and Feed
ing Animals. B. Breeds of Live Stock. @.
Dairying and Creamery Work.
Light hours per week Will also be give
| to practical WORK In the shops and labora-
| tories. VIC rking In wood or iron. mixing
and using various preparations for the
| destruction OF insects and plant diseases,
! study OF diseased animals. dissection of
plants and insects. eto.
Mi. Terry OF OHIO whose name as
| farmer hrs " orld wide reputation vas
the next speaker. He detailed at length
the value OF plowing the second Drop OF
ciovec under Tor c potato crop. He raises
| no corn on his fa.m-
He would not plow eight or ten Inches
ior corn like for potatoes. The soil In his
| county ds between sand and ioum. 1t
varies every few rods. 1t is clay loan.
In regard to drains no favored putting
them about three rods apart
He believed In rotation OF crops. He
| favored the planting of potatoes in the
middle OF the ground ploughed. After the
potatoes are up enough so they can be
seen he favored. II possible subsoii
plow. II heavy rain then came and
packed tho ground he believed that an
inch and a half was deep enough to 20.
We want to get vegetable matter in the
ground and there is no way better than to
plow second crop clover under. Rye Is
protty good also to Dlow under Ho did
not favor the idea OF letting ows eat the
land bare. In NorGh Eastern Ohio they
keep COWS to such an extent that they
tramp the life out of the land yoar after
year. In answer to question he replied
that these were the chaps who sold butter
at nine cents a pound.
Neither lime nor fertilizer Is needed on
/ lib ldIlu Ill OulO. ln6 Only IeFtlllZ9r
used has been clover. On his farm he has
been piowing the clover under for twenty.
hve years. he has an excellent farm now.
farmer alongside OF him has been
farming on the three year rotation plan.
He uses little clover In his tim othy grass.
Clover is decidedly the best for feeding.
Ills farm did not yield quantity near az
large as the speakers farIn as the latter
yielded 70 bushels Of potatoes an acre
more than his neghbores farm. They then
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Both sowed the same wheat aud at the
same time. One got 10 bushels an acre
and the speaker got fifty bushels an acre.
In another field which TWEEN ty.tive years
ago was ashamed to raise weeds he
got 45 bushels of 1t this year after having
sowed a bushel and q peck to the acre.
There are thousands of farmers all over
the country that need to know that tim.
othy robs and clover enrlches the land.
III man was keeping stock 1t would be
best to SOW about quart of timothy
among the clover. Il will keep 1t UP, 1t
Will out clean and cure quicker. There ia
danger. however, that the land would
become clover sick by a three year rota-
tlon. There is great trouble in selecting
clover seed. as very often instead of the
old red clover you often get the other
Kind and considerable damage ensues.
The best way to do. and the sarest, is to
q COW would never tread a foot on his
clover Pasturing at beat Is poor way.
Keep the COW In the barn and she viii pay
best, whom pasture Is senrce. Keep The m
up In the day and let them out at nigh
He could not tell anything as the reason
how 1t is that after the wheat is cut and a
| good prospect of clover and yet 1t died
during the summer and full. MIR. janvier
New Castle. had such an instance in 1889.
! Mr.. Ball stated that MIR. Terry seemed
to mako his m oney from wheat and pota-
toes. Ho doubted IL in this section far
mers could 1.-Two with wheat at SO cents
| and potatoes at 60 cents a bushel.
| Mr.. Terry maintained that with $50 an
acre expenses, good profit would be
| left II the potatoes were fed by tho clover.
He believed that land that produced Al
bushels an acre did not need any phos.
| phoric acid.
He believed that In ten years he could
take any farm and would not have to use
any material for manure. man who
takes ton OF timothy hay off his farm
takes $5.47 ton of natural manure. The
| nutrition In clover hay does away with
| the use OF grain. He gives pnrt hay to
his driving horses only. Tho rest ls grain,
because clover would be too bulky for a
horse that has to drlv hard. Sprinkle the
clover before feeding and you do away
with the dust, and no heaves will oe ur.