The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1894-12-12
FARMERS INSTITUTE.
INTERESTING MEETING OF LO-
RAIN COUNTY FARMERS
Held in the Town Hall at Wellington, o..
OH Monday and Tuesday, Decem-
3 and 4-Prominent Speak
ers in Attendance.
lCnNCInnEn.l


Monday evening session was occupied
by Prof. Webster On:''The Farmer OF the
Future" He said that nature and the
world are demanding something better
and still better and we must hayesOurces
from which these demands must be
supplied. He thinks that fathers, par
ticularly farmer fathers, should give
their boys The benefit Of their experience
and not allow them to begin at the bot
tom of the ladder in as great Ignorance
as they themselves had to. Southern
farmers, of the more well-tO-dO class, are,
as a rule, better informed than northern
of the same class, primarily through the
school, next through the press, though 1t
is not through any disadvantage that the
northern farmer suffers; mostly through
his own negligence. A university edu-
cation is all right and every boy who can
ought to obtain one, but because he has
not it is no proof that he can not be-
come not only good man but leader
among men. His training can be OBJ
tained through reading, Chatauqua
circles, university extension. 1t is i'm
possible to get too much OF the natural
sciences for use on the farm. Should
cultivate acquaintance with nature as
with our neighbOrs; in fact were every
one to take as much interest in nature as
he usually takes in his neighbors we
would become such an educated people
as to astOnish the world. There is no
business in the world that requires as
much knowledge of the natural sciences
as farming. It is business Of bust
nessess, a business of professions that
includes all others. Given the early
training in industry, frugality and indie
pendence that the country affords, with
the usual good morals and good health OF
our farmer boys, added to such an educa-
tiOn as advocated, they can be fitted fol
splendidly successful men.
Tuesday session was much better at
tended, men, however, pred0minated on
this day. Prof. Webster addressed thu
meeting in the morning on: "Some Of
, the Older Insect Pest OF the Corn Field. ,
He spoke principally on the cut worm
corn root bOrer and theremedies for them
Mr.. Woodruff opened the discussions by
giving his experience.
I. B. Rogers, Of Belden, o., followed
with an interesting paper on: "The Far
mer OF the Future" He expressed tn,
belief that we stand on the border of {
great future for the farmer; that intelli
gence and agriculture are the two grea
!. elements Of national growth, but tina
t agriculture has not yet attained tn
directive force it should have. As one O
the requisites Of success for the farmer
4 he must love his calling with such in
: tensity as to give it all his strength AM
4 intelligence. He must also be an edu
y Gated man. The future is going to de
mand it; it will also demand energy an,
j., pluck, because there is going to be
wild race to reach the largest results il
quality and quantity reproduction. Mr.
' Rogers advocated better representation
a of farmers interests in legislation. II
v had also strong plea for the farmers
> wives and daughters; insisted that til
j. farmers house should be place Q
l. culture, refinement and rest, and enum
= Grated some of the things that go tOmak
such house. W. D. Warren opened tn
discussion by remarking on the futur
B. possibilities IN farming.
Tuesday afternoon session opened wit
talk by Mr.. Todd. He combined hi
- morning and afternoon address becaus
lack of time in the morning left lit Ou
10 The morning subject was: Economy 0
10 the Farm the afternoon: "COIhmercif
Fertilizers How Applied to Get the Bet
70 Results" Mr.. Todd advocates though
n full arrangement and construction
= farm buildings, to avoid unnecessar
expenditure. Should ecOnomize i
n stock by casting out all animals that .
not pay. TwO-thirds of the cows i'll tn
state do not make any profits. OF con
to mercial fertilizers, he said that it W.
not necessary to put any on corn groun
i. but wheat needs them more or less. Fe
. tilizer is too often put upon land th'
he has already lost its vitality and thu
makes it worse than without. Mu
resort to clover to restore fertility.
T. Miss H. M. Mason described and illu
s. trated by means of herbarium specimen
IN some Of the more important and obno
ious weeds in the vicinity. This seem,
to excite considerable interest, mai
d questions and many experiences beiI
brought to light at the time and aft
the close of the meeting.
We Prof. Webster talked briefly on ClOv
Insect Pests" He treated Of the cloy
leaf weavil, the midge, and clover 70
borer; said that little fungi had ma
od its appearance which is Of more force
0u destroying the weayil than any Of t
old time methods. This fungi fasten u
Ily on the weayil, inserts its roots into
#, and eventually destroys it.
After Prof Webster's instruction,
was decided to apply for an institute
Wellington for next year, and the ins
tute adjourned. There seemed, hOwey'
to be a great deal Of sentiment in fay
,b- Of holding the institute in one Of t
a neighbOring towns, but the vote we
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