The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1894-02-08
rhe Farmers, immune q. s..

The Farmers Institute at 81.
Cloud
At the appointed time for opening,
viz, 10A. NJ. the court room Was so
crowded that seating room could not be
obtained for nearly all the people. In
deed farmers who assembled could not
nearly get inside 50 that it was decided
that the opera house should be secured
TO sccomodate thecrowdsin attendance.
Sup, Gregg in opening the meeting said
while he was delighted to see so large
number OF the farmers present, he re.
GREETED exceedingly that those who had
come could not all be put in position to
hear to the best advantage.
The Hon, Geo.. T. Powell, from the
State ofNew York was then introduced.
He spoke on the farmers garden. He
said that one thing which distinguished
the American people from those OF other
countries was that from the least to the
greatest OF them, they were supplied
with more nutritious food. Farmers
wives had hard task put upon them
when they were required to provide three
meals a day for 365 days in the year.
Every farmer should do his utmost to
provide his wife with material, to enable
her to do her work properly. This
meant that he must have garden. He
should plant every thing in rows so
that all could be done by horse labor. A
small hot bed be easily made. Mr.
POWELL enumerated great number OF
vegetables which the family could grow
each i'll season. Ia this way his tabs
could be furnished with most excellent
variety not only during the summer but
throughout the year. Around st. Cloud
money could be made in gardening, and
| doubtless many had found that out al
ready. He showed how great profits
were being made by growing early vege-
tables under glass. He also urged upon
the people to give attention to small
growing fruits. He dwelt upon some
general principles Co be observed in grow
ing berries.
What is true relative st. Cloud is also
true here-there is demand for early
vegetables in season audit has been next
to impossible to procure them.
Supt. Gregg remarked that he wished
every person present to understand that
every speaker who would be introduced
to the audience represented large and
successful experience in their lines on
which he spoke. Mr.. Louis was greeted
With applause. He was glad to notice
the increase in the number of young mer
at this institute. He expected great
increase i'll the growing OF pork the next
two years in consequence of the high
price of that article, and he expected t,
see the price of pork come down. Il
would be necessary then to study
to lessen the coat of production. He haC
noticed that those who kept on at thu
one live stock speciality came ont thu
best. He would not recommend anyon,
to go into hog raising who had not al
, adoption fer that work. He dwelt upor
the wisdom of giving careful attention
to sanitary conditions. The hog hous'
should be put upon dry place. He de
scribed how he had built small hos
houses at tlrst7 by feet. They had 6
slipping roof and were 7 feet hight front
and FIVE feet high in the rear. By a LITTLE
model which he held IN his hand he illus
trated more particularly how these could
be built. he also illustrated by draw
ings the plan of his large hog house. 1t
was 70 feet long and 16 feet broad The
pens We're alton one side. That was the
sunny side of the building, and the yards
were all on that eide. The windows too
were on the sunny side. A corn crib ran
along the whole of one side, and there
was passage between it and the pens
He laid a low trough along the front oil
the pens. There should be plenty oil
trough room He alse described in care
full detail and minuteness the other ar.
rangements of the pen. He also had a
scale. In his opinion and a Zen.
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Gil was one ofthe great, educators a
farmers son could have. He kept straw
Tor bedding in the loft, and had an open.
Ing SO that it could be put down into
each pen, In that loft he kept winters
supply. He said there should be careful
ejaculation IN the choice of foods. Shorts
at W per ton was worth more than
feeding the pigs oats at $1S per ton.
Prol. Thos. Shaw OF the State Farm
school, st. Anthony Park gave an adj
dress on the work that was being done
there He regarded the system OF teach
ing agriculture at that school as being
hard to improve upon. -.
| The Minnesota farmers were probably
not generally aware of the fact that
their school of agriculture stood first in
many respects when compared with
other schools ofthe kind on the CONT
nent. There were now in attendance at
that school about 200 students, includ.
ing those taking special dairy course.
they were instructed in gardening
horticulture, botany, blacksmithine
earpentering and kindred subjects
by the best equipped teachers that could
De secured. In his own department.
which was animal husbandry, living
specimens were brought into the class
room, to illustrate the different lectures
that were being given. In his opinion a
young man from the farm could learn
more in three winters at this school.
than he had learnt in thirty years. No
charge was made for tuition. The only
cost to the student was for board and
washing, and that was usually some
thing less than three dollars per week.
II any young man present or the parents
OF those desired further informatio he