The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1894-01-17

harder than on the farm. They can KEEP
from want on the farm, bat cannot always
DO 50 in the city
TIE speaker referred 70 the many cries OF
hypocrisy, and denagogism that have been
raissd during the past few years by quacks
and calamity boElsrz-men who know alb
soIutely nothing Of the art Of farming-for
he purpose Of bleeding and robbing the
farmer whom they propose to benefit.
The worst enemies the farmers have had in
recent years fsfhss class Of ne1- Dos the
farmer pay more than his share Of National
taxation Not single penny Of direct tax
alton Is levied upon the farmer by the Gov
eminent 81 Washington. Is there any State
tar that operates as a hardship against farm
ezs There IS not one o. the statute book
against him, unless be has made = success
81 farming and has money 81 interest Is
the farmers local taxation higher than that
imposed upon persons in other pursuits If
II Is. be can remedy II Al the ballot box
The solution Of the tax question Is IN bis
own hands. II the l23o00 farmers Of tbs
Common wealth stand together they can send
men to Harrisburg who will pass any meas
ure ofleeislation they may demand 1.-THE
farmer viii only take 3 more active part IN
the party primaries the oaack doctors viii
soon be relsgzted 10 the rear Bot all Of oar
industrial interest should work in harmony.
Without The prOduct OF Agricultural al
other pursuits must be abandoned, and IN
les other industries are in operation tie
farmer must suffer his share The great
lesson the present hard times should teach
farmers is the value ola home market. Com
pare the condition Of the farmers Of Penn
svIYania with that of their brothers removed
from the manufacturing centres. The latter
are face TO face with starvation. They are
dependent upon one single crop. and they
cannot sell their wheat even al dfly cents
bushel to their neighbors-all Of whom
are engaged in raising the same grain. TIE
prosperity OF our farmers Is 50 dependent
on other industries that their very existence
depends upon them" IN conclusion, Mr.. Ian
dis said that the farmers of Pennsylvania are
better clothed, better housed. hare their
homes better furnished, have fewer debts,
have more money at interest. have fewer
mortgages, fever Sherifi's sales. than the
farmers Of almost any other State in the
Union. At leas: ninety-fve per cent Ofthe
farmers Of Pennsylvania are making a CON-
Portable living. more than can be said Of the
people engaged in any other industry
Rev. il ". Seibert objected 70 lGr.
Lands statement thss farming paid he
said that he had been offered only one cent
per pound for hides, whereas bis father had
received six and seven cents per pound for
them. He found the same ratio existed il
other products OF the farm.
Daniel Vert, Of Conemaugh Township
replied to this By stating that be believed
that the farmer who didn't make farming
pay had himselfto blame for it. Farmers
Who farm in business way have little 10
growl about. My friend who complains
OF getting ouly a cent per pound for hides
should remember thatA cent viii buy ten
times IS much to day as it did when his
father sold hides f6r SIX and seven cents per
pound
County Superintendent Berkey's address
was by far the most scholarly production Of
the meeting. It was reple,e with valuable
and wholesome suggestions TO parents in
regard 10 the proper training Of their ohil-
dren. The principal point made was that
the child Who inherits only farm without
8 liberal oOmmOn-scho0l education has been
LEFT poor indeed. At the conclusion Of Mr.
Berkeys address the audience broke forth
in enthusiastic applause
Ms. Emma J Knepper. Of Berlin, read
most admirable essay on Woman's Inaa-
enoe in the Home According 70 the
esssy:si it Is woman's privilege to make the
home "a heaven or he'll, bat her iuhu-
ence for good has been so universally rec
osnizsd thai the trite saying the hand that
rocks the cradle, IS the hand that rules the
world Is accepted as s truism-
WEDNESDAY EyEsISe
Wheat and Clover in Rotation The
subject Of lecture by Professor Natres, Of
The State College, was disappoint ment 70
the large audience that & led the court room
Wednesday evening. The benefits 20 Be
derived from rotation ofcrops are well known
TO AL farmers" said the speaker. "bni
there is q mistaken idea sbroad in regard 10
what crops should be planted il rotation.
There IS nothing that erhausts the soil IS
rapidly as rotation. II you grow corn year
after year. in the course Of siK or seven
years your soil il exhausted. Toe soil will
produce some Other crop. but il will no
longer produce corn. Every crop grown
removes 20 much fertility from she soil,
which much be replaced, if the soil is 10 Dc
kept in good condition.
There are three ways whereby soil nay
Be enriched First. By the application of
manure direct second, by green manure
turning under clover and other grasses
third, by ALLOWING. Green manure is By
far the best, and believe that more clover
viii be grown hereafter for the purpose Of
enriehing the soil /, has been found ihai
after a fair crop Of clover has been removed.
eve ions OF fertility in the way OF roots aud
s;ubbies remain . the acre, OF SO worth Of
fertility to the acre at the commercial rate
OF fertilizers. Clover sands its roots doWn
iato the subsoI deeper than other crop, and
draws up the materials they have been IN
able 70 reach. Il also drAxs large a ,aniiies
Of nitrogen from the air II you ars a.
tempting 10 sar.eh your soil by selling clover
from il, you are attempting to do an i'm
possibility, unless you replace the fertility
you have removed with barayard manure
"Ahery you have once secured a good staad
Of clover il is possible to grow clover aua
whea, in rotation without reseeding loF The
former. Cora. pOiatoes. aud clover eau be
followed in rotation very successfully. Two
years in clover and one in corn is good
rotation. The proper time 10 plow under
clover IS as som as possible after yon have
removed the hay. The fact that It is dry
does not affect its fertility"
Perhaps The most original paper read BE-
fore the Institute was the last one before
faal adjournment by ". "a II. Baker, Of
Middlecreek Township, on Farmers snd
What Affects Them The esssyist traced
farming from the beginning ofcreation down
10 the present time, and pointed ont many
ofIhe Advantages the farmer Of to-day en-
joys over those al the disposal Of his ances-
tors and immediate predecsssors- If there |
IS one class Of men under heaven" he con
Iinued, who need TO stand together for |
their own protection, ms the sgric1ituralisis
They have too long been made the make I