Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1894-01-12
FARMERS In SESSION.
Enthusiastic Gathering of Promi
nent Farmers from Many
Points,


The Farmers Institute held in Yale
last Monday and Tuesday was II de-
cided success both as to attendance
and the entertainment given. Promi-
nent farmers from many parts of the
district being present throughout the
entire session.
The exercises opened on Monday
afternoon with prayer by Rev. llarri-
son, address of welcome by Harvey
Tappan, response by =. :. King, Presi-
dent of the Institute.
The papersread by Professors Wheel
er, Mumford and Taft, of the Agricul-
tural College, relating to farm work +,
culture, etc, were of Il very high order
and brought ont hearty responses from
farmers present and the discussions
following each paper, in which many
joined, showed II degree of intelligence
and thought that was surprising. Prof.
Evans, of the signal corps of Detroit
read very interesting and instructive
paper on the weather service, illustra-
| ting his subjects with charts, making
them very clear and comprehensive.
j. b. Stevens, V. -. of Yale, read Il
paper on lump jaw, showing the causes
and cure for that disease in cattle,
which was highly appreciated by cattle
raisers. Our old friend, Daniel Foley
of Emmett, read II paper making COM
parative statement III reference to
profits on sheep and other stock, as
well as crops. Dan is quite an enthu-
| siast on the sheep question and proved
| by his very able paper that sheep
raising, despite the low price OF wool
and mutton is more remunerative than
any other stock or crops raised on u
farm. A very pointed lesson was given
| by NJ. Foley and much commented on
by others in the meeting, the systematic
manner of keeping accounts of farm
expenditure, 20 as TO know whether he
has been making or losing money.
Every one who heard Mr.. FOley's pap
er was fully convinced that If Dan had
given as careful attention to the fair
sex as he gives to running his farm, he
would not be the confirmed bachelor
that he is to this day. The "ThinkiLg
Farmer" represented by our old friend
Thomas Dawson was a conspicuous
feature, not only in the able paper he
read on that subject, but by his fire.
quent sharp, shrewd, sallies of wit and
humor, proving very clearly that farm
! ers are not the country pumpkins that
some suppose them to be.
DR.. Hale, of Memphis, read a paper
on the "StOmach and its Abuses"
An exceedingly able paper, and was
very valuable, and very much appre-
| ciated. BY request it will be published
in one OF the county papers in the
near future. 1t is worth studying and
bordering over. DR.. Hale also read
paper on "Draining", and gave some
very valuable information to those in
terested on that subject.
We have purposely left the papers
read by the ladies TO the last, Tor the
reason, and we think the gentlemen,
| who, without exception, had very able
papers, will not be jealous when we
say that the papers read by Miss Nc
| kenZie, Mrs. King and Mason were
par excellence. Miss Mckenzie on
butter making, gave many good point
ers and suggestions that If followed
out by her hearers and others would
! lessen very materially the amount of
axle grease that annually finds its way
to market under the name of butter.
Mrs. {. :. Kings paper on CLONE
Adornment" was very highly appre-
ciated and very deservedly, rs it dealt
with a subject that is given very little
attention by the average farmer.
! Special emphasis was given to the fact
that this feature of home work, can,
with the least outlay, produce the
most marvellous results; and this
thought was also given prominence,
that with all the outward adornmentS
we should not forget the adornment
of the mind with useful, practical
knowledge that will raise us up to an
exalted position, not only i'll this life,
but also in the life to come.
| Mrs. Will Mason's paper, the last on
the list, was, in the judgment of the
writer the best wine of the feast.
Her paper "Two and two make four"
showed very clearly that Mrs. Mason
has not passed through life with her
eyes shut. 1t was full of gems of
thought covering wide range, was
eminently practical, and, although
some of her remarks, alluding to the
sloyenly methods of many farmers
were very caustic, yet the pleasant,
eloquent manner of delivering, dis
armed those who were the hardest hit.
Miss Mollie Browns company of
milk maids in their drill, VIII Saville
in his solo, "Boyhood's days down on
the farm" Messrs Cooper and Holden
brothers in their song, "a little wife
give me-" were all well rendered and
added much to the good feeling of
every one present.
Any one holding the idea that farm
ers are all hayseeds Will be apt to
change his mind after attending such
an institute as was held in Yale this
week. The intelligence displayed in
the papers read, the questions asked (,
the intelligent manner in which those
questions were discussed give evidence
that better day is dawning for
those at least who choose to
avail themselves of the means now
within reach of all. Every farmer
young and old, especially the young,
should attend these institutes. They
are the best means to quicken am
bition, and start them on the way to
the better things. of this life, useful
ness, prosperity, and happiness.