The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1895-02-28
From Saturday s Daily.)
FARMERS INSTITUTE
REPORT or THE THURSDAY MEET
ING AT BRISTOL.
MANY POINTS OF INTEREST
j. NJ True Acted as Conductor Between
Fifty and one Hundred Pres
ent.-He1d in the NJ. z.
Church.

The Kenosha county farmers insti
tute convened at the M. E. church in
Bristol at 1920 o'clock Thursday morn
ing and less than fifty persons were
present. 1t opened with a prayer by
Rev. Thomas Sharpe. Charles Bishop
acted as chairman and invited the
farmers to express their views on any
subject in which they were interested.
j. M. True the conductor of the in
stitute, was next introduced and in
formed those who had gathered that
he heartily seconded the invitation Of
their chairman. He said that without
the hearty cooperation of each indi-
vidual the institute would fail in the
object for which it was called together,
viz: mutual benefit. He then intro
duced I'll. G. Taylor, who talked on
g Manures," advising drawing the
manure in the winter and applying it
on the meadows by top dressing. He
did not advise blowing in long manures
as it takes too much N sture out of
the soil.
The next subject taken up was the
rotation Of crops, by j. M. True. He
stated he would not plant potatoes or
strawberries two years in succession on
the same land. On land where practi-
cal he advised the rotation in the fol-
lowing order of seeding to grass follow
ing the second year with pasture, the
third with corn, the fourth with grain,
the fifth with grass, and in this way
retain the fertility of the soil, and at
the same time reap the greatest pecu
MARY benefit.
A recess was here taken and the ma
jority Of the crowd reassembled at the
Shumway store which had oeen Sc
cured as a dining hall where the ladies
of the M E. society had prepared a
banquet of which each one partook
after depositing a quarter with the
treasurer.
At 1:30 D. m. the session Of 100 farm
ers was called to order by Conductor j.
M. True, who introduced f. c.. Ed
wards, of Ft. Atkinson, who gave an
instructive talk on horticulture. He
said that farmers usually are under the
impression that it is hard to raise fruit
and berries, when the fact is just the
opposite. With strawberries, in setting
he uses a spade, turning it SO as to
make a perpendicular hole pressing the
dirt firmly around the plants, and finds
this the quickest manner of setting.
He advises spraying apple, cherry,
plum and other fruits with Paris green
every other week for three or four
times after the blossoms are set, but
not when in blossom. He advised
trimming carefully, leaving new wood,
for nearly all fruit grows on one year
old wood. He wanted every farmer to
have a fruit garden, one-quart0r Of an
acre being plenty large enough for an
ordinary family, and it should be Gull
tivated with a horse very often. With
small fruits he said, he has usually
used a mulch with good results.
f. W. Harding, of Waukesha, was
introduced as a successful sheep breed
er and handler. Although the sheep
have been abused for the past two or
three years they are now looking up,
and the outlook is good for a mutton
sheep at present. Mr.. Harding is a
young man, and is we'll posted on the
peculiarities Of sheep, their needs and
feed.
An animated discussion was carried
on, and the methods of several of the
most successful sheep farmers of the
county were called for and all agreed
that they should be turned off before 2
years of age.
Conductor True then called on Fl. G.
Taylor, who talked on the question of
" Better Cows" He had the honor of
raising the wonderful little cow,
" Brown Bessie" the prize winner at
the worlds fair, and although he was
accused of being crank on the ques-
ton, by j. M. True, he refuted the ac-
cusation and said there never was
man more free from prejudice than
himself, allowing that it was necessary
to try to breed from the best in what
ever line you have chosen and breed
pure. From a dairy standpoint he
would test every cow and know if they
were paying for themselves or not.
Each man ought to plan with some OBJ
ject in view, if it is in milk, butter,
or feed, work for that object. Mr..
Taylor said he did not believe in feed
ing COWS for the fun of it, but for the
results.