The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-11-09
INDIANA FARMERS INSTITUTES.

The committee on farmers institutes
President Smart, of Purdue University;
c. s. Plumb. director of the experimental
station, n w. c. Latta, professor of
agriculture and superintendent of insti-
tutes-has announced a programme for
the ensuing season which is the most
extensive and inclusive of any which has
been offered since the Institutes have
been under the vigorous and intelligent
direction of Purdue. No less than $50
practical farmers, men and women. are
announced as lecturers. all of whom live
in Indiana. There will be a two days
institute in each county, beginning at
Mt. Pleasant, Ohio county. To each in
stitute two regular lecturers are as
signed, and the local officers can select
others from the list. No partisan dis
cussion will be permitted, so that under
no guise can c~heaD-money heresies or
other fads be presented.
With the list Of speakers sent out with
the programme are the topics which
they will discuss. These topics cover the
whole field of agriculture and ~agricult-
ural needs in Indiana. Practical Irriga-
ton in Indiana The Annual Crop of
Weeds Orchard Grass Rotation Of
Crops 'Clay Soils and Their Manage
ment," sheep Husbandry,' Profitable
Products in Future" "Fads." "Chemis-
try on the Farm" Advantages of Pur-
due to Farmers Sons" Making High
greie Butter" Women on the Farm"
THE Weather Tomorrow" "Silos and
Silage." Poultry Experience Outlook
for Young Men on the Farm" "Drouth.
It's Causes and How to Ameliorate It's
Effects GOOD Roads," Bacteria and
Dangerous Diseases" Reformation in
Farming" Country Amusements,'
How to Make Home Happy" "A Young
Mans Views Of Farming" "Co-opera-
tion.' Fruit Culture for Profit" are but
a few of the topics which the lecturers
will discuss. but these show the wide
range of agriculture in a State like In
diana under the stimulus of multiplying
industries and growing cities. Indeed.
those who look over the topics outlined
by the $50 speakers named will be i'm
pressed with the necessity of high intelli-
gence and the mixing of a first-rate quail
ity and a large quantity of brains with
successful farming.
The oldest employment of man, agri-
culture now presents a wider and richer
field for development than any other in
dustry. In the past it has been the Gus
tom to send the brightest boy to the
city, but If the possibly best agriculture
is to come the young man with the most
brains and push must stay on the farm.
In fact, looking over the topics of the
lecturers, one may wonder If present ag-
ricultural knowledge is not elementary
only. and that agriculture as a science is
just coming.
During the past few years the insti-
tutes in Indiana, under the auspices of
Purdue. have been well ~patronized, and
their value is appreciated by all progress
sive men and women on the farms. The
usefulness and the former glory of the
county fair seem TO have passed away
In a large degree. and in the State fair
agriculture in all it's branches has come
to be of less Importance than imported
fake shows Of questionable propriety.
Let them go, since the institute. where
practical men and women can give the
results OF experiments. are far better,
being schools OF instruction. s
BY and by there will come to national
administrations a wisdom which will not