Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-02-07
OF INTEREST TO FARMERS
Two Clubs Hold Joint Meeting and Listen
to Papers.
BcltsvilIe and Evansville Organization
Science and Its Connection With
the Raising Of Crops.


There was large gathering of repre-
sentative farmers from all over the state
present at the farmers institute held at
Beltsvlle, Prince Georges county, yester-
day, under the auspices of the Evansville
Farmers Club and the Beltsville Grange.
About 300 people were present, many
ladies enjoying the exercises At noon
Grange Hall was temporarily transformed
into dining hall, and the guests were pro-
vided with an excellent dinner. The eXer-
cises were opened with an address OF well
come by Mr.. Jas. D. Cassard, president OF
the Evansville Farmers Club. in which he
extended hearty greeting to alA present,
and Set forth briefly and concisely the OBJ
jects sought to be obtained. Mr.. w. S.
Powell of Annapolis Junction was chosen
permanent chairman, and Prof 70. ii.
Brinkley of the Maryland Agricultural
Experimental Station was chosen secre-
tary. Capt. r. w. Sylvester offered reso-
luton which was adopted, calling upon the
legislature of Maryland for an appropria-
ton of $500. to be spent In sums or sloo
each. for the purpose of aiding the farmers
of the several counties in holding farmers
institutes. Col Wright Rives, U.S.A., re-
tired, offered q resolution, which was
adopted, rendering vote OF thanks TO the
promoters of the institute for the hosplt-
able manner in which they had received
their guests. Mr.. John Miller, late presi-
dent of the board of commissioners Tor
Prince Georges county, made very m
tereStng and instructive address upon the
subject Gardening for Profit He dlvld-
ed his subject into three distinct heads:
% What to plant. GU how to plant and 90
how to sell in order to realize proht lie
handled his subject in a Thoroughly con-
versant manner, and some of his sueges-
tons We're timely and of value to his
hearers. Mr.. Henry C. Hallowell, AM, OF
Sandy Spring sent carefully prepared
and valuable paper to the institute upon
"Hygienics on the Farm which. owing to
his unavoidable absence, was read by Capt
Sylvester. The address was filled with eX-
celient suggestions as to how. the farm
should be kept in a healthful state, and
was received with great deal Of interest
An intermiSsion was taken OF one hour,
when dinner was served. Better Hyglenic
and Social Surroundings for Country Chll-
dren " was the subject of an able address
by Mrs. Edward A. Robinson, president
Woman's Christian Temperance Union OF
Baltimore. Her address was confined prln-
cipally in warning mothers against I'M
cleanliness and throwing out hints as 10
the best method of training the child, the
proper food for it to eat, etc. DIR. II. w.
Wiley, chemist, United States Department
of Agriculture. read mastery paper on
the subject Chemical and Physical Rela-
lions of the Soil to Surface Erosion he
divided his subject into three heads: az,
surface washing, other things being equal,
is due to deficient porosity of the SOIL; (2),
the absorbent power of the soil for water
can be increased by the application OF
lime, by increasing the store of humus and
by proper undertakings and tillage, and
CO. fields abandoned by reason OF super
fetal degrade ton may be restored little by
little by introduction of organic matter by
the application of lime. by proper tillage
and the cultivation of crops to hold the
soil particles in place. His address was an
extremely practical one for the farmers
and was listened to with marked attention.
Judge Stake of Hagerstown made an ad-
dress upon Farm Life" and handled his
subject with perfect familiarity and grace.
He spoke Of the origin of farming, and its
steady and wonderful development. Said
the country boy was not tempted by the
saloon and ball room, and that the great
est men of the age came from the farm
Paid a glowing tribute to Maryland ladies,
and wound up by, saying that the greatest
evidence of his app eciation for the honor
of being invited to address an audience of
intelligent farmers was the fact that he
that object. Farm Buildings" by Mr. +.
Snowden Hill of Marlboro, was an ex-
ceptionally interesting paper. He referred
to the dilapidated buildings In the lower
part of the county, and urged the farmers
to be more particular as to the class or
buildings erected in the future Director
r. II. Miller of the Maryland Experimental
Station reviewed the work of the station,
and laid special stress upon the use OF
lime and the various grades of wheat eX-
perimented with at the station. Prof.W. L.
l.. Taliaferro of the Agricultural College
read an interesting paper on Agricultural
iarity with his subject, and said that
knowledge of the sciences. such as geology,
chemistry, etc, was very useful to the
farmer