The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1895-01-21
FARMERS INSTITUTES
Ia Both Brooke and Ohio Countloa
Great Successes.
THE ATTENDANCE LARGE At EACH
And Interesting Programmes wero
Rendered, Crcdltablo IN tho lex.
trcmo TO tho Local Talent Which
Took Part as Well us to All Others
Concorned-A Thing to DO En-.
couragcd By tho People.

So'Se'"cu-h Au'hE 10 10 Ems
couragcu by tho People.
Tho members Of tho staff Of tho agri.
cultural experiment station, who havo
boon attending tho iarmora' inatituto at
WellsburG aud Wost Liberty, passed
through tho city on thoir way HON 0,
Saturday.
Thcy report most excellent farmers
institutes at both Wellsburg aud Wcst
Liberty. The halls were crowded a.
both places snd tho farmers In attend
anco expressed themselves as delighted.
The characteristic oftheso farmers in
atitutea was the appearance Of so much
local talent. Tho addresses were Of
high order aud the discussions were
animated and tho interes. In the inati.
tutcs sustained throughout.
Tho institute at West Liberty was the
best ever held in tho state and 10 not
surpassed in tho character OF the papers
and discussions by tho farmers insti-
tutes in tho older states, where tho leg.
lslaturcs make large appropriations for
carrying on this class OF work.
These farmers institutes are non.
partisan and contlne their efforts to in.
struc.ion OF the farmers in the most ap-
proved systems OF farming. and in FREQ
exchange OF ideas in regard to methods
OF culture. 1t would contribute much
to the promotion OF agriculture in West
Virginia Unsuccessful farmers institutes
could be conducted in every county OF
the state, rs is done elsewhere. They
arc intended solely tor tho advancement
OF agriculture.
The programme at West Liberty was
very attractive, as well as interesting
and profitable. 1t was as follows:
THURSDAY MORNING.
1000 a. m. Music Prayer. Music
l0b a. N. Presidents address.
1920 u. N. Small Fruits for Prolt. ................
William Dunlap
ll:oo "A. m. Clover as a Feed and FeEtiliEer-.:.
ll:so a. n. Special or Mixed Farm!ns-......:;..
John ~ Meyer
AFTERNOON SESSION.
Loo ?. m. The Farmer and Wife as Business
Partners Ella Springer
I lis p, M. Poultry for Profit. Miss Lulu Frazier
l:So p. m. How Can We Farmer Girls Make
Our Homes More Attractive?. Mis- A. Finley
is p H. Social Improvement i IN Farm Life
800 p. IN. Talk Upon Insects .....-ProL Hopkins
80 p. IN. Discoveries During the Past Year
10 Fungus D!seAscs....-pEoL +. William Rane
800 p. m. Query Box.
EVENING SESSION.
800 p. N. Music. Prayer. Music
Cost Of Production: Yes, Dr.. Myers; No, ".
W. Foreman.
Sis p. III. Query Box.
FRIDAY MORNING.
100 a. m. Music. Prayer. Music
1910 a. IN. silos and Ensllage -..--Dr. J. W Bates
ll;is a N. Budding, Grating and Pruning.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
I:oo p. N. Mctino Sheep for P.oat-wm- Nichols
l:o p. N. The Outlook for the Wool Indus. :.
200 2! m: The Care OF Domestic Xans, be'l
80 p. m. Roads and Tolls Mccolloch
John Baird
40 p. N. Query Box.
EVENING SESSION.
200 D. m. Music Prayer. Music
7:lj p. m. Should the Farmer Receive
Thorough Education! Opened by Prof..
Deh
Music.
Sis p. m. General Discussion and Question
BOX.
At Wellsburg an equally valuable
series OF papers and discussions was
given. rs follows:
TUESDAY MoESISG.
Music. Prayer. Music.
Potato Planting from January. to September.
with specimens. Mr.. F. 4. Sanders, Wcllsburg,
Irrigation Of the Garden and the Conccntra.
ton OF Labor upon Small Areas Prof. +. VII
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The Poland China. Ar. George HemphIIl. In,
dependence. Pa.
W. Va.
AFTERNOON.
Music. Prayer Music.
The Jersey. Mr.. L. g Applegstc. well,burg.
The shrorshlrc. Mr.. D. Mccullough. s,cubcn,
The Dorset. Mr. James L. Henderson. Wash.
ington. Pa.
Practical Notes on Breeding and Feeding Nut.
ton Sheep. DR.. 4. D. hopkins, Experiment, Sta.
ton. Morxnutown. ". Va.
Sheep Notes by an Observer. NJ. ". ~. Hun.
Ter. Buffalo. Ia
WEDNESDAY MORNING.
Music. Prayer. Music.
Commercial Fertilizers. their Uses and Abuses,
DIR. X. De Roode. Experiment Station. Morgan
town.
How TO Make and Preserve Farm Aanures.
DR.. John A. Myers, Experiment Station. Morgan.
town.
Corn and Corn Culture, Mr. Henry c. Herrey,
Wellsbury.
The Grange. Mr.. II. C. Anderson. Bursetts.
town. Pa.
How the Grange Organization Affects the
Fanncr.J. h Painter. representative OF Farmers
Club. Independence. Pa.
AFTERNOON.
Music. Prayer. Music.
Election OF Officers.
Hints on Planting Orchards. Thomas Hahan,
Stcubcnyillc.
Orchards and How to Take Caro- OF Them.
Prof. F. W. RAne. Experiment Station. Morgan.
2 town.
Some Fruit Insects and How to Fight Them,
". f. Rumsey, Experiment Station, Morgan.
town.
The Relation OF Insects to the Farmers Sue.
cess. DR.. A. b. Hopkins. Experiment Station,
Morgnntown.
Some Insect Enemies OF the Market Garden,
". T. Rumsey. EIpc!imcn, Station. Morgan.
town.
Brooke and Ohio counties to great
extent shared both OF these institutes,
4 - So 1.