Great Falls weekly tribune., 1895-01-18
FARMERS INSTITUTE MEET
A Permanent Organization Effected.
interesting Figures on the
Yield of Potatoes.
Valuable Paper on "Climat0logy by
C.. l.. HerzOg-Other Papers
The Evening Lecture.

The farmers institute opened its SET
sions Thursday forenoon at the Redlt
Block hall, being called to order by t.
p. Rolfe, chairman of the committee.
temporary organization was effected b.
the election of Paris Gibson as chair
man and G. c. Cochran secretary. I
committee consisting Of DR.. Crutchel
&. c. Cochran. and W. Muzzy was ap
pointed to bring in program and orde
of business.
In the meantime Prof. Emery gave th'
audience some particularly valuable ant
interesting facts about potato culture il
Montana. He claimed that the climate
and sol Of Montana was particularly
adapted to the growing of this vegetable
and mentioned a yield OF LOO bushels
tn the acre raised bya Mr.. King of the
Yellowstone valley. Experiments made
with the different varieties with a view
to determining the respective yield OF
each showed the following results, eX-
pressed in pounds, per acre:
American Wonder 1921, Delaware
lG.3SJ, hoshkowng 1882, Leviathan
1O2OO. Crown Jewel 1i,1i4. reeds Sc
l352S, Poaris 10,S30, Red Ohio G,6O0,
Early Oxford 1880, Early Ohio S,SG7.
Thorn burn Is, l33, freeman l3lGS, Rural
New Yorker No >, l2S25, Vanguard H.,
292. Alexander's Prolific 2O,Oll, Worlds
FAIR 1884. Fannie Campbell 1886, Ari
zona l7,G7l, Beauty of Hebron l5,40i,
Summit 1l,GO0, Lees Favorite lO,65l,
Acme Seeding, G,1jS, The Vaughan
7,252.
The following program was reported
and adopted:
Thursday, > p. M: Climatology y-C
l.. HerZog, weather observer at Great
Falls, with tabulated statement, etc.
Diseases Peculiar to Montana-Dr e,
Crutcher.
Diversified Farming -- Washington
Muzzy.
Past, Present and Future of Montana
G. f. Stork.
Hop Raising Judge w. II. Race.
Fruit Growing-J. II, Austin.
Question Box.
Evening Session Agriculture-Le
ture by Mr.. Emery
Friday Morning Dairying - Prof.
Emery, II. p. Rolfe, Paris Gibson and
other.
Educational Facilities in Cascade
County-Sam Stephenson.
Bench Land tarming-Paris Gibson.
Market Gardening }, FL. Russell.
Beef, Pork and Mutton Markets Fl.
p. Brown.
Growing Wheat Mr.. Atkinson of the
Royal Milling company.
Irrigation s. i. Robbins.
How to Farm for Protit-Thomas Car
ter, G. +. Stork, j. Il. Eaton, Paris Glib
son and others.
Farm Buidings-Pr Emery.
Bright Side of Farm Life-Dr J. A,
Sweat.
Question Box
Markets of Montana Farmers Prof
o. &. Morrison.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
The afternoon session Was most in
tercstlug one and the papers read were
of special merit. The sub jects treated
OF in these papers were handled SO ably
that short synopsis of their contents
would be hard to make, go Tue TRIBUNE
W.. -.;o them in full in later Issues, COZ
timing itself to the first paper for this
issue, which WIS an exceeding valuable
contribution on "Climatology" by G. l..
Herzog. the government weather observer
at Great Falls. The paper, which was
accompaied by d tabulated statement of
observations covering three years taken
at Great Falls, is as follows:
Gentlruen: | have the honor to pre-
sent herewith table showing the
monthly means Of Temperature, preci pi-
tation and climatic conditions, taken
from the daily records Of observations,
taken at Great Falls, Mont covering a
period Of three years, from January !,
1892, to December 81, 1894. The data
has been entered under the direction OF
the department Of agriculture and the
utmost care exercised IN reading aud
recording, the readings of instruments
and other phenomena.
Much has been written and said
about NUntAnas healthful and beneficial
climate and the productivencss OF its
soil,
The former is an established fact the
latter Is, 80 far, never been tested to its
limits. Ia this vicinity, comparatively,
only experimental farming has been
done, the number Of fully equipped
farms, practical farmers and husband
men, de pending on the product of their
farms, is exceedingly small on the vast
area uf available land in our
county there is an absence
OF cou4for able outhousrs for the
raising o. fowls the care Of horses and
cattle, and suitable grainerles for the
preservation of seed grain and cereals.
1t is true ground has been prepared for
vegetables, grain and hay, but in most
cases, even where irrigation was possible,
it was not taken advantage of, and the
contemplated farming for profit
abandoned after the first or second un-
favorable result, for the imaginary
reason that other occupations yielded
surer returns with less labor. OF the
few who are working their land most
will cheerfully acknowledge that, where
gardens, meadows or fields received thu
same attention bestowed upon them
where farming for profit" is the rule
the yield, with few exceptions, provet
most gratifying. Then, since the funda
mental source OF material prosperit.
and commercial supremacy OF a countr.
lies in the product OF its soil, the pur
pose of your convention and the etfor
to point out the best means OF its cult
walton, and interesting others in farmin
caunot ha ovarast mat nv the com