Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1895-05-03
Farmers Institute Under the aus.

Farmers Institute Under the aus
pices of the Montgomery County Grange a
Farmers Institute was held in Gathersburg
on Thursday Of last week, which was very
largely attended. The institute convened
OF o'clock, and County Master Joseph B.
Ager presided, Prof. G.. W. Walker inter-
spersed the exercises with excellent music.
Prof. Il. W. Sylvester, president of the Ma
ryland Agricultural College, was the first
speaker and made an interesting address on
our staple crops.
Director Robert H. Miller, of the Mary
land Agricultural Experiment Station,
spoke of his observations in the uses and
results Of lime and other fertilizers on the
soil, and Messrs. Bentley and Patterson fur
ther discussed the subject.
Mr. II. o. Devries, OF Howard county,
master of the Maryland State Grange, was
then introduced.
lie said that there were other subjects
confronting the farmers which might be
more protitably discussed, and declared that
il the present financial condition OF the coun-
try continued for three years the farmers
would not be able to secure fertilizers with
out borrowing money. He asked for opin-
ions as to the cause of the prevailing low
prices for crops, and expressed himself as of
opinion that it was due To the operations of
trusts and monopolies rather than overpro-
duction. The sentiment of the institute was
with him.
Prot James s. Robinson, af the Mary
land Agricultural College and Experiment
Station, demonstrated the practic al applica
ton of the elementary principles OF plant
lille, using models to explain the growth and
composition of different fruits and vegeta-
bles.
The next meeting will be held at Brown.
ingsvilc on July 25.
Grange Meeting.-A large and en-
thusiastic meeting of Montgomery County
Grange, No. Z, was held at Gaithersburg on
April 25th. Routine business was dispatch.
ed ms speedily as possible to be ready for
public Farm Institute at o'clock, p. nj >.
Officers were present and installed for two
years US lOllOWS:
Master, Jos. b. Ager; Lecturer, John G..
Bentley; Steward, VIM. E Brown Assist
an, Steward, Howard Marlows; Chaplain,
G. j Burdette; Treasurer, Ed J Chiswell
Secretary, E. L. Hartshorne; Gate keeper,
Ernest H. Brinkley Pomona, Kate Mar
lowe; Flora, Elizabeth Il. Stabler; Ceres,
Jane E Ager; L. A s, Lilly Burdette.
The following preamble aud resolutions
were adopted
Whereas, 1t has seemed well to the Great
Master of the Grange above to call from his
duties here our esteemed and worthy brother,
Isaac Young, for four years Master of Mont
gomery County Grange, No Z and for many
years one of our most active and intelligent
members, always foremost in advocating
measures and principles having for their
object the encouragement of education in
the Grange and the elevation of character
among our members, using his great gift of
eloquence only for the advancement of what
he believed to be right and true, therefore
Resolved, That we extend to the wide cir
Gle of intimate friends of Brother Young our
heartfelt sympathy with them in their loss,
feeling that il is also our own; at the same
time recognizing that our loss is his gain,
in that he is now at rest from his labors, and
we trust has received the welcome plaudit,
swell done, good and faithful servant, enter
thou into the joy OF thy Master
ResOtUed, That copy of this he spread
upon our minutes and published in county
paDers.