The Holt County sentinel., 1896-12-04

cludes the air. Build up a reputation
for your make of butter. and it will sell !
itself.
Corn and cob crushed. clover. millet, |
ship stuff ETC.. We're good feeds. and al |
ways feed in the barn. which should al |
ways be warm enough to keep manure
from freezing. Milk with dry hands. |
and with the finger ends. Did not be
lieve in letting your COWS go TO the pond
for supply them with good. claen
water. He WAS partial TO the revolving.
barrel churn.
Mr.. Patte.son's talks are always en-
joyed from the fact that they are told in
that practical. logical way that interests
everybody.
STOCK FEEDING AND BREEDING.
Col. q. W. Waters talked of pure
breeds and thoroughbreds- giving many
facts of interest on this and other inter
estinS topics pertaining to the farm and
other kinds of live stock. He takes the
position that all kinds of stock are sim
ply machines for the manufacture of the
raw product of the farm ready for the
market. some kinds of stock being bet
ter machines than others. The question
for the farmer To- determine Is which
breeds of these machines is the best and
cheapest for manufacturing purposes.
with 4 view to profit above what could
be realized from the raw products of the
farm. That the scrub breed is not the
best no one has any doubt. He stated
that each animal in it,; class, sprung
from common origin, having some trait
thot was with their ancestors in the be
ginning. We can not give To an auimal
a trait thai was not in some way devel
oped in its ancestors. Animals are i'm
proved by selection. feeding and train
ing. You can not get Il race horse by
breeding to horses that We're never in the
speed ring or in training for the purpose
of bringing out their hest efforts in this
line.
Environments or surroundings. feed
ing and breeding had rs much to do with
development of herd rs with the Mdi
vidual. Good breeds are more easily
handled than scrubs and will develop
more rapidly on less feed and will bring
better prices on the market.
Nature. surroundings. etc, produces a
certain type of horses or cattle. Swift
horses were grown on the Arabian deserts
by the mother retiring far from the
jungies which were the home of wolves
! and other carnivorOus animals ready to
pounce upon the young foal as soon as
dropped! and there i'm seclusion she
would nurture her young: and as it he
came older and stronger. she would re-
turn with it to the forests. where wolves
would give it chase. and unless fleet the
colt would l,e run down and devoured. 1t
was Il question of the survival of the
fittest." and that is where the thorough
bred horses originated: here is where
speed was developed: endurance develop
ed: fright. viciousness. and combative
ness. came from and is seen in the horse.
He had found by close study that diff
| ferent foods have different compositions,
and that different compositions are de
sirable for different results. We should
know what the compositions of Il food is
if We wish to get the best results. Ger
tain foods produced muscle: and others
produced fat. 4 young calf would re-
quire larger amount of the muscle pro-
ducing food. while a steer being fed for
the market would need larger amount
of the fat and heat producing food.
He thought the farmers lost more from
ignorant feedin., than from all the stock
disease combined. Feed only what the
StCCh Will tt:t tIitl ulScSt We'll. nOt Widt
they will eat and pass through.
MIR. Waters is a scientific man. having
given the subject of his lecture years of
study. and having demonstrated nearly
every point by careful experiments which
prepares him for going before the people
to reveal ID them what can be accom-
plished in improving our stock and the
best results to he attained in handling
~ h., e. . xIu&
the largest possible profit may be reali-
zed.
THE EXHIBITS.
There were several very nice exhibits
made, but We regret there were not more.
Mr.. N. Polk showed two squashes,
one weighing IS and the other 81
pounds.
S. NJ. Stout exhibited varieties of the |
Crawford, Vick's Surprise and the Rural |
New Yorker potato.
There were several fine plates of ap-
pies. but the exhibitor did not think |
enough of them to attach his name.
Mr.. Blanchard had some fine samples |
Of corn.
n. F. Murray showed a number of
plates of apples, and some fine orchard |
and ornamental trees.
4 number of fine chrysanthemums |
were shown, but no card to tell us who |
exhibited them. We believe, however, |
Mrs. Murray and Mrs. Mary Curry
showed some.
Mr.. Landers showed samples of the |
vineless vans and sweet potatoes.
W. r. Vining showed some very fine
Ben Davis and White Winter Permain
apples.
Each exhibitor was given years
to some agricultural journal
of the state.
The institute. was very poorly
but those who did attend feel
amply paid for the time consumed. 1t is
a shame that the people are taxed seven
to eight thousand dollars annually to
support these institutes for the benefit of
our farmers, and so few take any inter
est in them whatever, and yet many of
these fellows will hang around the street
and yawp, ''don't do anything
for the farmer"
Come again, gentlemen, the people Of
our beautiful little city greatly appreciate
these institutes, If the average calamity
howler does not. They are educating
and refining, and hence beneficial to ali
ouI people, whether they be farmers or
not
Cur Cornet band kindly furnished
music in the evening.