Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-12-11
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Rock Island Agriculturalists
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TIE INSTITUTE AT REYNOLDS.
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The Rock Island County Farmers
institute. held under the auspices OF
the state board OF agriculture. was
held In the opera house at Reynolds
yesterday, the afternoon session
opening at 1:30 O'Clock. Thomas
Campbell was chairman Of the meet.
ing. Rev. L. c. Houck. OF the Bap-
fist church. opened the proceedings
with reading Of scripture and
prayer. T. c. Lewis made an ad.
dress Of welcome, Ia which he said
all were welcome TO the greatest ex.
tent to anything ia Reynolds. He
spoke also Of the needs of the farmer,
such as education in regard to pro.
per blowing OF the soil. study o!
weather and everything essential
to the interests OF agriculture.
s. W. Heath, in behalf of the insti.
tute, thanked Mr.. Lewis and the PEG.
pie for their kindness and said their
generous welcome would be remem.
bered.
W. H. Wheaton spoke on "Stock
Raising for Profit" the main points
being that TO make good food of q
hog the animal should be fattened
as quickly as possible. Hogs shoult
be sold IS soon as practicable. feed
less corn and moro grass and clover
and the pork would then be OF more
value. A discussion followed which
ended in talk on hog cholera by s.
McCulloch. Hon. W. +. Crawford, l.
b. Strsyer and Thomas Campbell.
Mrs. John Parks read q very good
paper on "Dairying on the Farm" in
which she outlined the work OF but.
ter making from beginning TO end,
stating 1t was the most important
part Of the farm labors. The paper
was quite lengthy and pleased all.
A discussion followed in which the
feeding OF dairy cows was brought
up. BENJAMIN Fountain. Of And..
lusia. asked Mr.. Parks IL he ever fed
nubbins TO his cows. and Mr.. Parks
answered that he never raised any.
A. A. Buffum, S. w. Heath, Mr..
Parks. l.. b. Strsyer and S. McCul.
ioch took part Ia the discu ssiou.
Feeding corn was the matter dis.
cussed Elisha Lee read q paper on
How to Regain and Maintain the
Fertility OF tie Soil" A discussion
followed which ended the Afternoon
session.
The evening session was called "a
order at o'clock aud opened with
prayer by Rev. +. c. Houck. fol.
lowed by music. "woman's ABILITY
70 Conduct the Farm" was the so b.
ject Of Miss Henrietta Sherrard's
paper and IL was handled most en-.
cellently from beginning 20 end.
She began Ut the creation and traced
woman up 10 the present time; her
successes and troubles, her ways Of
doing this and that TO make home
cheerful and tighten the lsbors Of
work on the farm. She said there
was no law 10 prevent woman rs q
manager Of the farm 70 secure ss
good crops and - good price for
their products rs the men. There
would be no machinery left in the
field for one thing. and various other
things Of farm life and labor would
be changed. Closing she described 9
farm house and surrounding. as Il
should be under ideal management.
The paper was open 70 discussion.
but 1t seemed to SO please every one
that no discussion followed. Hon
w. +. Crawford, DR.. James Coz and .
and s. McCulloch stated that the
paper was excellent and they were
glad that woman was taking such q
practical interest In farm ideas.
c. j. Searle followed with q paper
on the flaws of Particular Interests
to Farmers" in which he mentioned
the various laws which are essential
to the welfare Of the farmer. and
also the laws which benefit trusts
and mouopolies which should be
done away with. Mr.. Searle stated
that he would rather have o son have
good education In civil government
and other common school studies
than in Q Hebrew, Greek or Litiu.
Rev. H. c. Birch gave q splendid
talk on "How to Make the Farmers
Home Attractive" Mr.. Birch said
that the first thing essential 70 an
attractive farm house was: First,
an attractive house; second. an ct.
tractive companion besides sur
roundings, and literature suitable
for all to read.
c. j Searle ended the meeting By
reading the law in regard to hog
cholera by request Of Mr.. Fountain
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