The Monitor-register., 1897-11-26

LIT. DdWloy hdIu O iOOu RNuAt nAQ
feeding value vas what tHeA farnns
wanted. He advocated the use of grail
and various meal feeds for fertilizine
values. Plant food Vas of rare value,
and when raised on the so il where uset
for feeding purposes, it performed a two
fold service In supplying the wants of the
animal and adding a fertilizer to the
soil.
Professor G. B. Lane, of the State Elk
pertinent College, New Brunswick,
made an address on uniformity in the
Production of Milk and How to Maintain
it," He illustrated his remarks with
charts showing the ing gradients in thu
milk and their approximate relations to q
pure liquid. He showed the variations
in the composition of milk and the causes
and remedies.
Said he: "This variation is almost en-
tirely made up in the butter fat. The
cause of these variations can firstly b.
ascribed to the COW herself, and no i'm
proved method of management or feeding
will add much butter fat to her milk
The breed is an influence on the compost
ton of the milk. From experience l 6nd
a wide difference in the pereentum of the
ingredients. The food is an influence on
the richness of the milk. Succulent foods
are a factor in keeping up the quantity OF
milk. The period of lactaJion is also an
influence on milk. Daring the period the
quality will increase, while the quantity
will correspondingly decrease"
This closed the afternoon session.
The evening session opened with a
violin solo by Miss Mary H. Taylor, &C,
companied by her sister on the piano.
There was only one question handed
in, "What is the relative nutriment of
split milk compared with whole miik?"
Mr.. Dawley ans Wered this by saying that
the removal of the cream took out the
butter fats. He told how, by the addi-
ton of certain oils, it could be made as
good as whole milk for feeding purposes.
Mrs. Rosa Fogg, of Harmersville, read
ar excellent paper on "The Necessity of
Moral Culture in Early Life" We shall
publish this paper in full, hence omit
any abstract here.
Mr.. T. B. Terry, of OAio, then gave
an address on a subject seldom treated
from the platform, and indeed one rarely
advocated anywhere, yet one that is not
without justice. 1t was entitled stThe
Wife's Shars." MIR. Terry regarded the
marriage relation, when properly enter
ed into. in the light of a partnership, in
which each partner has equal rights.
That is the wife shall have equal rights
to the purse with the man, and shall not
be obliged to ask, or as some women
now have to do, beg for a little money to
spend as she pleases. He gave numer.
GUS examples of the methods many
women now resort to in order to get
onnnau from THAR nnUilIinr h1obanA.
He says he and his wife do business
under a joint name and keep their bank
account thus, so that each can draw on
it, but that neither spends any large
amount without consultation, as would
be the case with partners in business.
The address contained many excellent
points, and nc doubt many q man would
be better off if he consulted his wife
about his business matters. But after
all, while he acknowledged the wife's
right to the half share and also that
women had a5undantly proven her
ability to cope with man in nearly every
avenue4ofMlife he contended that the
6hatsher womanly graces were intended
to make this a heaven on earth.
SECOND DAY.
at the session on Wednesday morning,
a young woman asked the question of
Mr.. Terry whether, if a young man pro-
posed on his (Mr. Terry's) platform and
was refused, although the platform was
satisfactory, ghat Semedy did the rejected
lover have?
Mr.. Terry said if he was refused he
needed moral improvement, and his only
course was to try again, if it took ten
years to bring the girl to terms.
IMPROVEMENT IN POULTRY PRODUCTION,
F. z Dawley, of New York, made an
address on Improvement in Poultry pro.
production" Said he. "The market for
poultry to-day is very low, chiefly be.
cause poor fowls are pushed on the
market. There is a profit in raising
poultry if the proper methods in caring
for the fowls are observed. Where a
market is close at hand you mostly get
profitable returns, but if your yards are
distant from a good market egg produc-
ing will pay better. Whether you are
working for egg production or for market
fowls, always keep your brood uniform.
Separate the breeds, and use precaution
in selecting food for the different breeds.
Don't buy fowls for their beauty, but for
the profits accruing. One of the best
feeds for the fowl is a mixture of wheat,
corn, linseed meal, hay and charcoal,
seasoning with salt. Allowing poultry 10
suffer from cold weather is one of the
greatest losses experienced by the farm
ers, as it has a demoralizing effect on the
fowl"
Mr.. Dawley said the farmers were the
greatest people in the country to make
poor trades. The housewife he censured
for trading her eggs to the town butcher
for a pound of steak, because she was
giving four times the food value in the
Eggs for what she was receiving in the
meat.
In speaking of diseases among fowls,
Mr.. Dawley said the most ef~fectual
remedy was a hatchet, which prevented q
spread of the disease. IF you are keep
ing chickens for the dollars and ~cents,''
said he, don't fool to long with sick
fowls. The sooner you end their exis-
tence the better for your brood and pro-
fits"
The average yield of eggs per hen in
Mr.. Dawley's brood was 1865 yearly.
The use of artificial heat was beneficial,
provided the variation of the temperature
was not to noticea BILE.
TRUCK PESTS.
Prof. John B. Smith, New Jersey State
Entomologis5, on TRUCK Pests" said:
Truck farming is one of the important
branches of agriculture. Insects and
plant diseases often come from growing
extensively one crop. To work out dis
eases the rotation of crops, about once in
every three years, is advisable. To know
what crop to follow after another is
important in the prevention of the
diseases and pests.
Different crops on the same ground
bring the best results. The cabbage
worm and plant lice trouble the farmers
greatly in this section. These insects
winter on cabbage stumps and weeds,
and with the advent of warm weather
the early plan: and ommence their
ravaging course. From the insect stand
point, don't leave crop remnants on the
ground to carry over from one season to
another these pests"
INCREASING FERTILITY.
The afternoon session was opened by
Mr.. Terry in an address on Increasing
Fertility by Clover Growing-Inoreasing
Fertility by Tillsge."
He said: "In order to increase the
fertility Of the soil we need to put into it
nitrogen, phosphoric acid and potash.
The air is the great s%torehouse for nitro
gen, but the other two elements com 9
from the earth. Eighty per cent. of all
the elements of the air is nitrogen, hence
the importance of getting the nitrogen
from the air. The clover mas the ability
to feed upon and draw the nitrogen from
the air. Clover taxes nitrogen from the
air, and by turning under the clover we
succeeded in putting the nitrogen in the
ground and thus preparing the soil for
cultivation. This is the cheap, practical
way of procuring the best elem emit of the
fertilizer for our crops"