The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1897-10-01

| cry, January Bird and 4th; Howard, Jan,
uary 9TH and 9th: Baltimore, January I'll
and St.
| The particular point in each county
where the Institute will be held has not
been decided by Director Amoss, but will
be left largely in the discretion of the To-
cal committees, due regard being had tc
convenience of access and cost, rs it vii
be necessary for the Department to hus
band its resources as much as possible in
order to accomplish the work that must be
done. Should no other selection be made
by the local committees the Institutes will
be held in the county towns and whenever
possible in the court room.
One change from last seasons nsetiod
| will be the giving of more-time, day and
| a half, to each Institute, experience hav-
ing shown that one day is not long enough
/ Under this arrangement the Institutes will
be divided into five sessions, the afternoon
and evening of the first day, and the morn
ing, afternoon and evening of the second
day. The first evening session will be
known as the ladies' session and will be
devoted to topics in which ladies are es
pecially interested. In Southern Mary.
land and the Eastern Shore counties the
first afternoon session will be devoted to
talks on Nature, by MeSsrs. Uyi res and
Powell who will address themselves es
pecially to the children in the audience
1t is expected that these Nature talks
will be particularly pleasing and instruc'
tive to the children and productive OF
great good by interesting them in the
study of nature and her works. The sec,
ond days sessions will be devoted more
strictly to agricultural topics.
Director Amoss has secured for his work
| a number of lecturers of recognized ability
in their several lines, men of practical cX'
pcicncc in the laboratory and on the
farm, and accustomed to the work il
| hand. The results of last years institute
work fully demonstrated the wisdom OF
the Maryland Legislature in establishing
| this Department of the A gricultural Col
| lege for the benefit of the farmers of the
State. That the Institutes are useful
even indispensable to place our farming
| interests on the same level they hold in
other states is not questioned and cacl
year will increase heir power for good.
| The lecturers for this season who have
already been assigned will be as follows
this county, Charles, St. Mary's an(
Calvert counties, President Sylvester OF
the Agricultural College, Messrs. Jane:
E. Rice and s. B. Heiges.
SKETCHES OF THE LECTURERS
james e. Rice was born i'll Illinois il
| 1865 but removed in curly childhood t.
| Washington County, n. y. Having gradu;
ted from the Granville Military Academ,
as gold medalist and captain he entered
| Cornell University in New York and five
! years later graduated with the degree o
B. S. in agriculture.
After graduating, he remained at Cor
nell two years as assistant to Prof.Roberts
He established the poultry department
at Cornell and his lectures on poultry
| were the first ever delivered in an agri
turll college.
| After leaving Cornell, Mr.. Rice establish
| ed himself upon a farm where he is max
ing big success with poultry and small
fruits, putting into practice himself thu
! gospel which he breaches to others.
| L. -. Ir;c ;,;,
and full of information which he has thu
happy gift of imparting to his audience
His specialties are poultry and small fruit
but he is equally at home i'll discussing
the garden, the silo, and other agriculture
subjects.
Samuel B. Hegcs has been for years ;
| well known figure in school and institut,
work and has made himself Il wide ant
enviable reputation in the field of Horti
culture.
He is Il native and resident of York Co.
| Pa, where he has filled many prominen
positions in educational and scientific
circles In 1894 he was appointed Pomo
logist of the L. S. Department. of Agri
culture and held that position until Angus
| 1897, filling it with credit to himself ant
| to the Department. In addition to labor
of more public nature Prof Heiges ha:
| been for twenty five years careful obscr
yer and cXpcrimenter in fruit culture an'
poultry raising, and he is never happie
than when imparting instruction on these
or other topics which have claimed Iii
| special investigation. He is honorary
member Of many scientific and literar,
societies.
II. J. Patterson. chemist and Vice Direc
tor of the Maryland y gricultural Expert
ment Station is graduate Of Penn. STATE
College After graduation he took Il pos
graduate course in that institution an'
served for two years as first assistan
Chemist Of the Pa. Experiment Station
resigning that in 1888 to accept the posi-
ton of chemist in the Maryland
Station.
MIR. Patterson has been identified Will
| the farm all lis life and with experimental
| work since he was thirteen years old
He has been Il frequent contributor Il
the leading agricultural and scientific
papers and has conducted the fertilizer
department of the NaYion,i FMmer fol
several years.
Mr.. Patterson is fellow of the Amer
can Association for the Advancement OF
Science; a member of the Society for the
Promotion of Agricultural Sclencelwhose
membership is limited to 1000; of tho
Society of Chemical Industry London
England1; and of the American Chemical
Society, and was for two years reporter
on Foods and Feeding Stutfs for the