The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-01-21
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CHANGERS INTERESTED
The Farmers Institute Mt Waseca
Very Successful


Waseca is the center of an. exceIJent
country. 1t has good, solid farmers Of
the progressive type all around it, and
they turned out in splendid force to the
FARMERS institute. Nowhere this year
nave the topics discussed upon the
PLATFORM evoked a warmer interest,
and in no other place have more INTEL
ngent questions been put
Hog cholera has put in its deadly
work here also, and not a few of the
farmers are looking in the direction
OF 1attening sheep as a substitute for
the swine which they have been ae-
customed to grow. VIM 4. Henderson.
OF Waseca, was at this institute. Mr.
Henderson has fattened sheen for
many years. In fact, he has grown
wealthy while thus engaged. Mr.. Hen
defson suSta1ns the view advocated by
Prof. Shaw, Of bringing sheep In from
the ranges and feeding them. not al
the STOCK yards, but ON our farms. He
Is Of the opinion that range sheep are
even harder than those home grown,
and that in consequence there is even
less risk from feeding them. Mr.. Hen
derson thinks it simply too bad that
Minnesota farmers are not doing their
share Of the work
The evening meeting on Monday, the
18th, was quite feature of the insti-
tute. 1t was attended very largely by
NONA OANAAC4lo o1IlQ 1d11HeES. AT THIS
meeting Mr.. Cults lectured on his ia
Vor1te theme Of strawberry culture.
ordinarily but one crop is obtained
from bed of the plants, but they
could be so managed as to obtain threa
crops. This could be done by mowiue,
the plants and then putting a torch to
them AIS they lay strewn over the
ground. The fire would thus burn over
the ground and turn everything above
the surface into ashes. Through this
burned surface the young plants would
come up fresh and strong
Mrs. TielsOn spoke of fowls. She
dWelt upon the shapes necessary to
successful egg production. She pointed
out the peculiarities of comb belonging
to the different types, and comnared
several OF the more prominent of the
breeds both in regard to caDacity Ia
produce eggs and flesh.
Mr.. Hoverstadt described the quail
tiles of good horse. He should have
good width between the eyes. His eye
body should be good. His breast
strong, his flank deep. his limbs good
and sound. Mr.. Hoverstadt went mi
nutely into the points of the horse.
w. Y. Carlyle, when speaking on dali
ry1ng, explained why, in his Judgment.
Minnesota could make better butter
than other states Some persons
acter of the clover used. Others claimed
that it was the result Of using a partic-
ular kind of butter color. The true
reason was the fine quality Of our
grasses and the purity of our air and
water. He observed the great impor-
lance Of drawing milk from the COW
in a Clearly form. He was severe on
those who kept COWS in authenticated
stables, who allowed them to go with
filth clinging to them, and who wetted
the teats with the cows own milk
when Withdrawing the same. Water
should not be offered to COW which
was not fit for a human being. The
cooking lessons given by Miss Thomp-
son are greatly relished, and no part of
the same is more appreciated than that
which relates to bread-making