The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-04-01
At An END
Much Interest Manifested in the
Proceedings.
HOW TO KILL THE INSECTS
Professor Wilcox Discusses Those In
furious to Crops-Food Values Dis
cussed by Professor Traphagen.
The Evening Session.

Great Falls, March 31.-The third and
last day of the Farmers and Miners in
stitute gave signs Of increased interest
in the proceedings. 1t has been unfortu-
nate that the weather has been SO Sc
we're or that those who could attend have
been so Nnappreciative of the value of the
daily programme. Any one who does gar
dening or farming could have learned
something in the three days during which
the institute has continued in session
which would nave been of sufficient value
to ave repaid him for the time spent In
listening.
The paper read this morning by Pro-
fessor Z. v. Wilcox on the scabs of po-
tatoes was eminently practical and a sub
ject which is directly applicable to this
county and farmers here. While it dealt
to a greater or less extent In technical
terms, IL was still simple enough for the
most unlearned to understand. Ii was
followed by Miss Ina Craven. the county
superintendent of schools, on the common
schools of Cascade county. In a very
brief manner she outlined the advance of
the schools of this county from their be-
ginning In a district school house at Sun
River years ago, to their present respect
able, and even p~rideworthy state, and
demonstrated the close alliance which
existed between tnc SCnOOl ana sutCess
in every line, farming as well as others.
A discussion on wild oats and another
on hog cholera closed the morning ses-
sion Of the institute.
The afternoon session was opened by
Professor Wilcox with a discussion of in
furious insects. which he classified as
those which might be killed through eat
ing poison and those which were killed
by the application to the plant on which
they fed of a wash which acted upon the
insect externally and killed IL either
through corrosive action or by irrita-
ton. He then gave formulate for the use
of paris green for the destruction of the
cabbage worm and the potato beetle, and
stated as an absolute fact that no evil
results could follow the eating OF vegeta-
bles so sprayed. In support of this posi-
tion he quoted a number of experiments
which had been made. He also gave for
mulae for the preparation OF tobacco
washes and kerosene emulsion to be used
i'm exterminat ting insects which could not
be poisoned with paris green. As to the
destruction of the wire and cut worm ne
believed that while heavy rolling might
prevent their becoming too prevalent. the
only sure determination was by rotation
of crops. Which took their food from them
and literally starved them out. In the
course of his lecture he said that the
United States was more subject to insect
DldkutS tndH II oo Af So
reason that here vast tracts of land were
planted year after year to the same crop
and the insect which fed on that crop
had every opportunity to multiply with
abundance of food around them.
Food values was the topic on which
Professor Frank w. Traphagen dis
coursed. 1t was a chemical study of the
different values of foods from the chem
lists standpoint. and was illustrated by
charts and held the attention of the audi
ence. Everything was stated in the SIM
plest terms and a class of m
school boys might easily have understood
the whole lecture. The argument tended
toward urging the audience to a greater
use Of leguminous feed. As many OF
those present were New E~nglanders, or
the descendants of New Englanders, it
needed no scientific demonstration to
prejudice them in favor of beans. Accord
ing to the illustrations on the charts,
peas, beans and cheese were the foods
richest in protein, the muscie-making
substance, and also in the carbo-hy-
drates, which furnish in their combustion
the heat of the body.
Miss Lila Harkins followed very aptly
in Professor Traphagen's wake, and gave
some suggestions in the novel and appe-
tizing uses of these foods. She advocated
their use In soups and advocated the freer
use of soup In the diet.
A question from the audience brought
out a long discussion on timothy as a hay
grass. and its course Professor Emery
stated very alphabetically that he had but
little faith in that grass as a food. The
session then dropped into a general dis
cussion of the question whether a fair
should be held next fall. 1t seemed to be
the consensus of opinion that a fair
should be held, but that it should be de-
void, so far as possible, of all racing fea-
lures. as these entailed too large a guar
antee fund.
The farmers institute closed this even
ing after its three days session, and II
was a very nice audience which faced the
sneakers chair tonight. Like all Of the
preceding exercises. the programme was
interesting and instructive. Miss Harkins
read q paper on Economy
which reinforced her remarks of this ar
ternoon on leguminous foods, and un'
doubleday caused some of the housekeep
ers present this evening to open theil
eyes.
She was followed by Professor Emery
who gave a talk descriptive of the STATE
agricultural college. its buildings, it'
purposes and its methods. He spoke ol
the needs of the institution and the nope
which ne entertained for its future great
ness. and ended his remarks with a cor
dial invitation to the youth of Cascad'
county to come over to Bozeman and at
tend the college.
Paris Gibson then spoke Of his trip L
the college and the impression which
had made upon him. Professor Traphagei
also described the work which is beini
done In his department, the chemical, AM
then the institute closed with many ex
preesions of good will on the part OF bot
citizens and instructors.