The Iola register., 1898-12-23
Farmers, institute

Institute If Allen county began III
wo.days session at the court hous,
in lola at o'clock Friday, Decemb
10. Whib there wac not larg,
crowd present, every one of tn,
twenty-five or thirty who were or
hand Friday was very much in earn
est aud the discussions Of the various
subjects which came up were inter.
estng and Instructive
Mr., J. T. Tredway acted as chair.
man Of the meeting and indicated The
prografSi which it was desired tc
follow.
The first subject which came up
was that of petroleum az "a Lubri-
Gator, Softener aud Disinfectsnt." b"
James Hamm of Humboldt led In
the discussion.
The next subject brought up was
"A Alfalfs," the crop which while old
in the western part of the state is
largely new venture in the eastern
portion. Mr.. j. II. Rowland led of
on this subject and gave his own eX-
perience with the crop, it's advan.
tages aud disadvantages. He said
he cut four tons from an acre of land
this year, and the subject was eager
ly inquired about by those who have
not yet tried that crop. a general
discussion fol owed aud much know.
ledge, interesting and userul, was
disseminated.
"Kaiiir corn" came up next on the
list and the fact that there was an
increased acreage In Allen county
this year and very successful crop
had created u wide interest in it. 1t
was discussed thoroughly aud all it's
many uses and advantages pointed
out.
Mr.. G. j. Norton was moved to
some very appropriate remarks just
before adiOuruing, on the fact that
while the cost of the Institute was
trifling, it Wa+ practically ignored by
the average farmer, None of those
present che first day, aud they were
all husy, successful farmers, but ex.
pressed the feeling that they had re-
ceived much benefit from the meeting
and regretted that more had mot
availed themselves Of the privilege.
On Saturday the Institute met
again at9 O'dlOck, and the entire
morning was taken up in The reading
by {. }. Norton OF very valuable
paper on . Economy in Cutting and
Handling Corn Fodder" aud the
general discussion which followed.
Mr.. Norton thIoughly exhausted the
suhio ct in his mastery manner At
noon the Institute adjourned and ate
dinner with the Horticultural Society
in the q. A. II. hall, and in the after
noon the latter society had charge of
the meetirg AT The court house.
Before the final adjournment sat
urday II was decided to hold an ad-
iourned meeting in Hum boldt ut such
Time in January as will suit the cou-
venience OF the faculty OF the Agric-
ultural College of Manhattan. Two
of the professors have agreed 70 be
present and give the benefit of their
experiences and study.
The program sn far az made up will
be as follows ut that meeting:
Address Of welcome, Mayor Cope.
Response, J. T. Tredwsv.
Catching Rugs," A. II. Brown.
"Good Roads" ;. j. stewart,
diversified Farming" r. :. Ball.
Potato Grow ing,n Robert Shapel.
Berry Culture" Mrs. J. A. Heath.
"How to Keep up the Fertility OF a
FsIm,' J. $. Lyons.
sECoNu DAY.
Number OF Pounds of Grain to
Make Pound of Pork T.. b. Pear
son. "Beaulifying Home" Alice
p. Petit. "Oil Wells of Humboldt" +"
j. w, Hamm. Breeding Horses
and Mules" A. w. Crawford. "Tree
Plsnting," n. w. Crawford.
a committee of reception will en-.
tertaiu all visitors from abroad who
must stay over night in Humboldt.
The exact date of the meeting will be
announced in due time, and large
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