Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1898-11-24
FIRST DAY, Nov. is.

The annual Farmers Institute, under
the auspices of the Gloucester County
Board OF Agriculture, opened last Wednes-
day morning with large attendance
Seated on the stage and through the
audience were Theodore Brown, John G..
Whitall, William Fl. Hoffman, Elmer
Bradshaw, Aaron Borton. Asa Gardiner, e
F. Lippincott, David 7. Brown, Charles w.
Knight, Howard Hendrickson, George w.
F. Gaunt and John Repp.
There was an excellent display OF prod
ucts of the farm, among the exhibitors
being Jonathan Iredell, Edward Gaunt, D
w. Sithens. B. D. Kille, Joseph Chatham,
B. F. Rulon, John Whitall, Elmer Brad
shaw, Mrs. Anne E. Borton. Mrs Beulah
Gardiner, and Martha Heritage.
President w. FL. Hoffman welcomed the
visitors and then turned the meeting over
to Secretary Dye, of the State Board of
Agriculture. Mr.. Dye stated that all the
institutes he had visited this Fall were
we'll attended and this surely showed
increased interest in the movement.
T. B Terry, Esq, of Ohio, followed with
talk on " Cloverand Tillage-Important
Factors in Increasing Fertility Mr..
Terry began farm life in his State several
years ago, and, as he stated, he and his
wife lived on hope and on the small pota
toes that were not salable. He had dis
couragements, but now, according to his
own words, he is making money 80 rapidly
that he couldn't sleep. He had built a
new home and sold his old one for $40.
All this change he attributed to careful
tiIlage. He keeps the ground in use all
the time.
On the subj .ct of " The Bright Side of
Farm Life" Mrs. C. Adella Leap drew a
comparison between city life and that on
the farm, but everywhere where there is a
home it should be a paradise. " Ia our
hurry to get along" she said, I'VE are apt
to overlook this. As rule, in the cities,
after days work, the husband and father
spends the evening away from the fireside,
and the bright side Of farm life is that the
average man will spend the time with his
family
George L GilliDgham, lecturer of the
New jersey State Grange, spoke on De-
yeopment of the Dairy Cow Rearing the
Calf" His talk was more on the latter,
and he said many were spoiled by feed
that is, they were fed with a view to
making them look fine, but they should be
fed to develop muscle
Following this was an address on The
Dairy Cow, Her Food and Care" by Hon
F. E. Dawley, Of the New York State
Grange.
James E. Rice, Institute Conductor, Of
New York, gave very interesting talk
on the Cost and Nutritive Value OF Diff
ferent Foods" He congratulated the
| farmers on having something that many
milionaires could nut boast of, aud that
is the best appetites Of any class of human
beings; and further, they are able to grow
just what they want. He said there were
three essentials 10 food-minerai, blood
and muscle-and fat for heat. He had
charts to illustrate all the points brought
out, and by these he proved that cheese
was the richest product of the farm. Eggs
were also rich, and he could not see why
the farmer would sell these as low as 1O
and IL cents per dozen, then 90 to the
butchers and buy meat that cost three
times as much in proportion. One of the
elements in food is the cooking, and follow.
| ing this address, was one by Mrs. Emma G.
Sickels, of Washington, D. c., who spoke
on the Effects of Different Food Combine.
tions.0 She said statistics show that the
cooks Of the United States throw away
more food annually than would feed the
| French nation.
Miss Mabel Eachus, of Mantua, at the
evening session, read on excellent paper
on THE Ideal Home on the Farm" which
follows the institute proceedings.
7. B. Terry, of the Practical Farmer
gave his lecture in the evening on the
wife's share. In it was a new matrimo
NAL platform, founded on simple justice
and equal rights for husband and wife
The Grange choir furnished excellent
music, and the farmers wives furnished
meals to all visitors.