Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1898-01-21
Farmer Institute

In attendance. Tie meeting was IN
der the direction OF j. H. Brown o
, Climax, under the auspices OF TN
Sumner and Seville Farmers clubs
and was held in the NJ. f. church.
The following is a brief synopsis .
, the meeting and Mr.. BtoWn's scconc
topic, our not being able 10 attend
the forenoon session maxim" il impOs
siblc 10 give ANYTHING on his first pa
pee
The meeting was clllcl . order b,
We. Mallory. follovcd with song
b 'le choir and PRAYER by Mr.
Moody and another song hy the choir
'hc president then introduced tho
, .polbcr. J. II. brown. who gave Il
short address ON Farm Sanitations
an stock sanitary Laws" which
was followed bl IA discussion OF the
subject.
The choir sang another song and
the meeting then adjourned tor dim
ncr which was served III the Il. q. r.
NJ. hall in the form of "A picnic dinner.
Thi> part of the program, at least was
he 'rtily enjoyed byaIl.
After dinner was over the meeting
was again called to order in the
church. the choir rendering music for
the opening.
10th IN Allen of Emerson. YVES UNI
able to be present bul his part on the
program was ably filled bv VIM.
Ching OF Emerson, who spoke on mt
ter- OF general farm interest, which
was followed by Hon. SIIas
Moody of Forest Hin, VINO took for
his subject TN" topic of"Wool.". Mr.
Moody claimed that sheep farming
was profit ibic under the existing con-
dition~, if the business was conducted
the same aS any other aud the sheep
were properly erred for. lie used
FIR Illustrating his remarks. samples
OF wool from he Eastern. Middle ! Il
Western states; also from New X,a-
land and Australia. i'm the din rem,
grade, and uu1a>hcd. FolloNmo hi,
rcEorks. questions were asked, which
Mr.. MOODY answered with his ever
ready knowledge OF the facts.
The neNt ON The program was a pa
pea ON Farm Ddrylng." which j. II
Brown presented. Mr.. Brown said |
IN part: "Aim not only 10 make dairy
farming profitable, but, for the aver
age farmer, mixed husbandrv as well.
Utilize the small articles the same
as The large corporations do in the
manufacturing world, and cited how
The manufacturers of Oleomargarine
hOOfs of animals in the manu- facture
Of their products, one firm going so
far as to use every part of the pig ex-
cept the squcal and are now figuring
how TO store up this waste of energy.
Raise your own cows; do not depend
upon your nei9 hbOr who will always
sell you his poorest cow when YOU
wish to buy. Then again. practice
wedding out the poorest cows and
keeping only the good ones: breed up
to good pedigrees, and look after this
n particular, even if you only keep
A L., L
he more perfect, the better the re-
ults. DO not tie up or fasten by the
read so rs to torture. nor let The COW be
hased by dogs, drink lee cold water,
II drive long distances to and from
he pasture, but do everything 10 give
Ter perfect COW comfort, as everything
hat de .racts from the comfort Of the
ow detracts from the profits. lie
ave as the reason for much butter
made by the farmer not being fl to
at, that the milk and cream were not T
taken care of, nor the butter
churned. Those that do
make good butter should sell to pri- I
ate customers and not the merchant, r
or the merchant mixes it with the =
oOr butter and all is spoiled.
lie stated that he was in favor of
utter inspector and the enforcement
{ the laws in regard to the sale of the u
article" Mr.. Brown G
losed his talk by saying that profit G
bic farm dairying could only be car. NJ
led on by following this plan: "seeing =
hat the cow had perfect environment,
'eding the proper food. never letting
er drink ice cold water, taking prop p,
+ care of the milk and cream, and ia
larketing the butter to private GUS q
)mers. vi
Several questions were asked Mr.. cl
rown, all of which he answered Pl