Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1898-01-26
F0OD-FURNlSHING FARMERS.

Last Weeks Institute Was Very Well
Attended, and Some Excellent Points
Brought Out in Dairying, Farming and
Fruit Growing, as Well as Animal yu-
dustrv.
The institute opened with fair at
tendance. f F. Merrell gave talk on
Fertility" Mr.. Merrell is very plain
and forcible speaker Conductor Geo.
@ Hi Nout Rotation OF Crops"
Nothing part. olarly new was ad anced.
At the afternoon session F. w. Alex
ander read a paper on "The care of an
orchard" He always received the best
trees from the east or south; did not
believe in mulching a young orchard or
u watering the trees after being set
ous, as cultivation answered for both.
He mas trees purchased of I'll. Trow-
bridge that have had five years growth
and ere now five inches in diameter, the
best tree being the acknowledgements
ing, very healthy and thrifty grower
end free from blight. Some other trees
blightsd to death. John Stevenson
thought that trees should be mulched,
especially when they are first set out
Geo q Hill claimed thst by mulching
trees the fine roots grew to the top Of
the groun J, ard when the mulch YVES
removed it would hurt the tree. He
did not believe in protecting trees from
mice and rabbits by the use of tar paper,
as be had known many trees to be
killed by such protection. Dairy
Cows" by f. Ell Merrell, was about the
most interesting talk of the session
The diagram 81 q perfect dairy COW was
a fine one, and Mr. NJ srrell thoroughly
understood the subj 81. He did not be-
ieve in the-GssSertt purpose COW; he
used coed - -. .arova there
could not bsS %. The writer hrmly
believes Chat teaching has cost the far
mers of Vernon county many thousand
dollars. 1t is all right for dairyman
to advocate a special purpose COW fer
the dairy, but not one farmer in hun
dred are following dairying as bust
Less. If We find a COW of any breed
that will give us good mess of mi k
for ten months. also good calf that at
year old will weigh 600 pounds, We
are satisfied. The general farmer needs
milk and butter for family use. Some
times we may have surplus of butter,
which being made with the family but
er can be sold very low acd not at a
loss, as it would be il KEEP. a special
dairy COW. "Grain Growing" by G. @
Hill, called forth some questions show
ing that some of us would like to raise
grain yet
The evening session was presided
over by DR.. Porter The court room
was fiiled to it's seating capacity. The
program took literary turn and was
very inter, sting. Several selections OF
music were given by high-scbeol stu
dents, Rotations by Misses Bait and
Barney, and an entertaining and in
structive paper on trip to the P,ris
Exposition in 1900 b. Miss Lucy
Dawson.
Wednesday mornitg opened with a
talk on clover, by deo @ Hill, who ad
vanced no new ideas Glover is not
perfect fertilizer by itself, there must
be manure spread upon the clover fields
to enrich the ground as it should be
The Care of Mix, by DR.. G. V, P rter,
was about as interesting paper as was
presented. He advises all farmers to
be cleanly; keep the cows clean. the
milk cans clean, all utensils clean. and
keep c.ean themselves. Many eonta
gious diseas, > are caused by impure
milk. George McKerrow's talk on sheep
was an excellent one for the sheep men
"Fruite," by G J. Kellogg, closed thu
morning program Mr.. Kellogg is a
pleasing speaker. He illustrated the
trimming Of apple trees; also Instructed
all those wishing to earn 10 the secrets
of grating. A milk test. in the afternoon,
elected as much attention as anything
a. the institute. Several lots of milk
was tested with Bobcoek tester Th4re
seemed to be no remarkable amount OF
butter fat in any of the supplies fur
nished. THE Horse," by Ajax Gal
braith, was we'll handled, and was a
very instructive lecture. Feeds and
Feeding" by Superintendent McKer
row, closed the ms citing.