The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1898-08-19
State Farmers Institute.

The Maryland State Farmers Institute
will be held at the Maryland A Agriculture
College. August a. %, and 26. The
Farmers Institute originated in the W est
am its object is to give an opportunity t'
| all farmers of the state which it embraces
to meet in council to become better
| acquainted and to exchange notes on eX
perience of the past season. Mr.. William
l.. Amoss, director of the department OF
farmers Institutes, College Park. says
that the roundup institute, to be held at
the Agricultural College, will be some
what different from the Western round
up institute, as 1t is intended to show the
men and methods employed by the state
and national governments in behalf of the
agricultural interests This is new and
novel for Maryland.
Farming" said MIR. Amoss yesterday,
''is business requiring all the knowledge
of the most learned. To say that any man
clare that the speaker is ignorant of the
first principles of agriculture. 1t is my
hope that our program will brush the mist
from some eyes and bring the laboratory
nearer to the farm, SO that the farmer can
see over the portal, and realize that he
who has never held the handles of the
pillow has yet obtained facts by Il shorter
method, which some one of the many
branches of agriculture can use with
profit
The following program has been al
nounced:
Wednesday, August 24-P M-Two
o'clock, music by wilma Band 2:3O, a
word of welcome, by the Governor of
Maryland; music, The Star-Spangl
Banner" Three o'clock, "Our Agricul-
tural Colleges as Factors in Agricultural
Development" Captain r. W. Sylvester,
president Of the Maryland Agricultural
College; music, My Maryland" Three
thirty, inspection of college premises
first inspection of mechanical department
Professor II. Gwinner in charge; second
Inspection of chemical department, DR..
II. B. Mcdonnell, in charge; third inspec
ton of the barn and implements, DR.. S.
$. Buckley in charge; fourth, inspection
of poultry, incubators, breeders, apiary
Professor, c. H. Lake in charge; fifth in
spection of college greenhouse, garden
and grounds, Professor James S. Robin
son in charge. From six to seven thirty
supper.
Evening-Seven thirty, music by band.
Eight, "Our roads, Il lecture assisted by
tereoptison, by member of the United
States Office of Road Inquiry: music, by
wilma Band.
Thursday, August 5-Morning- From
seven to eight-thirty O'Clock, breakfast.
Nine, music by the band. Ten, Purpose
Patterson. Ten-thirty, inspection of eX-
pertinent station premises. From twelve
to one-thirty, dinner.
Aforementioned thirty, music by band.
Two, address by Hon. James Wilson, sec
rotary of agriculture, I. S A. Two-thir
ty, Farmer and the State, Professor II.
H. Alvey, vice-president of the Maryland
A Agricultural College. Three, "Cultiva-
ton of the SOIL" Professor w. T. l.. Tai
iaferro. Three-thirty, Fruit Industry of
Maryland" Professor ]. S. Robinson,
Four, Inside Working of the Depart
ment of Agricultural, Washington" by
George William Hall, United States de-
partment editor Four thirty, Farmers
Institutes for 1S9S-99, Director William
L. Amoss. Five, recess. From six to
seven-thirty, supper.
Evening.-Seven-t thirty, concert by the
Cornet Band. Eight o'clock, entertain
ment to be announced: music, by wilma
Band; discussion after each address, if
desired; question box always open.
Friday, August 25-Morning-From
seven to eight-thirty O'Clock, breakfast.
Eight, music by the band. Nine fifty-two
Baltimore and Ohio train from college to
Washington. Ten-thirty, call on Secre-
tary of Agriculture; inspection of United
States Department of Agriculture.
A new and novel feature will be the
women's section of the state roundup
Farmers Institute, which will be held ON
the afternoon of August %. Mrs. John
T. Graham, president of the Mount Was
ington Lend-a Hand Club, will preside.