The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1899-03-02

An Interesting and Most Successful
Meeting Ofthe TIllers OF the Soil.

The Farmers Institute held In
the Court House at Logan last
week was a success. The attend
ance was good and the lectures
were interesting and full of valuable
information. Each lecture was
discussed in an interesting manner
and much valuable information
offered. On Friday morning the
members OF the Institute were
slow in arriving, probably on ac-
count of the inclement weather,
but all the subsequent sessions
were we'll attended, the hall being
crowded to its limit on Saturday.
John A. Shaw, the president OF
the Institute being absent on ac-
count of sickness, Homer Stiers
was elected president protein, who
presided with Ephriam Shultz as
secretary. The meeting was open
ed with invocation by Brother
Matthias. Following this Prof.
Trumbo read mastery paper on
"Does the Farm Pay" He stated
that while farmer very seldom
becomes millionaire yet by care
ful management the farm may be
made to furnish not only the nec-
essaries of life but many Of the
luxuries. A man cannot take his
riches with him at death and the
only thing it will bring us on earth
is health, rest and comfort. There
fore the farm furnishes all that
man desires. The farmer is sure of
good and wholesome food, and q
chance to bring up his children
with good characters. Not only
does the farm pay in this manner,
but it pays financially. The COM
parison OF the many fine residences
and barns of the farmer of today
compared with those of twenty
years ago shows an increase of
wealth. The farm, however only
pays when the farmer makes an
effort to learn all that he can about
farming and keeps his home clean
and neat. Let the money which is
usually spent on tobacco and beer
be used to buy books and pictures
for the home and let the farmer
study farming as a business and
the farm will surely pay.
Homer l.. Wright in his discss-
ion took a very pessimistic view of
the subject. Although we had
dollar wheat for awhile, this was
caused by Letters deal and since
then wheat has decreased. The
farmers have been grumbling for
several years and surely they must
have some cause. Tomatoes may
pay at dollar a bushel but we
don't get thst for them, as Gamers
pay only Ice per bushel. Here Mr..
Trumbo proved that it pays to raise
tomatoes even at Ice.
In answer to question Mr..
Trumbo said that the best way to
keep bugs off the melon vines is to
run water through barrels OF
manure and sprinkle this on the
plants.
After some excellent music by
the Harden orchestra Mr.. Derthick
gave a valuable talk on the appli.
cation of manure. 1t is best to haul
the manure and spread it every
day as 1t loses most of its good
properties by being piled up all
winter and when spread fresh the
strength is absorbed by the earth.
This method also saves time at
planting season.
Mr.. Homer Stiers commenced
paper on Fungus growth but was
interrupted by the fire alarm and
the meeting was adjourned.
The Institute convened at one
O'Clock with Mr.. Stiers in the chair
and opened with music. Several
ladies attended the afternoon
session which was noticed with
pleasure only one being there in
the morning. Mr.. Stiers resumed
his talk on Fungus growth saying
that all the information he could
offer would be found in Bulletin 79
which could be procured free by
writing to the Ohio Experiment
Station, Wooster Ohio.
Mr.. Trumbo read paper proving
that by use of clover all the farm
products could he sold and the
fertility of the soil kept up. But
although this is possible it Is not
profitable to try it. After u brief
discussion of this subject, Mr.. Der
thick spoke on "Late Cultivation"
He said not to neglect the corn and |
potatoes during wheat harvest, but |
keep the cultivator going. At first
ibis should be deep but after the
plants begin to grow and send out
roots two inches is deep enough.