Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1899-10-06
Farmers Institute at Mendon.

don september 90 ana coDtlnueu IN
session two days. B. P. Chapman
acted as chairman, Nathan Clair as
secretary of the meeting and Adam
Gehrig as secretary of exhibits. E.
S. Osgood, mayor of the town deiiv,r
ed an address of welcome clothed in
welI-chosen language, Col G. w.
Waters responded to the address of
welcome. after which he began to
discuss leguminous plants. their bene-
fit to the soil. and value as food for
stock. He gave special attention to
the cow-pea and soy-bean; said that
these two plants were OF great bene-
fit to poor soils Oh which clover would
net readily catch. He cautioned
those who grow these plants to let
them cure well before stacking, and
even though considerably damaged
BY rain, stock will eat them with relish.
D. o. Hibler, who was present and
has raised cow-Peas for the past four
years. thought the colonel did not
over value this plant.
At the night session Mr.. MCClana-
han. civil engineer. gave a very
practical lecture on good roads and
road drainage, showing how to make
the best use of the material at hand.
At the morning session of the Sec
ond days meeting Hon. N. F. Murray
OF Holt county was introduced and
gave very interesting talk on Home,
Orchard and Garden" Among many
good things he recommended was
great care in the selection of proper
varieties for home use; cautioned per-
sons to be careful with whom they
dealt, and recommended buying from
home nurseries when practicable.
He showed the great benefit to be
derived by having poultry in the
orchard as they destroy many inju-
rious insects, and said that this might
we'll take the place of spraying IN
many Instances recommended the
growing Of gd5af{sous 1sats~to be
pIowed Apder,( (aftEr paaatdTing, to en-
rich the orGbarfssnd said that under
prunipgs was better than to prune too
much.
He was followed by Or. J. L.
Minton, also of Holt county, who
spoke on the subject c; Corn Cul-
ture" The doctor is a strong advo-
cate of listing, but it should be re-
membered that he comes from
county where the. soil is deep and
porous, the condition for listing beng
much more favorable than here.
At the afternoon session S. H.
Linton. a well-informed nurseryman
OF Marceline, discussed the subject of
Fall VS.. spring planting of fruit. trees"
Mr.. Linton Is rather favorable 10 fall
planting because of the more favor
able coaAnon OF the ground at this
time of year and the longer Pc
riod Of 1tne in which work can be
done to advaetage. However he
cautioned those Who plant in the fall
to pile heap of ground around the
sWee to the height of about one foot.
DR.. ]. L. Minton then proceeded to
discuss the subject of Cattle Feed
ing" giving many valuable points in
regard to the selection and care Of
feeding cattle.
As the secretary was not present at
the night session of the last day he
cannot make a report.
The merchants of Mendon together
with others in Mendon and vicinity,
offered premiums for the best exhibits
of fruits, pumpkins, corn, and live
stock. This feature OF the institute
was a success in every particular, and
those who carried off prizes were as
follows:
Best oats. .........J. F. HOstetter
Longest corn. n.........Jo John Bridger
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