Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1900-11-24
Farmers Institute Mt Acconac a. II.

Farmers Institute at AecOniac a. III
The Farmers Institute at Acco
mac @. H., last Monday, was attend
ed by many of the most intelligent
and progressive farmers of the conn
ty and success not only IN numbers
but In the interest manifested by
those present.
The exercises were opened with an
address by Mr. Koiner, Commissioner
of Agriculture of Virginia, on fertili-
zers, their manufacture, sale, use and
abuse of them. He said, that OF the
$4,000, 900 spent annually by the PEG
pie of Virginia for 10 years or more
and until recently, they had been
defrauded out of a fourth of the
amount because of ingredients they
contained of no value, and that their
losses had been further augmented
by the fact, that many of the fertili-
zars were not adapted to the soil on
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last session OF the Legislature, in
pection and analysis OF every brand
had been required, which prevented
any farmer from being imposed upon,
who looked after his interests In the
matter as he should, and that as a
means OF protection bulletins were
being cent out by the Board of Asri-
culture to all who asked for them,
giving analysis OF fertilizers, show
ing their value &C., and that il 10
per cent in value below analysis the
farmer need not pay for them. 1t
was the duty of every farmer, he
further stated. to see that the fertili-
ger used by him was registered as
the law requires. The law passed
by the last Legislature, imposing n
tax of Is cents per ton on fertilizers
was especially commended by him
as one of the best ever enacted but
did not go far enough. Twenty five
cents ton was needed, to enable
Board of Agriculture to hold more
Institutes and to have the soil of
every farm analysed in the State, so
that the farmers could economic in
fertilizers, by using tn ose only adapt
ed to their soils.
The address of Mr.. Koiner was es-
pecially interesting in the advice
given the farmers in preparing their
soil, protecting it by cultivating it at
the proper time and enriching it by
sowing peas and grasses, and those
from which under certain conditions
the best results could be expected.
Mr.. Koiner was followed by Mr..
Barber, of Harrisburg, Pa, with an
illustrated lecture on the subject of
dairying generally, and the farmers
showed by the numerous questions
propounded to him their interest in
the subject.
He discussed the different kinds of
feeds, viz: corn silage, clover hay,
Timothy hay, corn, oats, peas, wheat
bran and others, the value of each
and those from which the best results
could be obtain ed, and the combina
tions essential to best results, that of
those used by our farmers, Timothy
hay was the poo rest in results and
bran the best, but that frequent
changes in feed were necessary and
that very little corn ought to be used
except when combined with some
thing else.
The good points in COW and the
way Of feeding them, so as to make
them most valuable both in the quail
ity and quantity of their milk and
butter, was discussed at length by
him aud in way especially satisfac-
tory to his audience.
The lecture of Prof. Heigis too on
fruit was especially interesting
from the fact, that, he stated, that
the Eastern Shore was admirably
adapted to the growth of many kinds
of apples and there was no reason
why every apple needed on the East
ern Shore should not be grown here.
In the list which could be grown sue
cessfully by us he nam ed the follow
Ing: Eary Harvest, Fallowalder,
Winesap, Rails Genet, Mammoth
Black Twig and York Imperial. Pear
culture was also discussed by him
and the names of many varieties
given which could be grown success,
fully, viz; Keifer, LIE Compte, Ouch
ess de Anglohe and Seckel and the
way OF protecting them from blight.
by spraying them with sulphate of
copper at the time of the dropping
of the blossoms and later with the
Bordeaux mixture, composed of lime
and sulphate of copper.
The exercises closed by Mr.. Koiner
thanking the farmers for their atten
ton and promising them another In
stitute with session of two days as
soon as the Board Of Agriculture
could afford it.