The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1900-01-12


replenishing the supply. Land should how
ever be kept shaded and by good rotation
the same measures will also provide for the
presence of a growing crop on the field In
the winter, which is of very great value In
preventing the washing out of the fertility
careful to make the best possible use of
barnyard manure and should guard against
the waste of 1t. One third of the total fer
| tiliziDg power of all foods is assimilated by
two-thirds of the fertizing power preserved
| for use on your fields in the barnyard man.
| ure. So don't sell pound of hay or straw
| from your farms but turn as large part OF
of manure and draw 1t out on your fields as
fast as 1t is formed; don't allow il to waste
In the barnyard where the rain washes 1t
away. As to artificial fertilizers, be care
full about their use; be sure you know that
you are getting what you pay for and what
your land needs II you invest in them. In
| response to questions p. of. TOwar admit
| ted that bigger crops of oats would follow
fall blowing but thOt that the waste from
the teaching of the soil more than destroyed
the advantage gained. He advocated ro-
tation like the one proposed ~ lrof
Terry, of potatoes, wheat, and Cover lad
4 xuha ba lan ha
ter by growing crop and yet the whole
need be plOwed but once in three years.
| He believes in the least possible or rather
the least frequent possible blowing. The
tons which it aroused were full of interest
| for the farmers as well as all interested in
| the least in farming, and more than one old
farmer about the room who had made a sue
cess at their chosen pro ession could be seen
| to Indicate their approval as much as to say
| that while they had heard something which
they had learned In their own experience,
yet now they saw the true reason for the
unaccountaOle before The address was a
valuable one to all.
Mr.. A. b. Cook who is happy sample
| Of what the Agricultural College can turn
out. when 1t has something good to start
with. and is already proving himself not
| only one of Shia Sassee's very best yourg
| farmers but one OF her most wide awake
| and public spirited ci'iz-n-, came on the
aft. hu atsn and
ceeded to prove to the satisfaction of the
audience, at least, that he is not less of
success as public speaker than as farmer
| or n sheep g'0ver His subject, Our OPP
portnnitie>, Do We Improve Them?" gave
him an opportunity To touch upon many
different phases OF farm lite which he treat
ed under two general heads. touching first
on anything which affects the financial side
on turned his attention to consideration
of the things which go to make life worth
living In a sense of being broadly useful
and truly happy. The talk abOuuded with
applications of good common sense to the
business of farming, while 1t contained q
good sprnkling OF we'll told humorous anec-
does to enliven the whole. The avoidance
of debt, necessity Of keeping ONLY such live
stock rs will pay Its board" in growth IL
nothing else, care OF tools. good book keep
ing to enable correct knowledge of the
cost Of crops to be had-ali these had their
parts 10 the financial side, while the news.
papers, new books. farmers clubs, attend
ance on primaries and the Interesting Of the
boys on the farm, were some of the points
which he well covered later on. Z. d.
Witse and A. L. Chandler discussed the
paper briefly.