The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-02-02
INTERESTING SESSION OF INsTI-
TUTE At GARFIELD.
Addresses Made by Practical Farm
era and Scientific Investigators,
Covering Topics of Every Day
Importance to Those Present.

freely patronized by the farmers who are
| the guests OF the city. The institute was
| organized at $3.50 with Charles f. whistler
chairman. and George w. Nye, secretary.
The first speaker was DR.. s. B. Nelson,
professor of veterinary science at the
| Washington Agricultural College. who
| spoke at length on the Structure and Care
| OF the Horses Foot" In the lecture DR..
| Nelson Illustrated his talk with the use of
| a number OF specimens OF the feet and leg
bones OF horses and gave much valuable
| advice and information on how and when
to shoe horses, the different diseases OF the
horse and how to prevent and cure them
His lecture was delivered with care and
| precision and was listened to attentively by
| the large audience present, after which he
| devoted nearly half hour to answering
| questions propounded by the farmers pres
| ent These questions concerned the dis
| eases common 10 farm horses and DR.. Nell
son gave many valuable recipes for the pre-
vention or cure OF these
Fruit Tree Culture.
J. A. Balmer, professor Of horticulture at
| the agricultural college was the next
| speaker. He gave valuable information on
| how, when and where to plant fruit trees,
| the manner in which the ground should be
\ prepared. etc. Prof. Balmer urged that the
| land for orchards be thoroughly subsoiled.
declaring that deep blowing will produce
| the best trees and will not dry out so rapid
| ly as shallow blowing.
Prof. Balmer dweit at length on the man
| ner OF pruning trees. urging the retention
OF all the roots possible. but that the limbs
| and trunks should be closely trimmed. He
| told Of experiments made at the college
| farm and experiment station In the plant
| ing and production OF fruit trees and
| other matters of interest to farmers and
| fruit growers. Taken as a whole the lecture
| was well delivered and highly appreciated
| by those present and Prof. Banner was
| asked many questions by farmers present
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Hon C. l.. smith. OF Minnesota, was pres
emit ana deiiveren SURFING ana interesting
aauress on carrying. ne toio OF the carry
wh.at uas ,ha or,,, rrodvct =, the coun-
| try. OF the fight made for diversified farm
| ing and how the farmers opposed II and
| said II would not pay, and how eventually
the chinch bugs ate UP all the wheat
| for ten years and the farmers were forced
| into diversified farming.
He told OF the establishment OF the first
cooperative creamery by Danish colony
OF the difficulties met by the promoters
but the advance OF the dairy and creamery
Industries continued until there are now
over $40 cooperative creameries In Mime
sofa and Minnesota creamery butter took
the first prize at the Worlds fair Mr.
Smith spoke at length and gave statistics
to prove that the state of Minnesota had
been practically redeemed from bankrupt
cy by n change from one crop to diversified
farming. He urged farmers to make the
change from wheat growing to dairying
and diversified farming gradually.
He told OF one county I'm Minnesota I'm
which there are now twenty cooperative
creemeries. which paid In 1899 s5o.oco for
cream alone, but. at the same time, pro-
dueed more wheat. beef cattle, hogs. poul-
try and other farm products than ever In
its history. one industry aiding the other
but said II took nearly ten years 10 COM
pie.e the change. which was made so grad
ually that few realized what a complete
revolution was going on.
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can be carried on advantagcously together
and one aids the other, both being more
profitable than " carried on @eparateiY he
gave some valuable Information and In
siruotive figures az TO MS experience in
farming and breeding pure bred cattle and
hogs.
T. ;. Townsend. OF Portland, who IL en-
gagged In tho manufacture OF butter and
cheese az Astoria and points In the VIII
lamette valley was the next speaker He
talked Of creamery and dairy Industries,
gave some valuable information as 10 the
profits TO he derived from these Industries.
how 90 care FOR dairy COWS the best breed
Of cattle for dairy purposes, etc