Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1900-02-03
FARMERS INSTITUTE.
A Successful Meeting Held 10 Ciarkston-
About 100 Farmers in Attendance.


Yesterday and today the farmers and
fruit men of Asotiu cou:ty have been |
gathered at Charleston, where successful |
farmers institute was held. Professors
Balmer, Doan, Hunter and Elliott of the
Washington Agricultural College and MIR. |
Smith a Minnesota dairyman, were the
nounced.
The assembled farmers organized them
selves into an institute Friday morning,
with Geo w. X. Peaslee as chairman AMI
+. Dole hs secretary, Prof Balmer
began the work of the session with talk
OH Cherries" lie Il scussed the charac-
ter and habit of the tree and took up the
,, general classification He said in part
that cherries were mainly classified as
sweet and sour cherries. The growth and
habit of the tree of each of these kinds is
characteristic and easily recognized The
sweet cherries have the greatest CONNER
cial value. These are Of four families,
and the Bigarreau type is the best ship
per. The meat is firuer and the proper
ton of flesh to pit is larger than i'll any
other kind. OF the Bigarreau cherry the
Bling is easily the choice. The Hearts,
another of the sweet cherry kind, is the
best cherry for the local markets. The
sour cherries are divided into the Morellos
and the kentish the difference being
mainly in the color of the juice. The
Kentish cherries have stainless juice,
and the others a dark juice with more
acidity. Ofthe sour cherries the Ostheimet
is easily first. AS canning cherry ii has
no equal.
Prof. Balmer recommended the cult
walton of the Ostheimer and other prime
sour cherries for the purpose of canning
and preserving them. He thought there
was growing demand for canned cher
=, ries at prices that would insure good com
mercial profit. His ideas of pruning th'
cherry were summed up in the maxim
Don't pruue the cherry This led Il
an extended discussion among the frui
men present, in which it was made plair
that pruning incites a wood growth an
often starts gumosis about the wounds
which is condition fatal to the life G
the tree.
l.. A. Porter took half hour of yestel
II days program to give practical talk o
l. packing and shipping fruits. His conclr
o sions, derived from years experience
2 were valuable to the fruit grower.
= Mr.. Smith, practical farmer all
dairyman from Minnesota, talked Frida
= afternoon. The main idea presented vi
" the value of mixing brains with muscle
the work Of making farming success
The farmer who thinks first about Il
home and next about the dollar is Il
:; farmer who has taken the true measu
Of life. The farmer who lives out of q
r. garden and the cellar instead of out
.; the country store not only gets more col
=. fort out of life but has struck on the ST
a, ccssful plan of making farming prof
able.
ter Mr.. Smith has been sent west Ivy I
of O. r. & n. to talk dairyiug TO the Wa'
re- ington farmers HIS observations {
ole keen. lie cited the fact that three c
la. loads of eggs had been shipped into {
res fax this winter, and observed that ,h'
nd was something the matter either with
pn- Washington hen or the Washngt
,ed farmer. He has observed the same &C
lds ditions in fruit shipments. Damned fru
op- by the carloads were being shipped II
the a country famous for its fruit cror
in. country where he understood tons
the fruit wasted each season for lack OF III
,ge. ket He closed with the remark that
ows farmer could best succeed If he mi'
brains with his business. The farmer v
the laid awake nights thinkieg was
Dur farmer that in the end would take
.my easy.