The Lamar register., 1900-03-14
Farmers institute.

lUhitHiil ~ IL lglIAh Jdlltu Tie
meeting to order at 2 o'clock in the
afternoon. The singing of America.
by the quartette followed, aud then
Judge T. C, Novels delivered the
opening address in his usual happy
vein.
Prof Carpsuter began his talk on
Irrigation" by saying he had in the
Arkansas valley his first opportunity
TO watch an irrigation enterprise from
its incipiency to full development,
and the full reclamation of the land.
He gave general outline of the laws
on irrigation and the duties OF water
commissioners. superintendent and
tho state engineer He explained
the four different class OF water rights,
and told of the easiest known meth
DDS OF measuring water in large or
small bitches, aud showed that while
the two systems of weir measurement
were in general use in the northern
part of the state the automatic ma.
chine WIS best in the Arkansas valley
owing to the sediment here, He said
plant requires 800 pounds of water to
apound of plant as ordinarily applied
in Colorado, whore many irrigators
simply run the water around the land
aud then go fishing until the crop
is maturing.
j, K Stephenson was the next on
program and handled his subject
Identifying tho Home" in manner
that showed thorough study of The
subject. He especially drew atten.
tion to tho fact thai wallis added
much TO the appearance OF the honic
and cost nothing bat labor, no cash
outlay a, all being required He al
80 advised the planting of more trees
and a larger uss Of shrubs.
Prot Cooke next took up the sub
jet OF "Sagsr Bcsss" aud was atten-
lively listened TO by oil, especially
those who had contracted 10 raise
bss,s He adyised early planting as
giving a better stand. although they
produec bat little more sugar than
the later ones. The trouble with late
planting is on account Of danger of
loss by evaporation OF moisture OF
soil Early planting gave you more
time TO produce them, and he advised
planting about April 10, and to Try
to make three plansings about one
week apart. He said the hardes. par.
OF the whole thing was 10 get stand,
IL yon gr; thHt il IS your own fault II
you don, raise Il crop; and 10 most
Instances il IS your fault il you fail
20 yet stand Sugar beeis require
great deal moro moisture than any
oihcr crop. the conditions requiring
mois: soil from the time the seed j.
planted until il Is up above the
ground, They must he germina,ed
with ditch water irregardless OF rain,
and he advocated furrOwing n, time
CT sesiing by plows attached to seed
er whieh enables YOU TO irrigaie with-
on; disturbing the row. The beets
should grow no. over $ inches apart,
crowding produces sugar. The same
care which increases the tonnage
giyrs larger per cent OF sugar. As
to the feeding OF the pulp to farm
stock, he said ii would be best for
sheep, milch cows, old beef stock,
and young stock ia the order named.
The cheapest form to preserve would
be by treneh in ground. II would
be best TO feed enrly aud late, 0cto
ber, November, December, and March,
April and May. The feeding OF the
tops is not success As they cop,ain
too much Alkiline matter The feed
Jog Of those by products would, he
claimed, add greatly to the yalue of
the stock feeding Industry OF the Ar
kansas valley. He was asked how
far it wonld be profitable to haul the
pulp, and answered that q to 81
tons Of pulp was equal to one ton of
hay, and this is the basis to figure
from Pulp is rich in heat produc
ing food, and alfalfa in flesh produc-
ing food.
Next came pleasing selection by
the quartette .'God knows what you'll
do before You die" f. G Gordon
then read a paper on ''wheat Culture"
aud it was one OF the most interest
lug, coming as it did from one OF our