The Redwood gazette., 1901-06-05
INSTITUTE AT DELHI.
The Speakers Have Subjects Of Immediate
Interest to Farmers.

/ The Speakers Have Subjects Of Immediate
InteresttO Farmers.
A farmers institute was held in
/ Delhi last Friday he conductors
I were Messrs. H W Terry, A. e.
Bush, w TroW and Prof. Johan-
nit, the latter an interestin musical
Feature. The institute was fairly
well attended, sickness IN Delhi
1eutting down the attendance some.
Mr.. Terry opened the meeting.
| He spoke III favor Of cement floors
in stables, saying that they we're q
great deal cheaper + than plank floors,
| land that they would lastsa life time.
They would also save the liquid
manure, Of great impo portance tofarm-
| lers He advised using common
cement, one pail Of cement with two
lof gravel, and after mixing thorough
Ily, moisten and spread it three
Inches thick under horse and CATTLE.
| two inches in alleys, where the
cement could be made of one pail Of
Icement to three Of gravel. The
gravel must be free from soil In
Iorder to meet with success. The.
floor should be laid now aud should
be allowed all summer for setting.
The trenches should also be Of
Icement.
Mr.. TroW recommended corn
| fodder as a substitute for hay He
Thought it was the coming coarse
feed, particularly when from 15H to
20 tons per acre could be raised. Tt
grows better here than in Illinois.
The corn should be planted after
June 1st, each acre to be- given
labout three pecks Of seed Itshould
mot be dragged from the time the
leaf develops until it is two or three
Inches high. The best time to cut
tit is when the lower leaves Of the.
stalk begin to turn yellow. The
shock should be securely tied. Some
Of it should be STACKED standing,
instead of lying down. Is SHOULD
be fed III the open. z Threshing oats
with corn fodder has met with sue
cess.
M L. Johannit sang Z be Grows
are in the Corn & and then NJ r. Bush
after endorsing corn fodder spoke OF
the destruction Of foul weeds. by
|fallowing the ground ii August, GO
ing over it with spading or ordi-
nary harrow later and blowing it in
the spring and then planting itsWith
potatoes between FAY 10Th and 20th,|
land following this seven or eight
times with the drag. He advised
ploWing fields for corn ia the fall,
just before winter sets IN. Mr..
Johannit sang a Potato Bug song,
and then Mr.. Trow spoke Of hay ing.
He advised cutting hay during the
next two or three weeks, when it
lcontains all the essentials Of milk
land fat. riimothy should be cut just
before it is headed out Mr.. Bush
4 followed this with atalk onfruits and
lshade trees, paying Daniel Mckay
4 [ef Delhi a tribute forithe magnlfic
l.grove he has raised on his farm IN
j III years. He advised getting q
4 grove Of shade trees started and
then placing fruit trees ia the cen:
tier, thus giving them good protec-
i i tion, He told the farmers how te
] lean fruit, the steril izatio ion Of a cans,
] never to use the same rubber twice,
land said that vegetables could be
Icanned as well as fruit, except thai
4 peas and corn should be cooked
j longer noon recess followed
4 After dinner NJ II Bush spoke8or
Iroads "a Olms stead county the Worl
was planned il the fall and began
\ as soon after seeding as possible
q One man was hired to run the roat
grading machine for the season, am