The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1901-12-14
ADDITIONAL LOCAL.
SPECIAL FARMERS, INSTITUTE.
AT westminster, Friday, December 2o--The
Lecturers and Their Subjects.
DEPARrNrNr FARMERS INSTITUTE,

DEPARTMENT FARMERS INSTITUTE,
MARYLAND AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE,
MEssRs. EDIToRs
AT the State Fairs. Agricultural Colleges
and Experiment Stations and on many farms
in the north and north west, including Cana
da, the PAM American and its Live Stock Ex-
position, | have met many men and women
who are recognized authorities and leaders in
their lines as educators, importers, exhibitors,
expert Judges, breeders and feeders. whose
acquaintance will be an enduring resource
shall always cherish. That my friends, the
Institute patrons, may share the privilege with
me, have thought it possible, where the
work of our Department is appreciated, and
we are sufficiently encouraged and supported,
to give a Special Institute, before thelegular
Institute season, where two or three Of those
we'll known men or women could be invited
to meet our farmers. With this thought in
mind, have asked several of those | have
met, if we arrange such meeting as mention
ed, where a visit can be made pleasant and
profitable, in better understanding of Mary
land, would they accept an invitation TO ltY
Without an exception we received favorable
replies, with a complimentary expression
showing an interest in our State and the hos
pitabe habits of its people.
Though the thought came late TO offer this
four, (who, when our patrons meet them,
they will long remember) to attend Special
Institute, one on the Eastern Shore, at Eas-
ton, Talbot county, December 18th; one, ac-
cessible to all patrons, at Towson, Baltimore
county, December 18th, aud one for Western
Maryland, AT WESTMINSTER, DECEM-
Der 10th. The first and last will have an
evening session.
Our invited guests will be Col. Jos. ID.
Brigham, Assistant Secretary of Agriculture
at Washington, subject, s'The United States
Department of Agriculture and our Foreign
Markets."
Mr.. l.. II. Kerrick, Bloomington, H., the
Champion Baby Beef Feeder, who in 1899 and
also in 1900 took the first prize on carload
Of cattle at the Chicago International Live
Stock Expositions, selling the last for the
highest price ever paid in my market Tor
carload of cattle. His subject will be 'sWhy
and How Grow Baby Beef.
Hon. o. c. Gregg, Superintendent Farmers
Institutes of Minnesota. ] met Mr.. Gregg
first ia 1896 in Chicago at meeting OF Inter
national Institute Workers, speaking of his
experience he said, my father was an time
rant, was ordained minister, but not feel
ing called to the work, accompanied by my
good wife, we moved far out, by wagon, INTO
the open country, where we carved good
taught school, helped my neighbors when |
could. and have conducted Farmers lnsh-
tutes for Is years. Mr. Gregg is every inch
a man, one of those noble characters and
froutiersman to whom we Americans owe so
much. for this our great and prosperous coun-
try. He will speak Of ''The Dairy Cow and
ssThe Farmer of the Past, Present and Flu
turei
Miss Emma Suter Jacobs, Director of the
Cooking Schools of Washington, tireless
worker and constant student, having begun
her work under adverse conditions. under
stands the needs of housekeepers and how TO
make their work light and pleasant. Her sub
iect will be ssThe Staff of Life Demonstrated.
If this first effort, to bring men and women
whom we read of and have learned TO admire,
and whose writings and speeches we accept
as a text on which to base our life-work, sue
ceeds. 1t shall grow under our management
into a prominent feature of institute work
but we should have a large audience OF our
representative people TO meet them, or 1T will
iniure rather than improve the work, as such
visitors will exercise great influence over others
we invite in the future.
Though | shall send private letter to every
patron who has shown enough interest IN our
work to gice as his name and address, about
FIVE thousand, if you will make mention of the
above lactS through youl plesSf : Sna't - - }
grateful, and have no doubt, your patrons
will be also who have not accepted repeated
warnings, that there is in Agriculture, as IN
all other callngs an everlasting need to hustle,
and TO keep informed what others are doing
and how they do it, that they may continue to
have thanksgiving turkey every year, grown
by themselves.
Our regular series of Institutes will begin in
Garrett county, January 7th. We will thep
do continuous work to, and including, March
sth The regular Institute will be held In
Talbot county, Easton, Feb. 9TH and Sth; Baltl-
more county, January 22d and 23d, at Monk
ton. and Carroll county, Middleburg, January
Doth and 21st, for which other Institute work
ers have been engaged. Yours truly,
VIM. L. AMOS. Director.