Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1901-03-28
The FARMERS INSTITUTE.

On next Saturday, the Both inst, az
heretoforo announced, Farmers lnsti
tute will held i'll the courthouse at Taze
well. Such Institutes are being held al
different 0a~s throughout the State, un'
der the &C ion Of Il. W. Koiner, Com
missioner of Agriculture for Virginia
From IT, iie,s reports these meetings are
exciting a good deal of interest, being
largely .'ienAeG bv the farmers; and We
learn al. diug much good in directing
more earnest sften,ion to subjects that
have hereof r. uot attracted the atten.
ton of ns f. mrs sufficiently.
At the ,aeeting which is to be held al
Tazewei, an the Both inst, there will be
three lectlrers, VIZ: o. W. Koiner, Com
missioner Of agriculture, 5. F. Barber, a
practical d4iryman aud feeder, and Prof.
S. B. Heiges, ex U. S Pomologist. These
gentlemen will lecture. respectively, on
"The Economic VS. Of Fertilizers" Dairy
ing by Modem Methods, and How to
Feed Economically, and "How to Plant
and Grow Fruit and Destroy Diseases Of
Fruits Of ali hiuts" These are all im-
portant questions for the consideration Of
the Taze we'll farmers.
Until recently there has been really
much Opposition TO the use of commercial
fertilizers IL Tazewen county. There have
been AMI te siill those who contend that
the use U, .ert.uzers will eventually cause
permanent dam ,ge to the soil where used.
This preiadice has caused the use of a
method !ar iue exclamation of WORKOUT
lands that is entirely too SLOW to be profit
able-we ,oesr permitting nature to &C.
complis' a. cOulc be- done in a short
time by ,he use ol fertilizers and clover.
Within o. last few years some of our
farmers have begun to use fertilizers when
they SOW r eir wheat, and have found that
it has incre 'sed the yield, improved the
quality Of .,rain, and insured certain and
better sta Is If grass. Near our town
we knor # two farmers, Capt. G. A.
Fudge am NJ. o. E. Hopkins, who have
greatly improved their lands and crops by
judicious Use Of tcftlizers. The subject
of Mr.. Koiner's lecture is one which should
attract the favorable attention of all Taze.
well agriC dliuralists.
The question of dairying in the county
is in about as unsatisfactory condition as
it can be found anywhere. There should
be large excess of butter and other dairy
products produced and shipped from the
county. Upon the contrary not near
enough is .aie Tor nome consumption.
Throughout he greater part Of the winter
there is q continual cry going up from the
people OF t.e towns for butter and with
none to b. Aad. Even on, in the country
q great many people are without butter
regularly. Tins s not ali, the quality of
the butter ,As loie, is very inferior. Most
of it brought 70 tue stores is so inferior in
quality that people can hardly use it, fire.
quently wishing they could do entirely
without butter. The question of making
good butter and cheese in abundance
in Tazewril county is a very interesting
and important one. Mr.. Barber's lecture
should, therefore, attract not only farmers
but their wives.
The subject which Prof. Heiges will dis
cuss, "How to plant and grow fruit etc, -
will be equally, If not more interesting
as those discussed by Messrs. Koiner and
Barber. The farmers Of Tazewell county