The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1901-01-18

ing great part of the eastern trade to-
day. The great secret of success in this
work depends in the first place on .
thorough understanding of the trade.
In the matter of strawberries for in
stance there was more money made by
the best growers of Marshall straw
berries in New York last year than by
all the other growers combined. The
secret of success seems to Mr.. Cook to
be found in specializing The specialist
too, knows what fertilizes his land and
his crop needs. There is vast amount
of money wasted by farmers who buy
many ingredients in their commercial
fertilizers which their soils and crops
do not need. 1t is the specialist who
can get two and half times. and m 1re,
the highest market price for the
choicest fruit grown by others--just be.
cause his name is on the box or pack
age.
The last number on the morning pro-
gram was given by Mr.. John Patchell,
of Vernon. The topic was, "Whither
are we Drlftings" Mr.. Patched cannot
adopt the view expressed sometimes
that their country is going to the dogs.
He has faith in democracy. Political
parties, it is conceded. are necessary,
but patriotism is still needed on the
party of party workers.
THURSDAY AFTERNOON.
The last session of the institute was
begun at l:20 yesterday afternoon with
Mr.. Lemon again in the chair.
The first topic taken up was that of
Farming without weeds" given by
Mr.. .Oviatt, The matter of killing of
the Canada thistle was considered at
length, the great secret being the liberal
use of the cheapest salt and constant
attention Chess in wheat was con-
sidered 1t is not enough TO SOW clean
wheat. The threshing machine should
not fan the grain hard enough to blow
the chess into the straw stack for there
it all goes back on the fields in the
manure. One ton of weeds draws from
the earth 300 tons of moisture.
Thorough cultivation saves both mois-
ture and the fertility.
The matter of profit from sheep was
taken up by Mr.. Oviatt Immediately
following the other topic, change
having been made in the program to
permit him to visit Mr.. j. Q. A. Cooks
flock of Rambouillet sheep. In general
the sheep raisers gets three dollars for
mutton for every dollars which he gets
for WOOL One great secret of success
in its industry is to know every member
of the flock-by means of ear marks
80 that only the good breeding and
good nursing ewes are saved as well as
those which raise good feeces. The
result is that when the wedding out
time comes it will not be the appearance
of the individual animal but her record
in the farm book which will decide
which will be saved. As for feeding in
the winter, clover is the foremost of all
feed. The clover can then be suppli-
mented by roots and ensilage. "Grub
in the head" in spite of its reputation.
is not so often the cause of death -
lack of grub" in the stomach.
The special feeding rack described
by Mr.. Oviatt in Owosso ayear ago was
again described by him It is rack
which any farmer can make for himself
and prevents all waste of the feed.
The afternoon talk of Mr. L. j. Post
on the matter of spraying fruit trees
was practical and interesting as his
talk on grating had been. He had
specimens of the San Jose scale and the
oyster she'll louise for the inspection of
the audience. Then having shown
what was to be combatted, he told how
to use the spraying mixtures. The use
of kerosene oil mixture Ia common
potato atomizer was recommended for
use even before the foliage starts. The
copper sulphate solution, made with
three pounds of copper sulphate to fifty
gallons Of water is also good one with
which to spray before the foliage starts.
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