The Plymouth Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1878-1901, 1901-08-15
DAIRY INSTITUTE
Successful Outcome of the Dairy In
stitute PIeases its Promoters.

some accompanied by their wives, and
number of dairy men from other
counties were attracted to the court
room Tuesday morning by the first
dairy institute held in Indiana. The
first session was in its scope prelimin-
airy to the rest and was arranged to
present the general subject of the
meeting, that of the value of the
dairy interests and Indiana IS place as
dairy state, the subsequent sessions
being devoted more to details.
Eli Freese, of West township, pre-
sided in felicitous manner. Rev.
McKinsey, of the NJ. E. church, pro-
nounced the invocation and acceptable
music was furnished by home talent.
Mayor Jones extended cordial well
come to the guests of the city and
spoke happily of the prospects for a
growth of interest in the subject of
dairying in this vicinity under the
leadership of such energetic and capa-
BILE men as the Schlossers and others
who have taken it up.
Among the speakers who were pre-
sent and participated in the program
and discussions were w. G. Latta, the
state superintendent of farmers
institutes, H. B. Gerler, of DeKalb,
ILL.,, an author of high repute, Prof.
G. S. Plumb, of the Indiana agricult-
ural experiment station, Prof. c. d.
Smith, who holds similar position in
Michigan, Prof. H. E. Van Norman,
of Purdue university, Cal Husselman,
of Auburn, j. J. w. Billingsley, of
Marion county, S. B. Woods, of Lolita
vile, John r. Common, of the Indiana
Farmer, and others.
Prof. Latta responded to Mayor
Jones and stated his purpose and
hopes in holding such Institutes, CIV
ing an eloquent and interesting out
line of the general topic of -dairying,
followed by H. B. Gurler on the SUBJ
ject of the dairy as promotive of ag-
ricultural prosperity, and Prof.
Plumb on Indiana's present and
potential place as dairy state.
One of those chronic grumblers
that the newspapers make jokes about
was complaining to man in town
and the following dialogue enSued.
Haven't you got big wheat
CROP"
eyes" said the farmer.
isn't your prospect for corn fiat
tering?"
Couldn't be better"
"How did your hay turn out?"
about two tons to the acre.
"Cattle and hogs doing well?"
"Yes.'
'Fruit and poultry and everything
are pretty good. amt they?'
"Yes."
''In fact, your crops this year are
record breakers?"
The farmer reluctantly admitted
that they were.
swell, then, what are you COM
planning about?"
"Well,'' said he meditatively,
"theSe here big crops exhaust the soil
so.''
The city fellow thought that was
funny and told the story many times
with great guSto. But the farmer
was right, though he may not have
realized it himself, and the dairy in
stitute has as one of it's chief objects
to impress upon the minds of Indiana
farmers the fact that the loss of soil
fertility through continuous grain
farming is slowly but surely sapping
the foundations of their wealth. The
remedy is increased dairying.
Tuesday afternoon the papers read
were very practical and equally in
teresting. Prof. Smith talked about
the selection Of dairy stock and con-
tinued the subject in the evening in
an address on the relation of form
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