The Holly chieftain., 1901-02-01
THE FARMERS INSTITUTE.
The Attendance Good E0rh Days and
Grear !nfcrcsr fsnifcsfcd
Continued from last week.

iNS8s ttkIf . SCI NiIS w
$ enlighten the beet growers present
stu the attitude of the company to-
Yards the growers. Prof. Griffin gave
esults OF planting beet seed ut diff
rent depths. Planted at depths OF l,
/, ,. p. ;. and 3. inches; got perfect
land from th,. first twU, 30 per cent
rom the inches and NJ stand AT all
rom the deeper seed. Mr. Timothy
ave some valuable information in re-
ard To preparation Of land before
ianting.
NJ. y. Parmenter, o' Lamar. said he
ad been raising becIs for stock feed
ig for J.; years. always got a good
and and never failed to get a large
cid and high sugar percentage. lie
ever had to irrigatc until beets
ere up and had a good root; maxi
.nm weld - tons per acre. minimum
eld l2- tons: maximum per cent OF
gar -. minimum l.. thought it
lid him better to raise bcets for feed
stock than for the factory.
F. W. Montgomery closed the after
ton session with an interesting talk
Practical Irrigation, economy and
e values Of water The heavy i'ri-
ton of the past year has raised the
background water at least two feet
sher titan ii was TWO wears ago This
Il be . great saving Of water in the
iure rs the surface and undergrJUn
ter are brought closer together and
irrirator viii not only get he
netit uf the wa,cr he applies on the
rfacc but also OF the underground
tter which VIII com" 10 the surface
rough capillary attraction.
The evening session was taken up
Prot. iIcaddcn. ut the state agri-
iturial college, who lcctured on
he Chemistry ul our soils" The
turc was very instructive aud show
thar the Professor WIS thorough
couvcrsaur with the subject in
nd.
SECOND DAY.
he crowd on the second day was
ger th.n on the first day ana the
ge hall was pretty vel filled.
:hOugh there was plenty OF music
the program there was none at the
titute, owing 10 the sickness ct the
sicians, but in tie lftcrht OF Of the
ond day chairman johnson managed
get the session started of with the
ging OF America No reSpOnsc
ne made to tie call for talk on
rowing Tomatoes for Canning,
)tain Johnson vOiun ccred to talk,
that subject He gave his expert
during last year. and stated that
only thing needed 20 grow tOma-
successfully Is 30 get the rlants
early In the spring and do moro
sivating and less rrlgating H.
iained that the light run at the
tory iast S, asnn, waa due To the
/ That many q lie groves
wagons tu towns on ne MiSSOu-!
iuc 'silroad and to points on the
ita Fe as lar - IIk.I. t:kiIg
ir best tomatoes. wnich they sold
cents per pound. Ii the whole
had gone to he factory the pack
lid have been much larger
picked his green tom itotS
n frost came. put them into box
In, r,.I.I al AND
ripe tomatoes up to date OF
rember -.
lc cantaioupr subject was agSln
tghf up and Prof. Griffin said that
seed used in the east end OF the val
vas bad and needed over hauling.
n informed that the seed al
from Rocky Ford 1t was never
ess fact that ii was bad and the
fers should make an effort to get
seed. Mr.. Parmenter was OF The
ion that the growers in the west
sold all their best melons. and
j the seed from III. slickest ones
II to the growers in the east end.
suffun gave an interesting account
experience with alfalfa as a fer
er. Planted plat OF ground To
ia, wheat, oats and potatoes. The
OF the alfalfa was $50 per acre,
the 9th cr crops s44 Afcr alfalfa
oecn growing five wears plowed
whole plat, and planted 1t TO