The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-12-31

the station, consisting of ShOrthOrl
and Hereford cattle, and sheep an(
hogs.
From Sundays Daily Gazette.
The second session of the Farmers
institute opened yesterday moring al
1890 o'clock, W. D. Storey of Park
City acting as presiding officer. There
was a large attendance of the farmers
and st~ockgrowers of the valley, all OF
whom were much interested, and took
an active part in all of the discus.
sions.
After a few Introductory remarks
by the presiding officer Professor H.
G. Gardner of the Bozeman expert
ment station gave an interesting talk
on how to feed and care for fowls.
This was supplemented by an exhibit
of a model of a building and it's
equipments, which had been found to
be the best suited for Montana. He
strongly urged the farmers to secure
Barred Plymouth Rocks and Brown
Leghorns for best results.
This was followed by a paper on
poultry raising by Mrs. ?. White.
1t was we'll written and based
wholly on actual experience. Her
conclusions proved to the audience
that Mrs. White had made a thor
ough, practical study of the poultry
business in Montana.
The next subject, Thorough Gull
tivation," vas presented in an inter-
esting talk by w. O.. Parker. He con-
sidered the net profits to be realized
by mear.s of a thorough tilling of the
soil, and explained the methods he
had found to be the most profitable.
as well as the most practical. He
Illustrated his methods by giving the
results obtained the past year on his
farm, six miles west of the city. This
subject was further considered by
Professor Traphagen, who discussed
the subject from a scientific stand
point, bringing out many practical
thoughts for the use of the farmers
in this valley. He also touched upon
the alkali question and explained the
minerals effect on plant life.
Afternoon Session.
The first subject at the afternoon
session was that of "Stock Feeding
by Professor R. S. Shaw. While his
talk was largely along the line of ex-
periments which had been tried at the
station, it was a helpful one for the
farmers, and was followed by an in
teresting discussion, in which all the
stock feeders participated.
The subject was continued by I. D..
ODonnell, n of. the most successful
alfalfa raisers and sheep feeders in
the valley. He gave a brief talk on
how to raise alfalfa; how to care for
it and how to feed it to the stock.
He also called upon Jesse Marsh, T.
G. Armitage, Ed. ODonnell. w. O.
Parker and a number of others to give
their experience in this industry. This
proved to be one of the most interest
ing OF the days discussions.
Olney Taylor, the veteran fruit
grower of eastern. Montana, read a
very interesting paper entitled, Fruit
Growing in Yellowstone County," Mr..
Taylor has made such a thorough
study of the subject that his paper
was rich with practical information.
and was eagerly listened to by those
interested in horticulture. He de-
scr1bed in detail the preparation of
the ground, the planting and care of
the trees, as well as their selection
!. 7. Black of Whitehall, Jefferson
county, n of the most extensive
small fruit growers in the state. read
an equally good paper on the care and
culture of the smaller fruits. He
handled his subject we'll and gave
many splendid suggestions to the
fruit growers in this section of the
state.
9. F. Oliver of Carbon county led
the discussion which followed.
Evening Session.
The evening session was more
largely attended and proved to be both
and entertaining. Dr..
whose experience along