Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1901-12-20
The Farmers Institute,

Following is n report OF the pro
ceedings OF the Farmers Institute
Saturday afternoon and evening. All
but the part relating to DR.. Stubbs'
address being kindly furnished the
INDEPENDENT by Prof. s. b. Doten.
That part OF his report contained too
many bouquets for the editor, hence
the change.
The afternoon was clear and sunny,
md i'll spite OF the fact that the Insti
tute had been III session nearly two
days, the Attendance was decidedly
good.
The first paper OF the afternoon
session was Il discussion Of the New.
ada Irrigation Laws by Prof. j. NJ
Wilson. This paper set forth in
detail the weakness of the earlier
laws, showing how they allowed I'M
restricted filing Of water rights until
all the water from many streams had
been claimed many times over. The
later laws aiming mt restri .tion and
control were rendered useless by
embodied clauses which contradicted
all the valuable provisi ne. Prof.
Wilson showed that tn leave all
questions in regard tn water rights to
the ourtS is wholly un nj Isfactory.
exceedingly expensive and settles
nothing. He slo we'd that Nevada can
never he a pOpulous aud wealthy
state until in some manner every
mans right to water is defined and
recorded and made wholly legal. No
one present sho we'd any desire to
deny the known fIct that very much
Of orr wafer il wasted, and that II It
wore not wasted, but used carefully
and economically, the agricultural
aud mining interests Of Nevada would
take on "A new life and Il new prosper.
ity.
This strong paper wac followed 10y
one entitled. Tho Economical
Dreaming ~ Milk by Prof. n. f..
Wilson. The Professor gave "a detail.
ed account ~ the structure OF the
cows uddcr and told how milk il
formed in the udder rs well ms what
chemical constit ucnts 90 to make up
pure milk. llc then showed that
cream is a mixture OF oil and water.
I'M emulsion. After this the lecturer
took up the various methods OF &C.
parating croa from milk showing
that the old plans of shallow and
deep setting "To au.b costly and prim-
tive besides beng nnclenn nud I'M
wholesome. He made it decidedly
clear that the only clean. cheap
method ot separation ~ 10y means OF a
centrifugal separator, which gets all
the cream and separates it not only
from the skin milk but from dung
and blood and slime. This leaves The
Crcam really pure and clean.
DR.. Dennis uf tie Y. ). Depart
mont OF Agriculture followed Prof.
WILSON with II paper on the inspection
81 shocp and cnttlc. lie told first Of
the early experiments Of the govern
mont III the inspcc on and quarHn.
tine Of Texas fever, taking up III da
tail The influence Of the southern
cattle tick in spreading the Iii Aensc
to healthy animals. The paper
showed TINT this diseuro ~ no longer
dangerous because Of the effective
quarantine now maintained against
il.
The speaker followed this with mn
effective demonstration of tho causca
Of shc"p pcab showing tho insect
parasite responsible for the disense.
lie p%uintc! out the necessity Of dip. |
ping all sho"p twice IN order Ia kill
the eEge of tiac parasites md so pre-
vent any renewal " the trouble
Prof. y H. Wilson then took M
his unfinished paper on fOoda and
enumerated TIC essential a0mp0nemta
III food products showing what foods
are most valuable aud why. Tho
paper showed tina, the true value ~
n n foOi depends quit" M much