Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1901-05-16
A STATE FARMERS INSTITUTE

ASTATE FARMERS INSTITUTE
Will be Held at Warren Saturday,
June 22.
| Warren has been selected as the
place at which a State Farmers In.
stitute will be held, and the date is
set for June %. Every farmer in
Marshall county should make it a
point to be present at this gathering
No matter how good a farmer one
may be, there is always room for i'm.
provement, always something to
learn, and there is no farmer but will
be benefited by listening to the dis
cussion of the various topics by the
practical and experienced men, who
now constitute the institute force.
THE FORCE WILL BE COMPOSED OF
John Gould, Aurora Station, Ohio.
A man of National reputation in
Farmers Institute work. He will
represent the dairyman's COW, Illus
trated with fourteen large colored
paintings, representing the different
types: winter life of the dairy COW :
stable comforts for the COW; silo
building and filing the values of en-
silage as part OF the winter ration
for profit; value of the corn plant as
a winter food in the Northwest. John
Gould has a great fund of informa-
tion that can be used to advantage by
those who 60 to hear him. He is a
genial "good fellow" whom it is good
to meet, and none will regret their
attendance at the institute, for what
they can get out of his work.
DR.. c. D. Smead, Logan, N. Y.
Has been conductor of Farmers In
stitutes in that state for eleven years,
and is regarded as the stockman's
and farmers friend in that work
throughout New York. He is the
veterinary editor Of the National
Stockman. He has very wide
range Of personal experience along
the lines the farmers of the Northwest
are in great need Of. His talks on
the preservation of the health of our
farm animals of all kinds, their treat
ment when sick and how to make
balanced rations for the work they
have to do, is of such vast importance
that no one interested in stock, OF
even any of the farm stock products,
can afford to miss this valuable mans
work at the Farmers Institute. DR..
Smead is farmer and sheep raiser,
as we'll as a busy veterinarian in the
treatment of all the farm animals
from the chicken to the horse. 1t is
well worth days time and long
ride to see and hear DR.. Smead.
Prof. T. A. Hoverstad, Superin-
tendent of the Crookston State Elk.
pertinent Station, will take up corn
culture in the north, rotation of crops,
seed selection and the destruction o1
smut, horse culture, etc. Prof. Ho.
verstad is conversant with the condi-
tons of the Red river farmers and
their interest in the development Of
the country. He feels responsible TO,
the character of work to be done in a
great measure, and is anxious to dc
everything possible towards improve.
ment in the agriculture and stock o1
the Northwest.
A. A. Barberree. Place and topics
not yet forwarded. "..' -
I Such men as John Gould and Dr.
&c. D. Smead should be used to the
best possible advantage while they
are in the state, and not a farmer OF
those interested in farms or stock car
under almost any circumstance afford
to miss this opportunity, as we have
no "string on them, and it may be
the last chance to get their valuable
experiences. It is all FREE. Gel
the word to everybody. Get your
neighbors out to this institute anC
neither you or they will ever regret it
It is or may be the opportunity Of {
lifetime. Just one day in a place
but let us be sure we have used it tt
the very best advantage. Success il
life is in taking advantage of circum
stances. "Git a plenty while 20,
are gettin', says t.
| FARMERS-Are you going to make
a loan on your farm? If SO, tall