Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1901-12-07
rARMERs INsTTTnI

Fair, Agricultural Colleges, and Expert
ment Stations and on many farms in the
north and northwest, including Canada.
the Pan-American and its live Stock Ex-
position, / have met many men and wo-
men who are recognized authorities and
leaders in their lines and educators, inn
porters, exhibitors expert judges, breed
ers and feeders, whose acquaintance will
be an enduring resource / shall always
cherish. That my friends, the Institute
patrons, may share the privilege with me
| have thought it possible, where the
work of our Department Is appreciated,
and we are sufficiently encouraged and
supported, TO give Special Institute, be-
fore the regular Institute season, where
two or three of these well known men
or women could be invited to meet our
farmers. With this thought in mind. l
have asked several of those / have men
toned, where visit can be made pleas
ant and profitable, in better understand
ing of MARYLAND, would they accept an
invitation to it2 Without an exception
we received favorable replies, with
complimentary expression showing an
interest in our state and the hospitable
habits of its people.
Though the thought came late to offer
this treat at this time we now have the
promise of four, (who, when our patrons
meet them, they will long remember) to
attend Special Institute, one on the
Eastern Shore, at Easton, Talbot coun-
", December nth; one, accessible to all
patrons, at Towson, Baltimore county,
December 10th; and one for Western
Maryland, at Westminster, December
10Th. The first and last win have an
evening session.
Our invited guests will be Col. Jos. H.
Bingham, Assistant Secretary of Agri-
culture at Washington, subject, "The
United States Department of AgrIcul-
ture and our Foreign Markets"
Mr.. l.. III. Kerrick, Bloomington, ILL.,,
the Champion Baby Beef feeder, who in
1899 and also in 1900 took the first prize
on carload of cattle at the Chicago In
ternational Live Stock Expositions, sell
ing the last for the highest price eyer
paid in any market for carload of cattle.
This year, December End. he will again
show load selected from go yearlings |
saw in one of his feed-lots in October
1900. Cattle, / then thought more beau
tiful and picturesque in their pasture
than any had ever seen. His subject
will be "Why and How / Grow Baby
Beef"
Hon. o. c. Gregg, Supt Farmers In
stitutes of Minnesota. l met Mr.. Gregg
first in 1896 in Chicago at a meeting of
International Institute Workers, speak
ing of his experience he said, my father
was an itinerant, was ordained MIN
lister, but not feeling called to the work,
accompanied by my good wife, we NOV
ed far out, by wagon, into the open coun-
try, where we carved good farm out of
the plains, fought Sioux Indians, taught
school, helped my neighbors when l
could, and have conducted Farmers In
stitutes for 10 years." Mr.. Gregg is
every inch a man. one of those noble
characters and frontiersmen to whom we
Americans owe so much, for this our
great and prosperous country. have
asked him to speak of "The Dairy Cow"
and THE Farmer of the Past, Present
and Future"
Miss Emma Suter Jacobs, Director of
the Cooking Schools of Washington, a
tireless worker and constant student,
having begun her work under adverse
conditions, understands the needs of
housekeepers and how to make their
work light and pleasant. Her subject
will be THE Staff of Life, "-demonstrat-
ed.
If this first effort, to bring men and
women whom we read of and accept as
text on which to base our life work,
succeeds, it shall grow under our man
agement into prominent feature of In
stitute work; but we should have large
audience, OF our representative people,
to meet them, or it will injure rather
than improve the work, as such visitors
will exercise great influence over others
we invite in the future. AS an advertis-
ing feature for our state, we know of
nothing better, as their impression oh
tanned when among US will be accepted
as facts by thousands of hearers they an
nually meet or who read their writings
from the press. We hope that everyone,
men and women, will come to meet them.
1t is quite probable that another oppor-
tunity will not be offered in this state to
hear them.
Though l shall send private letter to
very patron who has shown enough in
terest In our work, to give us his name
and address, about five thousand, if you
will make mention of the above facts
through your press, shall be very CRATE
full, and L have no doubt, your patrons
will be also, who have not accepted re-
peated warning, that there is in Agricul-
ture, as in all other callings, an everlast-
ing need to hustle, and to keep informed
what Others are doing and how they do
1t, that they may continue to have a
Thanksgiving turkey every year, grown
by themselves.
Our regular series of institutes will be-
gin in Garrett county, January 9TH. We
will then do continuous work to, and in
Guiding March 9Th. The regular insti-
tute will be held in Talbot county, Eas-
ton, February 9TH and 9Th; Baltimore
county, January 22nd and 23rd at Monk
ton; and Carroll county, Middleburg,
January Goth and 21st, for which other
institute rrorLare h. ~, h..o., n. o.o.-s.d