The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-12-05
THE FARMERS INSTITUTE.
A Three Days Session to Be Held In Oak
land ON Jan. g, : and s.


west, including Canada, the Pan
American and it's Live Stock EXPOSE
ton, ! have met many men and
women who are recognized authori-
ties and leaders in their lines as edu-
Gators, importers, exhibitors, expert
Judges, breeders and feeders. whose
acquaintance will be an enduring
resource | shall always cherish. That
my friends, the Institute patrons,
may share the privilege with me,
nave thought it possible, where the
work of our department is apprecia-
ted, and we are sufficiently encour-
aged and supported, to give special
institute before 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 | have asked
several of those | have met. if we ar
range such Il meeting as mentioned,
where visit can be made pleasant
and profitable, in better under
standing of Maryland, would they
accept an invitation to it, Without
an exception we received favorable
replies, with a complimentary ex-
preston 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 a special
institute; one on the eastern shore.
at Easton, Talbot county, Dec. nth:
one, accessible to all patrons, at
Towson, Baltimore county, Dec.
10Th; and one for Western MARYLAND.
at Westminster, Dec Goth. The first
and last will have an evening session.
Our invited guests will be Col. Jos.
II. Brigham, assistant secretary of
agriculture at Washington; subject:
The United States Department of
Agriculture and Our Foreign Mark
cts"
Mr.. l.. II. kerrick, Bloomington,
ILL.,, the champion baby beef feeder,
who in 1899 and also in 1900 took the
first prize on a carload of cattle at
the Chicago International Live Stock
Expositions, selling the last for the
highest price ever paid for carload
of cattle. This year, Dec. end, he
will again show load selected from
60 yearlings saw in one of his feed
lots in October 1900. Cattle | then
thought more beautiful and pictur-
esque in their pasture than any had
ever seen. His subject will be "Whv
and How | Grow Baby Beef
Hon. o. c. Gregg, Superintendent
of Farmers Institutes of Minnesota.
| met Mr.. Gregg first in 1896 in Chi
cago at a meeting of International
Institute Workers. Speaking of his
experience he said my father was an
itinerant; | was ordained a minister
but not feeling called to the work.
accompanied by my good wife, we
moved far out, by wagon, into the
open country, where we carved a
good farm out of the plains, fought
Sioux indians, taught school, helped
my neighbors when | could, and have
conducted farmers Institutes for fif-
teen years" Mr.. Gregg is every inch
man; one of those noble characters
and frontiersmen to whom we Amer
leans owe so much, for this our great
and prosperous country. / have
asked him to speak of THE Dairy
Cow and 1.-The Farmer of the Past,
Present and Future
Miss Erma Sutor Jacobs, Director
of the Cooking Schools of Washing
ton, a tireless worker and constant
student, having begun her work I'M
der adverse conditions, understands
the needs of housekeepers and how
to make their work light and pleas
ant. Her subject will be THE Staff
of fe''-demonstrated
If this first effort, to bring men and
women whom we read of and have
learned to admire, and whose writ
ings and speeches we accept as a text
on which to base our life-work, sue
ceeds, it shall grow under our man
agement into a prominent, feature of
institute work; but we should haye
large audience of our representative
people to meet them, or it will in ure
rather than improve the work, as
such visitors will exercise great influ-
ence over others we invite in the fu-
ture. As an advertising feature for
our state we know of nothing better,
as their impression obtained when
among us will be accepted as facts by
thousands of hearers they annually
meet or who read their writings from
the press. We hope that everyone, men
andwomen, 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 q private letter