The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1901-12-12

uent here; but, if any doubts ex-
isted in the minds of those present
they were dissipated by Mr.. Nc
Kay's able paper. Every farmer
living along the four routes al
ready established should procure a
mail box with his name on it and
take advantage of this modern
idea. Much credit is due Mr.. Nc
Kay for his efforts to thus bring
the farmers mail to their doors.
A. NJ. Brown ably seconded the
postmaster and gave the the farm
er's view of the matter.
The afternoon session was late
in starting but all who attended
were well repaid for the papers
read proved to be very practical.
Mr.. Begg lead off with an able
talk on "Making and Applying
Farm Fertilizers. This subject
ought to be near and dear to the
heart of every farmer and it is to
be lamented that more of them do
not learn to pay strict attention to
this department on the farm. One
should not expect to take every
thing out of the soil and put moth.
ing into it; nature has plenty to
do without working overtime in
that style. Manure, if the result
of good feeding of the right kinds
of feed, is far better than CONNER.
cial fertilizer. Corn, corn-foddel
and clover hay make the best
manure, especially when cattle are
fed in small enclosures. Pay more
attention to the fertility of youl
soil and your crops will repay you
In the absence of Chas Wright
there was no discussion of this
subject.
Mr.. Dean made an interesting
address on the "Cultivation of the
Corn Crop" showing that while
his hands had been on the plov
handles his brain had not beer
idle. The ordinary farmer is apt
to hurry his planting too much
and not pay enough attention tc
preparation of his soil first. Try
to break up the clods as much as
possible and don't plant too early
in the season. After your corr
has sprouted, be careful not tc
cover it too deep and watch thai
the weeds don't choke it to death
Try to plant so that all your corn
won't ripen at the same time in
fall and don't let it get too ripe be.
fore you cut it.
R. B. Longstreth, in discussion
told how we do or ought to do in
this region and made many addi.
tions to what had been said.
Fruits" the next subject, was
divided among the following gen
tlemen, (a) kinds and Varieties
j. A. Matthias; (b) "Planting'
Jas A. Hall; (c) "Care of trees
and Fruit" l. Matthias. All the
speakers, including E. Schultz
who discussed the subject, showed
themselves well prepared by ex
perience and made known many
points in fruit growing which but
few people knew before. The ad.
dress by Mr.. Hall deserves specia
mention as being the most instruc
tive.
Friday evening was devoted to
topics of less Importance and the
session was more in the nature o1
a social affair. The court room
was filed to overlooking, the ladies
particularly being in evidence,
Mr., Dean gave an interesting
talk on "a Farmers Vacation, y
showing many ways in which a
farmer may spend his spare time
to advantage. 1t is a fact that
most men don't take enough spare
time, either they get so interested
in their work or have to labor
every day through necessity that
a vacation is out of the question.
This is all mistake. Let us live
on less and get more out of life.
There are too many beauties in the
world about us to be neglected for
the sake Of few dollars added to
ones wealth. Reading and travel
if rightly organized can do us as
much practical good as much labor
and experiment. Frank Adcock
discussed the subject intelligently
and added new features to Mr..
Deans remarks.
Mr.. V. G. Lowry made a very
eloquent and polished talk on
"How Taxation affects the Farm
er." He dwelt upon the Unequal
tiles Of taxation, showing that the
commodities of life are subjected
to high taxation while the lux
uries escape with a comparatively
small amout. The farmer pays
most Of the tax owing to the fact
that none of his property can es-
cape the eagle eye Of the assessor.
Out of all our total tax, only about
one seventh goes to the support of
the state government-the county