Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1902-01-31
THE rARmHRs' INSTITUTE.
Is Of More Interest Than Usual and
Better Attended.

Better Attended
A number bf FARMERS and several
ladies attended the institute held
here Monday and by the careful
attention shown aud the frequent
Questions asked demonstrated that
they we're deeply interested in the
topics discussed.
Hon. Tbomas J Philips of Chester
county talked on the subject OF
bringing up worn out or run down
lands He insisted that the need
Of such soils was humus and the
question was how most speedily and
economically to replace it. His
practice is to SOW crimson clover in
corn at the last cultvating. This
takes root and when the corn is cut
grows rapidly and unlooks the
fertility i'm the soil by making it
soluble plant food The great need
of land is humus and where manure
cannot be made in sufficient quantity
to supply it, it becomes necessary to
resort to piowing un er some green
manure, as clover.
He also discussed ensilage and
claimed that good corn ensilage
was the cheapest and best food for
general purposes in stock feeding
This can be easily supplemented by
a grain ration but it forms the basis
of a cheap feed, and he asserted that
dry stock could be kept in good
growing condition with snsilage at
an expense Of 8 cts. a day per head.
He used large. corn allowing it
to stand until ears were nicely
formed before cutting. A silo is an
air tight box and any form will
answer if care is taken in filling.
Prof Wells w Cooke of Wash
ington, D. c., gave an interested
talk on cost of dairy foods, showing
the feeding value per 100 lbs. of
grains, feeds, oil meals, hay and
ensilage, and by chemical tests the
latter was by far the cheapest. He
claimed that the COW after all made
the quality Of milk, that it was in the
breed and not in the feed. The way
to obtain a good dairy was by selec-
tion, and he advised that small cows
were more profitable than large
ones. He controverted the idea
that feeding ensilage tainted milk
That, he asserted, came from stable
conditions and milk badly tainted
could be freshened byaerating, a very
simple process. He urged the use of
separators and said any churn was
good provided it had no dash or
paddles in it, The churning should
be done by concussioh of the milk,
and by churning cream much an.
necessary labor was saved.
j. Q. Atkinson Of Montgomery
county was well qualified by study
and practical experience to discuss
the growing of fruits and vegetables.
These are his specialties and to
instance he has eight acres planted
to asparagus. The San Jose scale
is becoming very destructive and ne
warned all that unless prompt
measures were taken to destroy the
pest in few years it would kill the
trees. He recommended spraying
with compound Of 40 lbs. Of lime,
20 of sulphur and fifteen of salt,
the two latter being boiled together
and the lime added. This will kill
the scale. Bordeaux mixture and
Paris green Is the remedy for cur
rant and gooseberry worms He
plants strawberry vines every year
and turns the patch under after the
first bearing Haviland and Candy
were his favorites. The Marlboro,
Cuthbert and Golden Queen rasp-
berries were preferred, and Lawton
and Wilson's early blackberries and
the Downing and Red Jacket varie-
ties of gooseberries.
A small twig covered with the
San Jose scale was shown and the
speaker said he saw evidences Of it's
| presence in orchards in this section.
In two OF three yelrs after it
attacked a tree the ruin was
wrought if not checked, and he
urged that the remedy be promptly
applied before the damage was ir-
reparable
Tho talks were all practical and
instructive. Farmers were urged
to study their business in all the
details so as to produce the best
results in the most economical
manner, In that way only can it be
made profitable.
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