The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1902-03-06
VOLUME 3.
Farmers Institute.

stract of the proceedings of the
institute held at McConnellsburg
last Tuesday evening, Wednes-
day, and Wednesday evening.
TUESDAY EVENING.
On account of the absence of
Mr.. Frear, Mr.. Weld took his
place and gave very interesting
talk on the sugar beet.
The next period was occupied
by Mr.. w. f. McSparran on Si-
10 in Agriculture.
WEDNESDAY MORNING.
Called to order at $50.
After devotional exercises, Hon.
S. w. Kirk was introduced and
delivered the Address of Wei
come in pleasing talk, recount
ing the good done our country by
those who have held the plow.
Mr.. McSparran responded in
few very pleasing remarks, after
which r. G.. Weld was introduced
and gave very interesting talk
on The Rotation of Crops. "Ev-
cry rotation" said the speaker,
must include live stock, which
with following nitrogenous pro.
duciug crops with those crops
that largely depend upon nitro
gen for their growth, we get the
most economical and profitable
results. The advantage of deep
roofing crops was shown by the
fact that the subsoil contains in
solution a large percentage of fer
tilizing materials which can only
be brought to the surface by such
means" F"
A short rotation of crops was
recommended as of value to kill
injurious insects, particularly
worms, and also for the better
care of farm stock. For seeding
grass land, the speaker recon-
mended mixture of ] bushe
timothy, ! bushel red clover, and
from 8 tod quarts alsike clover
the latter being especially useful
on heavy clay or wet soils.
This was followed by paper
by W. G. Patterson on "When and
How to Do Things" Mr. McSpar.
ran then gave a talk on "Some
Protean Crops, and How to Grow
Them" The speaker reviewed
the list of feeding stuffs, such as
wheat, bran, ,oil-meal, cotton seed,
meal, &c, and declared that they
could not be fed proftably to
mich COWS on account of the high
price of these materials; so he rec
ommends the use of red crimson
clover, alfalfa, and Canada peas
sown in connection with oats, and
cut when the latter is in the milk,
for soiling or for hay. The soy
bean was recommended as being
very rich in protine, but probably
there is not much profit in it's cul
tivation. After this talk a pc, iod
was spent in answering queries
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.
The first period was taken VI
answering queries from hequery
box. Following this Mr.. j. f
Johnston gave an interesting tall
on "Our Country Road :" Mr.
Johnston stated some of the diff
cluties that lie in the way of max
ing good permanent roads. Mr.
McSparran followed by urgins
the use of prison labor in building
roads. Mr.. Weld in the absenc,
of DR.. Frazer took the topic assign
ed to the latter, namely, ''rh'
Principles of Stock Feeding" il
connection with his own topic
Feeding and Managing the Dai
ry." Mr.. Weld says he alwa5
desires large variety of feed
for his dairy herd; and by com
parison of different feeds, b,
means of a chart he showed hoy
ration can be made up by mix
ture of different feeds. In tn
matter of ''The Improvement O
the Dairy" the speaker showe
how this can be done by system
of weighing the product of eac
COW, and sell off the unprohtabl
COW, then breed up the herd b.
pure bred sires.
Mr.. C.J. Brewer next read