The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1902-01-21
THE YAKIMA HERALD.
THE SUNNYSIDE INSTITUTE.
Well Attended Farmers Meeting That Was
Highly Interesting and Instructive.


As announced in papers and circulars,
the farmers institute met at Sunnyside
Thursday, January Is, at 10 30 a. M,
in Odd Fellows hall. r. d. Young was
elected chairman and Ed Young was
appointed committee of one to arrange
the program for each session. a brief
synopsis of the the topics discussed fol-
lows:
w. Il. Brown-Grading- believe a
three-horse, 16-inch pillow more advan-
tageous than a gang for blowing sage
brush land for the high points (bumps)
can be plowed deep and the low points
shallow. | believe that four-horse
buck scraper is of more benefit and less
expense to farmer than a six or eight
horse buck scraper. In using eight
horses would hitch them to two bucks
to move earth with. Study your ground
carefully with level or by water and
move the earth but once.
James Henderson-Opening Old Field
Laterals-He showed a device consisting
OF a common shovel pillow with narrow,
long shovel. This is followed by float
with stick OF timber as large as the
ditch to be constructed. Two horses are
used and the operator stands on the
float.
H. NJ. Lichty-Head bitches Make
them large, with strong banks. Fill
them with water week or ten days
prior TO use.
A. 6. demonstrating Field Laterals
NV method is the use of the float
marker with two shovels, heavy and
well constructed, so as to leave the most
smooth and solid surface possible. Make
bitches as shallow as possible, so that
when heavy winds prevail they are not
so apt to fill with sand. Put burrows as
far apart as possible, four feet on an av-
erage, eight feet the widest. In lrrigat-
ing | would make the burrows but two
feet apart, using only every other one at
the same time, this constituting safe
guard in case any ditch stops up and
runs over into the next ditch. Remarks
being asked for, d. B. Eby stated that
he had lain aside his float marker over
wear ago and now used nothing but
common shovel pillow.
H. 4. Webber-Clean Sweet Cream
would say that if you had your cans
and separator perfectly clean and when
YOU 60 out to milk take some luke warm
water and a clean cloth and wash off the
COWS udders and then wash your own
hands and then you are ready for milk
ing and the milk will go to the seper-
ator in clean state, and also will be a
clean product when poured into the
cans. Another important thing is, do
not pour warm cream into cold cream.
In this way you will have no trouble in
securing clean, sweet cream" One of
the patrons of the creamery received $44
for half months cream.
s. J. Harrison-Over Irrigation-I
don't think that up to date l have been
guilty of ever over-irrigating my lands.
| realize that one can run too much
water on our lands for future good and to
be beneficial to the crop. | dug my first
well 80 feet and struck moist dirt six
months later | dug another well % feet
and had moisture all the way down. |
believe the short field laterals during
the season should be 20 rods as max
mum. When the grass is well set the
water may be run twice as far or even
as far as so rods, provided you have a
sufficient head of water and bitches in
condition to rush it over. Parties using
lateral should take turns in irrigating.
This saves trouble in dividing water and
insures sufficient water to do thorough
and economical work.
The following papers and recipes
we're read;
II. P. Stewart-Paper on Drainage.
Mrs. Woodin-How | Make Buns.
Mrs. Harrison-Light Bread.
Mrs. Harvey-How | Make Macaroni.
Mrs. /. l.. Higgins-How l Raise Gel
arv-First | make a trench large enough
Tor two rows and plant about July list.
A small ditch for water is made between
the two rows and plenty OF water should
be put in the ditch as celery requires
considerable The seed should be plant
ed in rich ground in the open and ii it