Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-02-04


They are crying they are calling for their sha r,
OF WORK and pleasure,
You are heaping high your Golfers while vol
give IN IN scanty measure,
You have stolen Gods wide acres inst 70 y,n
- your swollen purs o.
w, restore them to His children ere their plead
lng5 turn TO curses
-Els Wheeler Wilcox. In Jocomot,xe rio.
zen S Magazine.
DELAWARE COUNTY FARMERS
INSTITUTE.
The Delaware County Farmers In
stitnte, held At the Court House In this
city, January Y, 2s ard 29th, was as a
whole one of ths most profitable and
best attended institutes ever held in
this city. The subjscts on the program
were all live questions and were ably
handled by those having subjects as
signed to them.
Tuesday morning, j. 5, Trigg. of
Rockford, Iowa, delivered an address
on Lessons of the Past Two Seasons"
which WAS followed by discussion.
"The Sheep as Debt Payer" ably
handled by VIM. Lindsay and Wm.
Cook, Mr.. Lindsay having paper, and
Mr.. Cook speaking from notes. Both
these gentlemen are we'll posted on
sheep raising and much benefit was de-
rived from their speeches.
Tuesday afternoon every seat in the
spacious court house was filed. TIL,
Carrothers, &C. Hosg and j. s. Trigg
did ample justice to the subject of
"Beef from Birth to Block" }" Misses Eva
Severance and Susie Brayton had ex-
cellent papers on "The Duties of Far
mer's Wives" and NJ. e. Blair, l.. G.
Clute, +. l.. Durey, III. w. Graves, r..
q. Brooks and j. S. Tr1gg gave their
views on allow Can We Best Use Our
New Road Law" II. w. Graves, o
Q. Clark, and c. E. Sager were appoint.
ed committee on nominations and
they reported in favor of Luther Sly,
president and L. II. Carrothers, secre-
tary for the coming year. The report
of the committee was adopted.
The Wednesday forenoon session
opened with an invocation by Rev. w.
o. Smith. Z. b. Porter, G. A. Clute
and J. S. Trigg discussed "Fruit Grow.
ing in Delaware County," in manner
that showed them to be perfectly fa-
miliar with the fruit interests of this
section. "The Proper Management of
the Hay Crop" was certainly well
handled by L. IL. Carrothers and j. b,
Rutherford.
Wednesday afternoon L. S. Fisher
and T. II. Ausman, two of Delaware
county's foremost hog raisers discussed
"The Hog as Debt Payer" Mrs. Jen-
ME Jones read a scholarly paper on
"Children in Country Homes.n "Gener.
al Management of the Farms" was
creditably handled by Watson Childs,
John Cruise Jr. and j. S. Trigg. Miss
Ida Sheldon read an interesting paper
on "Some of the Advantages Our
Farmer Boys and Girls Have For Nat
ure Study" G. H. johnson, E. M. Carr
and j. $. Trigg gave their reasons tor
renting their farms.
Wednesday evening j. $. Trigg, of
Rockford, Iowa, gave an address on
"The Farmer and the Trust"
Thursday forenoon the meeting open.
ed with an invocation by Rev. Kirk
wood. State Dairy Commioner Wright
gave an instructive address on "Feed
and Care of Dairy Cows" The Future
of the Baby Separator on the Farm" by
Watson Childs, David Chrystal and H..
r. Wright was handled in mastery
manner.
Thursday afternoon was devoted to
the Eastern Buttermskers and Dairy
mems Association. W.. S. Moore gave
an interesting speech on the Equality
of Butter" Hon. II. r. Wright de-
liveret an instructive address. Seth
Severence's paper, "How l Care for
Milk contained many pointers that
cannot but be of benefit to those follow
ing his advice. S. B Shilling, of Mason
City, made an eloquent speech on
"Benellts Derived Through the Dairy
Union" and pointed out how this union
was beneficial to the dairying interests
and why it should receive the hearty
support of those engaged in dairying.
Z. II. Keiffer of Strawberry Point read
an interesting paper on "Testing Milk
at Our Creamerles.' w. S. Moore of
Chicago then tested samples of butter
( brought in, and pointed out the defects
in same and gave means of rectifyinp
the defects.
Thursday evening Hon. R. w. Tir-
Fill gave very interesting and instruc-
tive address on "a Tour Up the Nile
and Glimpses of Oriental Farming !,
Mr.. Terrill showed complete mastery of
the subject and his ishearers highly praise
his address.
Too much cannot be said in COM
mendation of the out going officers, A,
S. Coon, Pres. and II. Wilson, sec'y., fol-
the part taken by them in making the
| Institute success,
The following resolutions were unsni.
mously adopted
RESOLVED That we appreciate the
efforts OF our President and Secretary
in preparing and carrying out the ex.
cellent program to which we have liza.
tened with SO much interest and pleas
ure, and that we consider this session
OF the institute one of the most profit
able ever held in this county.
RESOLVED, That we extend to Us
Trigg, IL. r.. Wright and r. w. Thrill
our thanks for the able assistance given
us in carrying out the program and for