The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1904-01-15
FARMERS
INSTITUTE.
The Most Successful One Ever
Held In Our VILLAGE.

At 1000 o'clock Tuesday morning.
January -. President Dunn. of the
state Farmers Institute, called the
meeting TO order in Central Hall. Rev.
J. II. Reilly opened the meeting with
prayer. I'm the absence of Village
President T.. i. Fead. Rev. Reilly gave
the address OF welcome. His talk was
full OF good thoughts and suggestions
for the farmers. lie spoke Of the past
year us having been one of prosperity
| for the farmers and that they should
! feel thankful for the buuntifu crops.
! President Dunn responded in his usual
/ good way and praised the citizens Of
/ Yale for 'h" liberal hospitality always
! accorded 90 the institute and the large
/ attendance NJ every session. In con.
! clusiuu he said that he hoped 90 make
I his home mo ale when he rc'ircs from
/ the farm.
/ ". T. Raven. OF brooklyn was next
on the program, and gave very inter
pst,ug address Ou The S.lp and ~iIGpt:
/ ITS growing, making Iud feeding SIR.
! Raven b. practical d1irymbu and
spoke from hls own personal expert
sucr. II. cautioned them not 90 make
i their sllus too large. The rIie is eight
/ square feet to each head uf cattle. 10
there is too much surface thp corn VIII
+ ru' 90 ter thau 10 can be- fed. lie said
/ hc fed his -,llge 90 COWS principally.
aud feeds one COW from October Co
/ May ou au average of uue-half acre OF
corn. lie plants for silagc six quarts
/ of corn per acre, three feet apart each
I way and three kernels ia a hill.
/ The discussion that followed WAS
| lively. and many questions were asked
all OF which being intelligently
answered by Mr.. Raven. one question
asked was how he managed to get help
40 time of iilling silo Mr.. Raven
answered that ne raised his own help.
The afternoon attendance was much
| larger than that OF the forenoon. the
hall being crowded. Mr.. Raven opened
/ the afternoon session with talk on
The Dairy Herd and It's Care" Many
splendid pointers were given, all of
which should be helpful.
our tOwnsman, l.. Il. Fuller. who is
owner OF the creamery here, gave "a
| splendid talk on lis the Creamery "a
/ Benefit 20 the Farmer His remarks
must have impressed each one present
/ the value To the farmer of creamery
/ in any community.
Hon. II. :. Earle, of Detroit, placed
/ the audience la the best OF humOr by
| his witty opening remarks. and Kept
each one spell bound by logical speech
on Good Roads" MIR. Earle is the
champion Of good roads IN Michigan
and is doing more than any one man to
bring about good results along this line
| in the state. lie circulated petition
and received many signatures. The
petition asks Congress To appropriate
"A certain amount each year for the
/ building of good roads In the state.
Miss isla Evans gave recitation in
/ her usual good style and received
! hearty applause.
/ DR.. j. E. stevens was then called
upon aud gave an excellent paper on
I"prepared Stock Foods lie entered
/ into details regarding these frauds and
gave facts and figures concerning the
composition. lie advised the farmers
/ and showed them why they should
prepare their own stock foods
Central Hall WIS filled 10 overflow.
| ing in the evening showing the inter
est taken iu the Institute.
\ pretty drill given by the pupils oi
the primary department OF our public
schools WAS indeed enjoyed by every
body. The singing by the little toes
was also fine.
Before departing on the evening
train Senator II. $. Earle and W. +.
Raven entertained the audience by
recitations, and talks on the Michigan
state agricultural cOllegc-its benefits
80 the young men aud women of the
state.
&. T. Kellogg. superintendent Of
lale's high school. brought himself
closer 90 the hearts Of our citizens by
the splendid thoughts and suggestions
contained In his paper What is Prac
tical Education We are sorry our
space forbids us publishing In this is.
sue OF The Expositor this excellent |
production but hope To in some future
issue.
Lincoln Avery. of Port Huron, was
then called Co the platform and being |
personally known by nearly every per |
son present his address was anxiOusly |
looked forward 90. Mr.. Avery took |
for his topic "Industrial Combinations, |