Evening journal., 1905-01-20

LABORATORIES, ELkLAkIs IND.
Western farmer was complaining thar
was no longer any money in rails
ing grain. and many of them were SELL
ing their farms and migrating South to
raise fruit.
Mr.. cooper's Address.
President Cooper's annual address
was as follows:
Ladies and gentlemen Of the SOM
erset County Board OF Agriculture-M
affords me great pleasure to have the
privilege of making this tmy fourth)
annual address before this progressive
and rapidly growing organization. I
know the meetings held by our society
during the past year have been beneh-
cial to me, and hope all the members
have derived some benefit from them.
I wish to take this means to heartily
thank everybody connected with the
county board for their cheerful sup
port during The past year. have ap-
preciated it greatly and il has enabled
me to strive all the harder Tor the sue
cess of our organization.
TN my last annual address I made
a mention of some OF the best crops, In
my estimation, for the farmer to grow,
and am, going TO talk Of these same
crops today-only in a somewhat ddf-
ferent vein. / still firmly believe that
hay Is one OF the very best products
to make money out OF on the farm.
Dairying comes next because the far
mer that keeps a dairy can always
grow plenty Of hay, as he has the man.
ure to grow st with.
RYE has been a crop that has been
very paying one during the last few
years, and viii continue to be so for a
long time. 1 believe. because Of the
great demand for the straw. which
sells at more per ton than the best tim
othy hay.
where the soil is adapted to pota-
toes this crop viii pay very we'll IN
deed most years. but it is sometimes
an uncertain crop because of the rot
which is in some wet years likely tc
blast the growers hopes after a long
season of toll in the potato field.
"To revert again to dairying: II my
hearers will permit me, want TO sag
that a good bunch of cows we'll Sc
lected and fed properly. wall pay, II
the milk is marketed ia the way tc
bring the right price, which can be OBJ
tanned without much trouble, as there
/ is always a great demand for good
milk. and this demand is steadily on
/ the increase. No COW should be kept
that does not pay a good profit for hel
keep. This can easily be found out by
the owner. If he has an eye to business
For a long time past the matter Of
hired help on the farm has been tbs
source Of a great deal of trouble to the
! farmer, and / have found out by ex.
perience, (which has been quite large ir
this line, chat the best way Is for ths
farmer to employ good help and pay
good wages for it. Then the farmei
will get his work done in the proper
season and in the right way.
Last fail, while / was travelling
through the county, the farms looked
far better than five or six years ago
and I can say this in regard to every
respect. The buildings are painted bet
lter-many Of them newly painted; an(
some are not only that, but new build
lings, too. The land had a much richei
appearance in general. The fames
have larger herds OF cattle and this 81
a sure sign of prosperity, here as wei
as IN the West.
"The prices the farmer Is gettinl
now are as good as he has received 70,
the articles he can produce in Ions
while: Wheat, at S1.25 a bushel, corl
at 5S cents, oats at 40 cents, potatOe
at IS, and milk at present ait Sl.60 pc
can of 40 quarts (wholesale). Now, i
Professor Holden can increase 20 to 3
iper cent. the corn crop of Iowa l CLAIM
the farmers of Somerset county cal
increase the corn crop of our count.
the same percentage by following tn
same care in selecting the seed an
preparing the soil properly befor
planting, and taking the right care o
the corn after it has come up and sun
I'll it is too large to need any more tart
Get Big Crops.
"rhere is not a bit of use OF havin
to mow 100 acres Of land to gathe
100 tons of hay, when so well-man
ured and well seeded acres will pro
duce the 100 tons. thus saving the pun
chase price of so acres of land, whic
at $50 AN acre would cost you $780, an
the interest on that sum at six pc
cent. would amount to $3.50 a year, nc
taking into consideration the differeno
of only half the work of preparing IN
soil for seeding. In regard TO seedin
for good meadows have learned fnoi
my experience that the best way
seed is TO use fertilizer, and after NOW
ing one season to top dress with mar
ure, in the fall or early winter-not
the spring, as 1t Will do very little goo
I that season. My reason for seedin
with fertilizer the first season Is to 81
clean meadows.
Il have always advocated buying
large quantities, and am still OF III
same belief. 1 believe the day Wi
come when the sons and daughters {
the farmers will stay on the farm, q
there are many reasons why the
should. On the farm they have, fir
of all, good, fresh aid to breathe, plent
of pure spring water to drink, fires
eggs. fresh vegetables and fruits Of a