The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1905-03-22
FARMERS INSTITUTE.
Special Meeting in the Court House Last
Wednesday Evening and Thursday.
WEDNESDAY EVENING.

an Institute was held IN the Court
House last Wednesday evening
and Thursday. The first session
began at 7:30 p. M, with the song
"Amerlca," Mrs. A. W. John.
ston, Jr., was then introduced,
and gave talk on The Farmers
Reading Matter. This talk dealt
with the faI mer as reader of
Agricultural Reports, Expert.
mental Farm Bulletins, as well
as farm papers, market reports,
the daily and weekly papers,
magazines, and the popular auth
ors that have stood the test of
time. Among these were men
toned the names of DR.. Weir
Mitchell, Thos. Nelson Page and
Ralph Gunner, as present day
writer's.
A. L. Martin and Rev. Houston
followed with some appropriate
remarks.
Prof. Chas. e. Barton occupied
the next period, speaking on the
Elements of Success in Life. "
The speaker recognized the fact
that the subject was too large to
exhaust, but he named in partic-
ular four points, as follows: A
Good Character, a Good Educa-
tion, a Good Body and a Willing
nesss to Work. The speaker very
forclbly gave his views on these
topics.
Mr.. L. w. Leighty, of York
county, was next introduced aud
gave talk on Rural Education.
Mr.. Leighty thinks that the coun-
try school has been neglected by
the leaders of education, and per-
haps by the patrons of the rural
schools themselves; and while the
farmers have new methods and
appliances, yet the methods and
the appliances of the country
school are the same as they were
fifty years ago. AS Gu e, the
speaker advocated the township
High School.
Mr.. Martin occupied the last
period of the session with a few
pleasing remarks on the import
ance of Education and it's relation
to Agriculture.
THURSDAY AFTERNOON.
The meeting was opened with
prayer by Rev. S. B. Houston.
@. j. Brewer occupied the first
period with an excellent paper
entitled, SIN What Shape Can We
Best Market the Products of Our
Farms-ln Crude or Condensed
Form? The speaker insists that
whether the farmer is interested
in horses, cattle, hogs, or sheep,
the important part Is in feeding
the stock and returning the ma.
nure to the soil-thus increasing
the fertility of the soil as well as
the size Of the bank account.
While Mr.. Brewer is a dairy spe-
cialist, who has made success
of his business, it renamed for
the next speaker, Mr.. Martin, to
give special attention to the dairy
as particularly suited to the con-
ditions and surroundings of the
Fulton county farmer. This
speaker also thinks that on every
farm more attention should be
given the poultry business. Mr.
Tobias Glazler followed with &
few we'll chosen remarks along
the same line.
H. Q. McCloud, telephone ex
pert, was then introduced ant
spoke to the farmers on the i'm
portance of using the telephone
as means of securing market
aud weather reports, as well as /
means OF social communication
that is both pleasant and proht
ablc. The speaker urged the val
ne OF formers cooperating in this
matter as well as ia OF her mat
ters.
The Deputy Director took VI
the next period, in which he urg
ed the Importance of the tele
phone, rural free delivery, socia
meetings and farmers institutes
as means of cultivating a com
munity of interests. An import
ant part OF this talk was devoted
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