Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1905-01-26
The Farmers, Institute for Sullivan

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Church at Forksville, Friday after
noon Jan. 20th 1905. The meeting
was called TO order by j. X. Bird
member of the state board of agri-
culture at 1880.
Four of the state lecturers being
present, having just arrived from
hoiaing institutes in Wyoming Co..
Samuel W. ii. Waltz of fWilliamsport
spoke on poultry raising. Some of
the main points advanced We're:
Keep your poultry comfortable; do
not excite them, have comfortable
place for them to live in, with plenty
of sunlight and dust bath. j. III.
Peachy of Bellville, Miffiin County
then delivered his address on hogs
for profit. Breed only full blood
stock: raise breed thahfill show a
good percent of lean meat when
ready for market. Raise breed
that will sell the best in the locality
where you reside. He favors the
black breeds, Polan china or Berk-
shire.
DR.. l. A. Thayer of New Castle,
Lawrence County, then gave us his
splendid lecture on "Preserving soil
moisture''. We wish every farmer
in Sullivan County would have
heard this address. One OF the
main points was TO prepare proper
seed bed, by having the escil well pull
verized, the smaiierthe particles of
soil the more moisture it contains.
The afternoon session was closed
by an address by l.. w. Lightly of
West Berlin Adams County on "Sta-
BILE MANURE. Keep the manure
under shelter, save the liquid ma
nure, save ammonia by sprinkling
South Carolina rock or superphCs-
phatc over manure pile in stable
every morning.
The evening session was opened
singing by the Forksville choir, and
prayer by Rev. II, Z. Huntley. Mr.
Ptachy then spoke of "The farmer
boy and his education". A song by
Miss Grace Fleming, followed by
an address on Nature study in the
public schools, by Mr. Thayer.
Duck song by four young men.
Mr.. Lightly then spoke on the g The
education of our boys and girls and
rura. schools. All of these lectur-
crs spoke strongly in favor of cen
tralizatlon of schools and the town
ship high school: sighting many in
stances where it has been put into
successful operation in townships
more sparingly populated and as
mountainous as the townships of
Sullivan County. Saturday morn
ing session was opened By an address
on " The dairy COW " BY l., w.
Lightly, the main points being to
have thorough bred stock weight and
test milk and know exactly what
each COW is doing, thin out the poor
ones, have good stables, keep them
lean, feed a well balauced ton.
DR.. Thayer then spoke on how to
raise clover The four essential
points being: lst. get the water off
your soil so it will not heave, if this
cannot be done by narrow land plow
ing, drain using tile; End, fill the
soil with humus or vegetable matter.
if this cannot be done dy stable ma
nure, then plow under rye and win
ter vetch when the rye is about 10
inches high; 3rd. if the soil is sour
sweeten it by using lime or hard
wood ashes, and fourth prepare a
good seed bed and SOW in July.
Mr.. Waltz then took up the study
of "Corn culture" dwelling especi-
ally on the Importance of selecting
good seed.
The afternoon session was opened
by music by the choir. From the
question box the follow ing were
read and discussed, Will the tele-
phone have tendancy to keep the
boys and girls on the farm: Answer
yes especially the girls. Can milk
be enriched by feed? Answer, no.
Mr.. Lightly then spoke on feeding
the dairy COW, and Mr.. Thayer on
Commercial fertilizing and alfalfa.
After a vote of thanks To the speak
ers, the institute adjourned without
holding an evening session, as the