Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1905-02-09
FARMERS INSTITUTE PROCEEDINGS
Successful Meeting Held in jamestown Last Friday
and Saturday. Speakers Discuss Up-to-Date
Farm Topics. Cooperation Practicable.
The Draft Horse and Horse Raising in North Dakota
The Farm Kitchen and Garden. The Hog
and a Good Pickle For Pork

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Owing to the extremely cold wealth
er the last few days, there was a small
attendance of farmers at the opening
Of the institute here at two O'Clock
Friday. The instructors who arrived
to take charge are: W. w. Mcconnell,
ex-state dairv and food commissioner
of Minnesota, w. F. Stiles, Lake Mills
Wis, Jas. Austin. Havannah, N. D.,
and Mrs. Wilcox of Benton, MINI.
The armory was we'll heated and
the speakers had adorned the walls
with large Illustrations used in the
lectures. The program will be about
as follows: Conductor Mcconnell will
speak on cooperation among farmers.
Mr.. Austio will discuss the horse,
seed wheat and farm literature. Mr..
Stiles will speak on creameries, silo
and feeding stock. Mrs. Wilcox will
lecture on "the kitchen" Saturday at
2:3O. She also will discuss 'home
dairying" and the "farm garden -
The session will continue all day
Saturday, Feb. 4th.
Among the speakers at the instt-
tute Friday afternoon Mrs. Wilcox.
thu lady lecturer was very interest
ing. She spoke on the subject of the
kfarm home. She spoke of the differ
ence in meahfhksbstween>- tepee and
home, the first meaning simply
shelter and protection, being the
savages nearest idea Of what a civili-
zed man is signified by the word
home. She quoted the school girls
defnation of home "the place which
we love the most and where We act
the worst" However, she said, this.
though pretty true definition for
city school girls, ought not to be true
in the country.
n The country home is free from many
of the temptations common Ito the
city and ought therefore to mean
mole to the farmers family than
ssshelter. "She spoke of the -advis'
ability of cultivating more and more
the esthic side of our nature and
advocated more music and reading
materials in farmers homes as an
aid 10 keeping boys and girls in the
farm home rather than having them
drift away into. the cities.
..She spoke of the great advance
already made in the improvement of
the farm home. and felt that farmers
are waking up to the fact that to
live we'll while we live rather than
doing without all so-called "luxuries"
and piling up cold cash merely and
adding to our broad acres. is an ex-
hibition OF common sense rather
than Of reckless expenditure. IF
we 6 annot realize our ideals we can
at least idealize our reals. y
/: Mrs. Wilcox spoke of the home life
of Queen Victoria very feelingly and
also to that great army Of home
queens. the mothers.
'sOur North Dakota mothers,
God bless their whitening hair.
They spread for US home light,
That's sweet beyond compare
4 The armory held a fair attendance
Friday evening In spite Of the cold
weather to hear the addresses of the
institute speakers. There were a
number Of ladies present. Mr.. Austin
spoke along the lines Of farmer
studying his business and keeping up.
with the procession Of other indus
tries. ..,a ,,5#..S .,2s
Mrs. Wilcox, in speaking Of the
subject Of the garden gave some now
.anI interesting suggestions.
She advised every farmer to raise
and prepare to keep fresh more vege-
tables and consume more vegetables
during the winter instead Of eating
SO much grease, meats, flour and
watery potatoes. More vegetables,
less doctor bills. Mrs. Wilcox ad-
svised the making Of hot beds which
can be done at a small cost and which
will give various kinds Of garden
plants such q start in the spring that
they mature early and we'll repay the
trouble Of starting Ia q hot bed
"a few panes Of glass. q good sized
boxing and the proper soil is all that
Is necessary for the hot bed. To
transplant the tender plants easily
she suggested tax Ing q strip Of card.
board 8 or 10 inches long fold it into
the shape Of d triangle. tying q string
around the card board to- hold Il u il.
place, ret the card board in the hot
bed, an With soil and plant The seeds; d.;