The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1905-12-07
FARMERS INSTITUTE
Jesmer's Opera House Crowded on
Wednesday With Progressive
TilierS of the Soil.
The Addresses Were Delivered by
Practical Farmers of Wide and
Varied Experience.

erS' institute was held in Princeton
yesterday, the morning session COM
:mencing at 10 O'Clock and continuing
until IL, and the afternoon conven-
7tion beginning at 1:30 and closing at 4.
The farmers in the neighborhood
who could possibly get away from
their labors attended and the repre-
.sentation numbered almost 300. .-.
A. w. Trow, conductor of the insti-
tute. expressed himself as being
greatly satisfied with the outcome of
the convention, and said further that
the farmers in this part of the state
are of a far more intelligent class
than many of those with whom he>had
come in contact during his travels in
the interest of the institute. In fact Mr..
Trow said that the agriculturists who
attended the meeting were more than
ordinarily progressive, in that they
sought after, and were ready to en-
brace, the advice impaired by those
who addressed the meeting.
The meeting opened with short
address of welcome by the presiding
officer, A. w. Trow, and he was fol-
lowed by Forest Henry in short dis
course upon the American hog. Mr..
Henry, who is a practical farmer,
gave his opinion and experience of
the various breeds of hogs usually
raised in the northwest and demon
strated by charts how to select an
animal which would prove source of
profit. He had experimental with
various breeds of the animals and had
come to the conclusion that Poland
China was as good, or perhaps better,
than any other kind.
The next speaker was Mr.. Trow,
presiding officer of the institute,
whose subject was 1.-The Cow He
expatiated upon the various kinds of
cows-the COWS that are good for milk
production and the COWS that are no
good. So far as breed is concerned
Mr.. Trow said that he had found COWS
which were considered by some au-
thorities very poor grade produce
more milk than other animals classed
as highbred. cit all depends on the
feeding and the comforts which the
COW is provided with,' said he
There is an association between COW
comfort and milk production which
many a farmer does not seem to COM
prehend." A COW should have com
Portable, clean and quiet quarters and
it should have good feed all the time.
Not good feed today and poor feed
tomorrow. Mr.. .Trow said that when
the grass gets short in August the
cows feed should be supplemented with
clover. He said that by regular feed
ing and proper care the milk produc-
ton of COW could be increased from
80 to Is per cent. Cows should be
watered twice day, their bedding
should be at all times clean and the
barn in which they sleep or are kept
during the winter should be white
washed to rid it of vermin. Besides
this it should be we'll ventilated.
Fresh air is just as necessary to COWS
as it is to human beings. AS to feed
Mr.. Trow said that there was nothing
better than clover-clover was in
reality milk-and COWS like it better
than anything else. A fine winter feed
ic Of nd
fodder. There are several rations,
which used alternately, are very con-
ducive to the production of milk, and
these rations must be tested to prove
for what particular kind of COW they
are beneficial. Some will do better
on one than the other. The rations,
alternating: Glover, corn meal, bran;
corn fodder, prairie hay, bran, lin
seed meal: clover, oats, corn and cob
meal
Forest Henry was the next speaker.
Mr.. Henry is practical farmer and
has experimental for many years with
various products of the soil. His talk
on clover was very interesting. He
said that, aside from clover being a
most nutritious food for cattle, it was
also fertilizer and one of the finest.
He especially recommended it as a
preparatory crop for corn, as, after
being harvested and plowed under. it
left the soil in the finest possible con-
dition for the growth of this cereal.
He had raised corn upon his farm and
the land produced 30 bushels to the
acre previous to a crop of clover be-
ing harvested. This same acreage.
after clover had been sown, harvested
and plowed under, produced IS
bushels to the acre. He stated that
this part of the state cannot be ex-
celled for the production of clover,