The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1906-12-28
FARMEisS INSTITUTES.

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Amoss writes rs as follows:
II institute work cannot be thor
QUICKLY practical, so that the farmers
who attend the meetings csn make
use Of the information given st the
meetings, to increase the returns from
their fatms, then | would claim the
Institute work 10 not meeting the re
quirements OF its patrons.
Our stat this year is as previously,
a strong oas. composed oi men Who
have had the best school training, as
we'll as being practical men, being
themselves successful in the handling
Of the l,rcduc Oh which they will
speak.
Mr.. John II. Drn.y, who think !
can say will be With ~. is Of Calvert
County, is treasurer Of the Maryland
Tobacco Growers Association, has at
dressed meetings in s 'ulhsrn Msiy-
land before, and is kee-n to our pa
irons.
Mr.. Il. L. Watts, Scalp Level, Pa,
is one OF the best Institute workers on
the staff Of that State. Is . successful
market gardener aad fruit grower.
His farm Of l45 acres has shown
splendid results. He makes . spec
ialty of early vegetables, marketing
successfully these products himself
His father farm is wei! s'ochet. UAt:l
fruit, and he has himself planted large.
ly on bis home place. He graduated
from the s ate Agricultural College
OF Pennsylvania, June 1890. He
worked 8 horticultaralist in the mi
versity CT Tennessee ah,i at their ex
pertinent station. He wrote Farmers
Bulletin No. 80, on onions, OF the q.
S Department OF Agriculture. For
several years he was editor OF the
fruit and vegetable department Of the
Southern florist and Gardener. He
is now engaged in gardening, fruit
culture. with = poultry plant to &C
commodate 500 hens.
Dr.. Augustus Stabler Of Brighton,
Montgomery ssunty, Md, is prac
ticing physician, former student OF
the Johns Hopkins U University, mem
Der of the Montgomery County Farm
ers Club, also lecturer OF the Brighton
Grange, conducts \ dairy Of 90 cows,
and is An authority on forsgel crops
and the use Of iegumes, such ~ COW
peas, crimson clover, and others
through which he has made fertile his
ancestral estate which formerly. was
IN sedge and quite reproductive. His
subjects will be forage crops and meth
DDS of impro wing the soil by proper
rotation, together with ways of pre-
venting diseases by proper sanitary
meth DDS possible on every farm.
One OF the special features this sea
son will be the Judging Germ contest
by boys over Is aud not exceeding 81,
the successful exhibitor to be rarded
prize Of. red by the trustees Of the
Maryland agricultural College, which
ia two weeks course at that lnstitu.
ton, board, lodging and tuition free.
to one boy from each county who has
exhibited and received the award as
outlined in the bulletin which We will
forward You under separate cover.
containing rules, and explanation OF
points in corn judging, which you
will ind on page II. Preparations
were made for this work At our last
meetings, when lectures we're given by
Mr.. L!ewellyn at the first session OF
each Institute on judging and select
ing corn, to thu boys, and folio we'd by
a weeks course at the summer school
by Prof. Taliaferre and others. An
assistant will accompany US, Mr.. e. /.
Oswald, former student of the Nary.
land Agricultural College, who will
receive, arrange AMI judge th" corn
broug ht 10 tits Institute l,,r eStish,,
ton. He has been thoroughly train
ed in this work in his course at the
institution.
Another feature Of the prog ram this
season will be to devote IL minutes OF
each session to the instruction given
at the Maryland Agricultural College
and IT'S departments, and it is earnest
ly requested that questions be asked
and thorough understanding arrived
at by all interested in its important
work. At best the Institutes can
only meet partial want. while the
College and Station work will go on
forever.
Our meetings will he held at Belts.
vile Tuesday, January 18th, and at
Mullikin Tuesday, January 18Th. NJ.
H J, Patterson, and Mr.. G. &. D.
ToWnshend will act "A local represent.