The citizen., 1906-03-09
FARMERS INSTITUTES.
Were Held in Frederick County
Recently All Well Atten-
ded and Much Good Ac-
complished.

YET IO GuOTOuS NY uoulOIlSOldlC tuO
practical value of the lessons
taught at the Farmers Institutes,
three of which were recently held
in this county, and how greatly
they assist the discerning agri-
culturiSt in bringing out the great
est good there is Oh his land and
his stock.
Time of course is necessary to
bring this fact home to the great
body of farmers throughout the
State. but the majority of them
are rapidly awaking up to Oppor-
tunity that is theirs for the asking
and the day is not far distant
when the operations of this very
Serviceable branch of the Mary.
land Agricultural College will he
so extended as to take the foIm Of
practical lectures and lessons a.
home. This feature is now avail
able in a sense in the bulletins
aud other literature issued at reg
ular intervals 10y the y Agricultural
College and the United States
Department OF Agriculture, which
are free also for the asking, but it
seems that only a limited number
of farmers avail themselves of the
chance to better keep up with
modern methods and thus enrich
themselves to a greater degree out
of the mine of wealth which lies
at their very door.
Iu Buckeystown on Saturday,
in Frederick on Monday and in
MyerSville on Tuesday, the farm
erS of Frederick county were
given golden opportunity to
hear experts discuss many subjects
relating to the farm and kindred
interests, and that so many of
them did, is evidence of a rapid
awakening to the usefulAess of
education i'll the process Of farm
lug, dairying, stock raising, truck
farming, etc. The men " ho talked
at these institutes were especially
proficient in their business. and
became so because OF au intelli.
gent conception of the problems
OF successful agriculture put to
practical usefulness. They have
studied early and late and exper
lmented along approved and we'll
tried lines and therefor they are
qualified to Tell their brethren
how TO do the same things in
which they have succeeded.
At the morning session in The
grand jury room at the Court
House Mr.. Lewelling, of Nebras
ka, talked Oh corn growing. and
also told how 70 select seed corn.
matter that is rapidly growing
III Importance and which was so
we'll brought out 10y the 'scorn
special tours through portions of
Maryland last year. Mr.. Jared
Van Negenen, Of New York. gave
an eloquent address on the "Fer
tlllty OF the Soil" and advised
thorough cultivation of all land
used for crop raising. This is a
matter that many farmers neglect
to their own financial detriment.
LII the afternoon Mr.. Lewelling
made an address on "Altalfa.u y
which was followed By an address
by MI. Van Wageuen on "Educa
tlon for the Farm
Both sessions were we'll attend
ed and everyone was impressed
with the clearness of the speakers.
language and the worth of the
subject treated. 1t was a paving
Investment il only one thing was
learned that would make the form
more profitable, for that is the
object of the institutes. Next wear
the grand jury room should be far
too small to hold comfortably the
crowd that will come to hear the
workers for the institutes.
SKETCHES OF THE SPEAKERS
Clayton NJ. Lewelling was born
OF quaker parents, in a hewed
log cabin, on prairie farm in
the State of Iowa in 1881
Here he spent his boyhood days
and at the age OF fourteen enter
ed the academy at Denmark
Iowa. At seventeen he began
teaching school and graduated in
the commercial department. of
Whittier's College, at Salem.
Iowa, in 1874.
In 1871 he moved to Nebraska
and settled on what is now a fine
productive farm, near Beaver
City.
The walls of his first house
were bnilt of sod and shingled
with the same material.
Mr.. Lewelling has made a sue.
cess OF farming, stock and poul.
try raising aud now owns several
hundred acres of fertile land in
the famous alfalfa country in Ne
braSka.
he is member of the Ne
la .s.l-s