The Glenwood post., 1906-11-17
EAGLE VALLEY
FARMERS MEET
And Listen with Much Interest to
the Corps Of Able Instructors
from Agricultural College
EAGLEITES HAVE BASKET DINNER

The second annual meeting OF the
Farmers institute in Eagle opened
Monday at p. m. with short but
eloquent address from Cnairmna Eb
bert Mr.. Ebbert is a cantaloupe and
sugar beet grower of Rocky Ford and
is man of excellent delivery, broad
experience and strong personality,
He introduced to the audience
Josehp E. Wing of Ohio who spoke 30
minutes on stock raising and farm
ing, giving accounts of his own per
sonal observation of farming and stock
raising in Utah. Arizona, Ohio.
Texas, Dakota and other states Par
ticularly interesting was his descrip-
tion of the beginning of farming in
the Panhandle section of Texas which
meant the move of the cattleman,
Mr.. Wing was followed by l. E.
Newsom of the Agricultural college
at Fort Collins on talk of horse dis
eases and other animal diseases
Mr.. E. Bennett of Greeley closed
the afternoon session with very in
structive talk on potato raising.
Tuesday morning the institute
opened at 1890 with Mr., Ebbert in
the chair, and he made twenty min
ute talk on organizations. Mr. Eb-
bert is fine talker and his speech
was well received.
E. B. Taylor of Grand Junction
commonly known as the bug man"
was introduced by Chairman EbbeIt.
and spoke for As minutes on better
production of fruit and formulae for
ridding trees of insects
Miss Ammons, teacher of domestic
science at the Agricultural college in
Fort Collins, followed with four
minute talk, while Mr.. Wing made
good use of the remaining 1f minutes
before dinner was served.
At 1890 the tables were laid. An
nouncement had been made that
everybody should come with well fill
ed baskets and have a general old
fashioned picnic dinner and it seemed
the whole country responded to the
invitation and the tables fairly
groaned under their load. Dinner
was served to 175 guests in exactly
two hours
Chairman Ebbert introduced Miss
Ammons Immediately on the opening
of the afternoon session and she spoke
for As minutes on The Home, and
its Management. Miss Ammons is
a general favorite in this com
munity and her beautiful talk of
home, the home makers and keepers,
was we'll received from the beginning
to the end.
MIR. Ebhert again introduced to the
crowded house Mr.. Joe Wing who by
request of the chairman told the story
of his life MIR. Wing is correspond
ent for the Breeders association paper
and certainly is an impressive speak
er.
He told of his life first as wee lad
when he had his first venture build
ing fence, planting trees, planting
potatoes when only a boy of eight
summers on his father farm in Ohio;
how on his first success in the fields
on bended knee he thanked the Gver
Of all good gifts for the bountlful re-
Ill I, -, I,h fnl ,al
his boyhood on the Ohio farm; young
manhood when he left the old home
and went to California for his health,
returning later to work on large
cattle ranch on the Green river IL
Utah later becoming manager of that
ranch and travelling through Texas,
Dakota, Montana and all the north
western country Later his return tc
the old Ohio farm, the burial of his
beloved father, the purchase of the
old home, the trials of building good
d out of bad, of debt, and the tina
REIMBURSEMENT of debt.
His story was beautiful bringing
tears to the eyes one moment anu pro
voking to laughter the next. Mr.
Ebbert then closed the meeting with l
glowing tribute to the royal manne
in which they had been entertained
making the positive assertion tina
nowhere in the state had they foun'
such welcome, when Mr.. Wing inter
posed with the remark that he ha'
spoken in sixteen states and at N
place found a town that had so splen
didly entertained az Eagle,
Frank Rule Sr. Of Eagle valley j
local chairman of this organization
while the committee is composed o
John Welch, Mrs. j L.. Green an
Miss Alice Thoporg. Mr.. Rule ha
certainly done himself proud and ha