The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1906-03-08
Attend the Farmers, Institute.

your paper for few thoughts that |
want to suggest to the farmers of Gar
rett and that is to call the attention of
every farmer in the county to the i'm
portance Of attending the Institutes to
be held in the county as follows:
Friendsyille, March Is; Accident,
March II; Bittinger, March 10; Swan
ton, March, 20; Oakland, March q.
l have attended these Institutes for
several years and l find that they are a
great benefit to me. The reason is
this: you can hear the opinion of all the
very best farmers all over the county.
Together with your own judgment l
find it is great help to me- While the
time has come in our day when farmers
that are Enot up to date will fail on the
farm and if you once attend one of these
institutes you will never regret the time
you spent.
Now let me urge you, especially the
young men of Garrett county, to attend
these meetings for they are very i'm
portant to US. They help us in putting
up our land and is raising stock, fruit
and anything in the line of farming and
this is what think our county needs
and these people are willing to help us.
Let us turn out and get all out of it we
can. Do not forget the date of the
meetings and attend all of them we can
this year, especially at Oakland.
UPTON CUPPETT.
Mt. Lake Park, March, LIST.
To the Editor of The Republican:
A few weeks sgo there was an
nounced in your columns that there
would be conducted Eve Farmers IN
stitutes at as many different points in
Garrett county. This shows the great
effort the Department Of Farmers In
stitutes is making to reach all the far
mers over the large territory of this
county.
We farmers should show our appreci-
alton of the efforts Of the Department
and reciprocate by every one of US at
tending these institutes at one or more
points where they are conducted. Com
ing thus to us in different parts of the
county leaves no excuse for not attend
ing on account of bad roads or incIen-
eat weather. These meetings are a
source of greatest benefit to the far
mers and are conducted by men of prac-
tlcal experience on the farm, and who
have solved many of the perplexing
problems that confront US every year in
our farm operations, such as soil
fertility, fertilizers, forage crops,
money crops, stock feeding and manage
ment, fruit growing, spraying, pruning,
etc. Sometimes the speakers are writ
ers to agricultural papers and l have
found it great pleasure as well as in
structive to read their articles after
hearing them speak and vice versa.
Sometimes these speakers are joined at
our institutes by some of the staff from
our State Experiment Station who tell
US results from experiments conducted
to solve new problems which confront
the farmers of this State. No doubt the
possibility for extensive and intensive
farming in Garrett county is great.
Where are our orchards of twenty
five to one hundred acres growing car
loads of such apples as our climate will
produce under good orchard manage
ment? Where are our sheep farms sup
porting half thousand or more of the
golden hoofed" animals? Where are
our alfalfa fields? Is it not possible to
double the yield on most of our acres?
Why let the blight scorch our potato
fields like fire? Why not check it
with spray? May we as farmers of
Garrett county make the most of our
environments and become equal to our
competitors in producing quality and
quantity.
Come to the Farmers Institute and
improve your methods. The time
spent will not be lost, for the knowledge
of better methods will many times re-
pay the time during the year.
II. w. MILLER.
Sunnyside, March 5, 1906.