The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1906-02-03
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1906.
FARMERS INSTITUTES.
@. M. Lewelling, of Nebraska, and
Jared Van Wagenen, Jr., Of New
York, will Lecture in Carroll county

A letter from VIM. L. Amoss, Director OF
Farmers Institutes. writes to The Advocate
as follows:
Maryland, through her College of AgricuI-
ture and its Department of Farmers InSt-
tntes, will again send into each county corps
of lecturers, or, as they perfer to be called,
workers, who by spoken words instead OF
the written ones of the Experiment Station
bulletins, will lead the farmers into new
methods of crop production whereby every
acre of land will be made to bring forth
greater and better products. They viii not
say their hearers must do Us they do, but will
tell of their own methods that their hearers
may themselves afterwards decide what Is best
for each in his own way to do.
Through the Agricultural College, the Ex-
pertinent Station and the Farmers Institutes
a rapid change is coming over the land. When
a producer knows the ways and conditions
under which the crops he is growing are
handled by others with whom he must 60 on
the worlds markets, he is in possession of IN
formation which viii materially help him
either to produce at less cost, or It will con
vince him that it is useless to continue 10 the
old methods or even to attempt to meet q COM
petition when the new order OF things, and,
perhaps, even nature herself is against him.
He introduces into his system new crops bet
ter adapted to his soil, climate aud his own
fitness to produce.
Through the Grange, the Farmers Club OF
other local organization, the farmers become
acquainted with the methods OF their neigh
bors, but through Farmers Institutes, they
learn of new ways, new crops, conditions under
which others are working the markets and
the needs of the consumers. Their delds Of
vision are extended, they become broader
men and better farmers.
9 q IA
Maryland Farmers Institutes, will be &C
companied by two men as regular workers,
who will visit all of the Maryland counties.
They will be assisted by men who have sue
ceeded in producing something on Maryland
soil wonderfully well aud by others who are
devoting their lives 10 work aud study OF the
many problems that vex our farmers.
Mr.. c. NJ. Leweling. Of Beaver City,
Nebraska, was born Of Quaker parents, in
hewed log cabin, on a prairie farm in the
State of Iowa, In 1855, where he spent his
boyhood days. At the age Of II he entered
the Academy at Denmark, Iowa. AT Il he
began teaching school. In 1877 he moved 70
Nebraska and built himself a sod house. he
hes made farming a success. owns several
hundred acres of fertile land In the famous
alfalfa country. Cattle, hogs and poultry are
his products. he is member OF the Ne
brsska State Board of Agriculture. and also
one of the regular institute workers Of inst
State. He has been a close student Of nature,
and speaks from observation and experience.
His manner of address IS convincing. support
ed by that enthusiasm that capiivates his
audience, making them eager 10 hear him
again and again.
Mr. Jared Van Wagenen, Jr., the Dairy
Expert Of the corps, was born on farm on the
hills of Eastern New York. He took tour
years course in the College Of Agriculture At
Cornell University and became instructor Of
dairying there. His chances Of promotion
were equivalent to certainty. de chose TO 60
back 10 the farm, though other offers came.
He still remains on the farm, where his herd
of half a hundred produce milk which he
manufactures into golden butter His talk
on maintaining the fertility of the farm
is the ''meatiess' discourse yet presented at
an institute for the Maryland farmer.