Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1907-01-31

Inc most successful FARMERS lusN
tute ever held in this county was that
in session mt the Court House Monday
and Tuesday OF this week. Last year
institute had shown the farmers the
benefit and meaning Of an up to-datt
farmers training school OF this kind
so that interest was aroused and expect
ancy ran high among the farmers
themselves. The cash prizes offered
by the business men Of Elk Point and
the fairly good advertising given thf
destitute. also helped along the enter
prise. Monday we had snow storm
and Tuesday was tn coolest day o.
the year, yet in spite Of the weather
the court room was packed with farm.
ers at afternoon and evening sessions
there was also good sprlnkling OF
farmers wives in attendance.
The first speaker at the opening
session Monday afternoon was Geo. f..
Whiting, the Yankton nurseryman,
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He strongly urged every farmer 10
have a small fruit patch and an orchard.
Raspberres, straw berries and currdnts
grow well here and will pay vel! either
commercially or for the farmer's own
use. His talk contained valuable hints
on proper varieties and culture, how
to guard against winter killing, differ
ent methods OF grating, etc. Mr..
Whiting is "A practical hOrticulturist,
years in this section, and his talk was
from the standpoint Of his own expert
ence and study.
MIR. Whiting was followed by Mrs.
AIDA f. HOWE, Of Wisconsin,, who
talked on Poultry" Any on
Of Mrs. Howl e's ia ks wa S
we'll worth h e trouble of coming
miles to hear. She is an entertaining
speaker knows what she is talking
about and arouses the interest a nd com
pels the assent Of the nearer upon any
subject she handles. She advocated
selecting some good strain of chickens
and keeping them pure, as costing very
little more at the start and yielding
much better returns either in eggs or
dressed poultry. Practical hints as to
preparing eggs or dressed poultry for
market were given; also incubators and
brooders, management, temperature,
food and care for the chicks. and prac-
tical points brought out by questions
from the audience, all came in for a
snare OF attention
The evening session was opened by a
song from the ladies' quartette, which
was greatly enjoyed. as was another
selection rendered later. Pres. Gault
of the state university, was the frs
education from the time one could
distinguish between savagery and civil
ization down to its present high devel'
tpment. He found useful and very
, important example in the farmers
astitu.e, which he termed the farmers
| school out of school. . II Us talk was Il
popular and at the stme time scientific
view OF present-day education and was
admirably adapted to familia, ize IN
audien OF farmers with the objects
and methods Of true education.
| Mrs. HOWE followed with charm
/ i y talk on Homes. For over az
honr.she held the audience spell bounf
with her sharp saliies, common SENSE
views and bright, convincing advice
| AS a popular lecturer Mrs HOWE ha
fairly won for herself a place of higt
regard 10 the estimation of the fin.
audiences she addressed at this insti
tute.
| Tuesday morning Mr.. II. e. Warne
Of Forestnurg. who was here last year
gave a good talk on corn. Over seven
ty different exhibitors had specimen
i OF corn entered ard these samples ha,
all been carefully scored by Mr.. Warne
and Mr.. Lyons. This Scoring is no
for exhibition purposes, but is for tn
purpose of bringing out what norma
ear Of corn is with the design OF breed
ing up the seed TO as near normal a
possible. The standard which
adopted universally and on which al
these exhibits were graded. is give
below:
Uniformity: Every ear ia exhibit
should be like every other ear;
shape OF Ears: Ears hould be cy-
lindrical: ]
, Purity in Color of Cob: White ears
should have white and yellow
corn red cob:
Purity in Color OF Grain. Grains
!. should be all OF the same color;
Tips: Rows should run straight
Learly TO tip and tip be wei
covered;
Butts: Shank should be SIN with