The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1907-02-13
Farmers Institute at Darlington.

The Farmers Institute at Clarington,
February 4th and 9Th, was a great sue
cess. The attendance reached close to the
400 mark and at no time during the ses-
si6ns dropped much below go.
Extracts from talks for the farmer who
could not be present: r. S. Seeds.-Soil
gets poor by working out the vegetable
matter and humus, and because of this
the farmer tries to patch this up by using
Nova Scotia Plaster, lime and fertilizer
until during the last year the farmers of
Pennsylvania have spent nearly S,OOO,-
600 to make the soil do what it used to do
without anything. Poor farms may be
brought back to fertility by returning the
vegetable matter. Use crimson clover,
cowhorn turnips, dwarf Essex rape. and
sweet clover. Plow 1t down. Apply
barry ard manure on grass to make hay
and vegetable matter. Plant food released
from the soil is nearer balanced ration
than can be put into any fertilizer sack.
G. E. Hull.-The four important dairy
v
Holstein. The best summer feed is good
pasture bridged over drouth with oats
and sweet corn to the silage in winter.
Stables must be Kept in sanitary condi-
tions. Udders washed before milking
aud hair clipped from under surface.
Cream should be held at from AS 10 So
degrees until its transition from perfectly
sweet cream to acidity for churning. The
same specalties exist in farming as in
manufacture and professions. Build up
a reputation in some specially. The dis
tsnt-from-msrket farmer has advantages
almost if not wholly equal to the near
market farmer. Advertise what you have
to sell.
d. W. Morrison.-Never we're there
better nor cheaper advantages for educa-
ton than now. The beginner in teach
ing needs more than the scholastic side
of education. The opportunity is now
given to all for learning the method in
education by attending the Forest County
Summer Normal and School of Methods,
which opens for an eight weeks term in
Tionesta on May 9TH. 1907. Free tuition
and cheap boarding.
The consensus of opinions seemed 10
favor an abolition of road wo-k-tax. This
phase was well discussed by A. Slaugh-
enhsupt, Joseph Hall, j. G. Work,
Isaiah Cassatt, and others.
Mrs. G. E. Fl ill yividly portrayed home
life on the farms of Massachusetts and
Michigan in the early sixties and of the
present in Pennsylvania. Mrs. Hill is a
very fluent and impressive speaker. She
showed wide contrast between the op-
portunities and conveniences of the past
and the present.
The two essays, Education of the
Farmers Boys and Girls" by Mrs. Jen-
ME Potter, and "The Primary Education,
Its Importance to the Child's Future
Life" by Mrs. w. A. Crossmun, were
both masterpieces of language, thought
and expression. Relying on the expec-
tation of these essays being turned in to
the department, the secretary did not
take any notes on them, and when both
ladies modestly declined to submit them
to the chairman for publication by the
Department of Agriculture, we are
obliged to simply state that both were
excellent and those who failed to hear
them can form no idea of their worth.
The Question Box was we'll employed
during the sessions, the music was SIM
ply par-excellence and far above par in
both quality and quantity. Clarington
people certainly did the entertainment
act In true southern style.