The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-01-26
But one more week of this great bargain feast
Anticipate your wants for next season if supplied for
this. 1t saving of from thirty to fifty percent

! clared the speaker. Continuing he
declared. "The agricultural station
has. discovered in its many expcri-
ments that the law of rotation is
good one for the farmer TO follow.
Keep The earth well stirred; plow
under clover, it never pays to cut
it and sell it for hay at - to So
q ton. A little manure will increase
a farmers net profits faster than
anything else. "
In conclusion Mr.. Judy advised
/ that every farmer have good under
ground drainage ON his farm. Sur
face drainage takes away the life Of
soil and destroys the germ of the
seed and good drainage is absolute
ly essential with successful far
| mer.
A paper, much deserving of the
| favorable comment which it rcceiv-
ed, from nearly all present, was
one by Mrs. Maggie Lafferty, on
the interesting subject "I,aising
chickens with an incubator" +" III
the manner which Mrs. Lafferty
handled the subject she had eyid-
emily had a great deal of expert
ence along the line. In the course
of her remarks she told how to
keep the lice off of chickens, whica,
she declared, was one of the great
est questions the chicken ia ser
has to confront. Z" AS long as Won
have plenty Of dust for chickens 20
scratch and walow in. they VIZ
never be bothered with lice.' lie.
clared the speaker. In conclusion
Mrs. Lafferty went into detail on
the theme of how to use a brooder
in connection with the incubator.
''Profiiable classes of horses, -
was the subject of an interesting
address by Charles McIntire, state
! speaker. He named two classes rs
especially profitable, The Percheron
of France and the American Trot-
ting Horse. He said that the farm
er is becoming more and more IN
clmed to breed the draft horse Is
it is seemingly easier to get good
results "Study horses carefully
and then breed the trotting horse,
there's more money in il and the
demand is growing desperate be.
cause Of the fact that farmers haze
quit raising them" he decla.cl
The speaker advised that every
farmer have trusty family horse
which is class in itself, AMI of
inestimabc worth and value.
Mr.. George f.. Lawrence of Mar
ION, gave Stirring address on
the subject ''Why should the farm
cr attend the institute. " He de-
clared the institute the farmers
only college of agriculture nearer
than the state university and nam
ed il session of school that any
modern farmer could not afford to
miss.
The program closed with se-
lection by the choir.
Before adjourning, President
Joseph Klinefeter named the fol-
lowing persons TO act upon the COM
mittee Of resolutions: ID. w. Ault,
| w. l.. Russell j. 7. Brocklesby.
The committee will report at the
last session, Saturday afternoon.
FRIDAY EVENING SESSION
a massive audience assembled.
crowding the town hall to its full
seating and standing capacity. The
Caledonia band was present and
favored the institute with several
pleasing selections during the even,
ing.
4 The program opened at 7;1J
O'Clock with band music. A clever
recitation "The Directors Visits',
was delivered by Miss Clara Bald
niger. Miss Jesse Coral Douce also
gave pleasing recitation which
was highly appreciated.
Speaker Charles McIntire made
tho first address of the evening on
"Our college of agriculture and
what it offers to the young men" 4"
He advanced the theory that agrr
cultural schools should be estab-
lished in every county and that
the branch should be installed in
our country schools. some school
of agriculture in this great state is
not enough. although it is good
what there is Of it. There is moth
ing that is more neglected in this
country today than the education OF
the farmer along agricultural lines''