The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1907-02-07
FARMERS INSTITUTES
IN GARRETT COUNTY.
Sessions Will Be Held at EVANSVILLE.
Accident and Oakland.
To the Editor of The Republican.

10 tne EulIOr OF Inc RepuDlcan.
AS is our custom, we herewith hand
you sketch of our work for the season,
and also of our speakers.
Our staff this year is, as previously,
strong one, composed of men who
have had the best school training, as
well as being practical men, being them
selves successful in the handling of the
products of which they speak.
Mr.. R. l.. Watts, Scalp Level, Pa,
is one of the best Institute workers on
the staff of that State, is a successful
market gardener and fruit grower. His
farm Of l45 acres has shown splendid
results. He makes a speciality of early
vegetables, marketing successfully
those products himself. His fathers
farm is well stocked with fruit, and he
has himself planted largely on his home
place. He graduated from the State
Agricultural College of Pennsylvania,
June, 1890. He worked as Horticultur-
alist in the University of Tennessee and
I a. SAlNAI DldllCI. I1G HIOtC
Farmers Bulletin No. 80, on Onions, of
the U. S. Dept. of Agriculture For
several years he was editor of the fruit
and vegetable department of the South
ern Florist and Gardener He is now
engaged in gardening, fruit culture,
with a poultry plant to accommodate
/ 800 hens
Mr.. 7. E. Orr, Beaver, Pa, is an ex-
pert judge on poultry and live stock.
Prof. James E. Rice, of Cornell Uni
versity, says of him: "Mr. Orr is one
of the strongest men of my acquaint-
ance, who is working, writing, speaking
along poultry lines. He is good all
round business man, level headed,
splendid judgment, excellent speaker,
tactful, and has had years of valuable
experience, both as poultry Judge in
the largest shows in the country, bust
ness manager of leading agricultural
paper and successful practical poultry
man and farmer. His position as Sec
Rotary of the American Association of
Poultry alone would be splendid draw
ing card. He is so well and favorably
| known"
One of the special features this season
will be the Judging corn contest by boys
over Is and under q, the successful ex-
| hibitor to be awarded prize offered by
the trustees of the Maryland Agricul-
tural College, which is two weeks
course at that Institution, board, lodg-
ing, and tuition free, to one boy from
each county, who has exhibited and re-
ceived the award, as outlined in the
| bulletin which we will forward YOU
under separate cover, containing rules
and explanation of points in corn judg-
ing, which you will find on page II.
Preparations were made for this work
at our last meetings, when lectures
were given by Mr.. Llewllyn at the first
session of each institute on judging and
selecting corn, to the boys, followed by
a weeks course at the Summer School
by Prof. Taliaferro and others. An as
sistant will accompany US, Mr.. E. |.
Oswald former student of the Mary
land Agricultural College, who will re-
ceive, arrange and judge the corn
brought to the Institute for exhibition.
He has been thoroughly trained in this
work in his course at the institution.
Another feature of the program this
season, will be to devote Is minutes of
each session to the instruction given at
the Maryland Agricultural College and
its departments, and it is earnestly re-
quested that questions be asked and a
thorough understanding arrived at by
all who are interested in its important
work. At best, the Institutes can only
meet partial want, while the College
and Station work will go on forever.
Our meetings will be held at Grants
vile, March End, at Accident, March
4th, and at Oakland, March 9th and 7th.
Mr.. II. P. Miller, Grantsville, Mr.. Fred
Richter, Accident, and Mr.. ]. H. Con-
neway, Oakland, will act as our local
correspondents.
We hope that our patrons will come
prepared with questions and to enter
into discussion of subjects presented
by the speakers. Every farmer should,
by this time, realize that at these meet
ings he has met the best workers the
country has, and that to absent himself
but for short time is at his personal
loss. We therefore, earnestly request
that the hours of the meeting be care
fully observed, that no part of the pro-
gram may be missed.
Thanking you for past favors, l am
Yours very truly,