The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1907-10-18
GOOD MEETING
MAURf FARMERS
ONE OF The MOST SUCCESSFUL
AND ENJOYABLE INSTITUTES
EVER HELD HERE.
Good Speakers Talk on Most inter
estins Subjects to Represen-
tatiVe Crowd.

I me IdfiuerB OF MdurN county ndf
a splendid opportunity to learn some
thing OF progressive. scientific agri
culture and stock raising presented C
them Thursday in the County Insti
tute at the court house, but few OF
them availed themselves Of the oppor
tunity and these few were the farmers
who are already well posted and are
counted as the most successful farm
ers and stock raisers in the county.
1t is evident therefore that knowl-
edge is power and that the farmers
who have realized this in the past
have profited thereby. and are seeking
to increase their store of knowledge
and stin further improve their methods
and increase their profits and bank
accounts.
The institute was presided over by
j. n. Meroney, president OF the Maury
County Farmers Association. The
speakers present we're. Hon. John
Thompson, State Commissioner of Ag-
riculture. John Rosamon of Humboldt,
Prof. s. M. Balm of the State Expert
ment Station at Knoxville. Prof. H. A.
Morgan Of the State Experiment Sta
ton at Knoxville, Holcomb Robinson
of Henderson, and w. H. Dunn, OF
Nashville, State Live Stock Inspector.
Hon. John Thompson was the first
speaker He spoke In a general way
upon agriculture and stock raising and
impressed the needs and advantages
of more thorough and more scientific
methods on the part of the farmers,
showing that the farmer who could
make two blades of grass or two stalks
of wheat grow where one had former
ly grown was a benefactor to the ma
ton. That scientific agriculture could
produce this result was easily shown.
Mr.. Thompson told of some of the
work done by the state and the agri-
cultural experts and some of the splen-
did results achieved At the close OF
his address he made a plea for a
course in elementary agriculture in
the public schools Of the State%
Prof. s. M. Balm of the State Elk
pertinent Station, spoke next on
Glover Disease in Tennessee; It's
Cause and Probable Remedy Prof.
h Dc r1y vuif
charts, and his argument
and advice on the advantage OF clover
as a soil-builder, and the remedy for
the almost general failure of the crop
in this State was clear and lucid.
State Live Stock Inspector Dunn |
spoke next. He told of the value OF
the different domestic animals of the
State, but showed how far short of |
the possible value and numbers the |
statistics In this respect fell. The
cur and his damage to the |
sheep industry received his respects.
The value OF pure blooded animals
of all kinds was brought strongly be-
fore his hearers. He then turned his
attention to the danger which threat
ems the cattle industry of Maury coun-
ty-the cattle tick-and showed how
important it is that prompt and effec-
tive remedies be used by the county
and its oficials to eradicate this dis
ease and to thus keep the county above
the National Quarantine line. AS the
tick breathes through its pores, Mr..
Dunn showed that careful, thorough
Of the animal erected would
Kill the tick. He also recommended
hat the cattle be removed from the
land and the ticks be thus
starved to death, which could be &C
In one season.
This afternoon Mr.. Robertson spoke
IN poultry and the advantage OF pure
,reeds. Prof. Morgan delivered an
address and Mr.. Rosaman spoke ON
Horticultural Problems in Tennes-
,ee."