The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1907-12-13
Farmers County institute.

session here saturday was the reso-
lution prepared by the committee OF
C. T. Cook and f. ID. Clark, and which
were endorsed by the audience.
Resolved, That we thank the Con-
gregational church society. The Du-
rand Express, Miss Brack, the presi-
daat and secretary of this institute
and all those who have helped make
u success of this meeting.
Resolved that We do not approve
OF the constitutional convention put
IL so very few hours work for seven
days pay. sd~Atye&ey
Resolved, That the law shouldbe so
changed that the state funds shall
not be entirely in the control of one
man
Be 1t Resolved Further, That we ex-
press our appreciation to the pros
eeutiug attorney for the able manner
In which he defended the county in
terests in the McCurdy case; and the
II resolved further, That 1t is the SEN
timent of this institute that in case
the county loses in the circuit court
that the case be carried to the SUI
preme court.
Be it Further Resolved, That a
copy of this resolution be sent to the
prosecuting attorney and to the coun-
u press.
Prof. Smith opened the morning
meeting of the institute for the clos
log day, and an unusual good crowd
was present for the forenoon session.
The gentleman responded to the sub
Seet of 1.-THE Feeding and Care of
Horses From his own experience Of
years, Prof. Smith laid down the
rules under which he takes care Of
Abe work horses on the farm, the
same to be applied during the horses
busy season of the year:
sat 4:30 a. m. the horse is fed a
othy, the stalls are then cleaned out,
JAS are also the horses cleaned with a
brush, and then little land plaster
or phosphate acid is thrown on the
iiocr to purify the air; then the horse
Is given it's feed Of grain mad allowed
iasts the horse is watered little the
first thing in tEem orning, and as 1t
is taken from the stable at $50 is
allowed to drink all it wants; when
brought in at 1880 it is allowed to
drink Immediately of all the water it
wants, which water has been pumped
in the morning and is heated some by
the sun; feed grain at noon and prac-
tioaIly no hay; alter again before re-
turning to field and again when back
in the evening, when the horse should
be cleaned thoroughly, given large
iced of hay in connection with it's
grain"
Prof. Smith Gwelt particularly on
giving horses exercise about ten
months of the year, even to the ex-
tent of hitching to the empty wagon
and going up and down the roads.
instead of feeding hay for the first
spring work, he advocated keeping
the horses in condition. G. A. owen,
who followed him believes in the
same thing.
In a talk on the Improvement of
Cereals, Prof. Jeffrey gave strong adj
vice to the farmers to make wise Sc
sections i'm grain seed, urging the ae-
csssity of cleaning oat seed, the same
with wheat, and in the case of both
oats. wheat and corn urged the same
be tested He gued it is the only
way to be sure of results and to
make money. He then went into the
subject Of seed breeding, looking at
81 from a rather scientific standpoint.
c. A. Whelan, who followed by
leading the discussion, suggested
that the trouble with the institutes is
that the speakers sometimes get
above the level Of the average farmer.
He agreed that seed breeding as talk
ed of by Prof. Jeffrey is all right and
must be done by some people but the
average farmer has no use nor cannot
do such things. Mr.. Whelan did ar
gue that cleaner. better seed should
be used in cereal planting and that
every farmer should give it more
shought and attention. He advocates
the use Of tanning wheel or some
thing equivilant for cleaning out the
seed.
The business session was held just
before the noon recess and the insti-
tUte will be held in Bancroft in 1908.
The officers elected are: President,
N x. Potter; viceIpresident, Floyd
Owen: secretary, Mrs. Plat Pelton.
In the afternoon Prof. Smith told
OF money from COWS. He emphasized
she fact that there is money in the
dairy business, because of the fact
he had followed IL up for years and
Knew from experience. However, in
IRE dairy business, Prof. Smith main
tafns that man must be money
maker if he world make money from
COWS. During his talk, he expressed |
preference for creameries that |
handle only the cream. He believes
the patron runs less chance OF getting |
tuberculosis in his stock IL he uses
she skim milk at home and not that
Shich has gone to a creamery and |
come back after being run through |
with the other patrons milk He
also again told of the absolute neces- |
sity of weighing the milk from each |
cow and knowing that every COW is a
money rnoLor XUhi1a ,ha ala MT aov