Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1907-02-21
Farmers Institute.


with hand you sketch of our work for
the season, and also of our speakers.
Our staff this year is, as previously, a
strong one, composed of men who have
had the best school training, as we'll as
being practical men, being themselves
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 mar
ket gardener and fruit grower. His farm
of las acres has shown splendid results.
He makes speciality of early vegetables,
marketing successfully those products
himself. His fathers farm is we'll stock
ed with fruit, and he has himself planted
largely on his home place. He gradual
ed from the State Agricultural College
of Pennsylvania, June 1890. He worked
as Horticulturalist in the University of
Tennessee and at their Experiment Sta
ton. He wrote Farmers Bulletin No. 80,
on Onions, of the U. S. Dept. of Agricul-
ture. For several years he was editor of
the fruit and vegetable department of the
| Southern Florist & Gardener. He is now
engaged in gardening, fruit culture, with
poultry plant to acco modate 500 hens.
Mr.. T. E. Orr, Beaver, Pa, is an ex-
pert Judge on poultry and live stock.
Prof. James E. Rice, Of Cornell Univer-
sity, says of him: ''Mr. Orr is one of the
strongest men of my acquaintance, who
is working, writing, speaking, along
poultry lines. He is a good all round
business man, level headed, splendid judg-
ment, excellent speaker, tactful and has
had years of valuable experience, both
as poultry judge in the largest shows
in the country, business manager Of
leading agricultural paper, and success
full practical poultry man and farmer
His position as Secretary of the Ameri-
can Poultry Association, alone would be
a splendid drawing card. He is SO we'll
and favorably known"
One of the special features this season
will be the judging corn contest by boys
over Is and under 81, the successful ex-
hbitor to be awarded prize offered by
the trustees of the Maryland Agricultu-
raj College, which is a two weeks course
at that Institution, board, lodging. and
tuition free, to one boy from each county,
who has exhibited and received the award
as outlined in the bulletin which we will
forward you under separate cover, con-
tanning rules and explanation of points
in corn judging, 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 judg-
ing and selecting corn, to the boys, fol-
lowed by . weeks course at the Summer
School by Prof. Taliaferro and others.
An assistant will accompany us, Mr.. E.
l. Oswald, former student of the Mary
land Agricultural College. who will re-
ceive, arrange, and judge the corn that
is 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
thorough understanding arrived by all
who are interested in it's important work.
At best, the Institutes can only meet
partial want, while the College and Sta
ton work will 60 on forever.
Our meetings will be held in Thurmont,
March 14th, and at Frederick, March Is
and 18th. Mr. John P. T. Matthias, Thur
mont, and Mr.. E. c. Rem, Frederick,
will act as our local correspondents.
We hope that our patrons will come
prepared with questions and to enter in
to discussion of subjects presented by
the speakers. Every farmer should, by
this time, realize that at these meetings
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 carefully OBJ
served, that no part of the program may
be missed. Thanking you for past fav-
ors, am yours very truly,
VIM. L. AMOS,
! Director.