The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-01-23
FARMERS METHODS
DISCUSSED At THE
ANNUAL INSTITUTE
To Be Successful the Modern
Day Farmer Must Farm His
Lands in Scientific Manner
Not Sighting Anything.
HELD IN CAMBRIDGE CITY
YESTERDAY AND TODAY.
The Affair Is Attracting Much
Interest as Many Very Ex-
ceIIent Papers and Address,
es Are Being Heard.

Cambridge City, Ind, Jan. 23'-The
annual farmers institute opened Wed
nesdav morning at the Masonic opera
house The audience was large. More
than four hundred farmers from this
and the surrounding counties were IN
attendance and a deep interest is being
manifested in the session. Oliver
Stewart Of Dublin, acted as chairman
Of the MORNING session in the absence
Of the county chairman, Abner ID.
Bond. of Greensboro. r. l.. Thomp-
son of Lagr.ange county was the first
speaker, his topic being Success and
Failure in Clover Raising" in which
he was emphatic on the point of crop
rotation and the great care that should
be exercised in sowing the seed at the
proper time. when the ground is in d
suitable condition to bury and protect
The seed.
A. 0. Lockridge of Graencastle. dis
eussed the subject, rs Tile Drainage
More Expensive than Profitable!'
Good tile drainage is especially neces-
yary in clay soil as this class or
ground is made more fertile by the
drainage process as the texture OF the
soil is improved. Proper drainage al
so adds to the bearing facilities or the
ground and likewise increases It's
value.
The value of the Purdue short course
n agriculture was clearly explained by
Arthur Toms, who brought out it's
many advantages, one of which is that
It gives the farmer a chance to inves-
agate and study farming from a scien-
Ific standpoint. 1t gives him new
md advanced ideas and enables him to
,arm his land successfully and profit
IDLY.
The afternoon session opened with
still a larger crowd than that OF the
morning period. A musical program
lrraigned by Prof. Reese was a very
interesting feature of the afternoon.
A. .. Lockridge talked on "Profita
ole Beef Production" declaring thai
.attle that are fed on grain are more
profitable than those raised and pre-
pared for the market on other foods
The profit in beef production on thu
high priced land of this section of thu
country must come from careful ant
close management and he suggests tina
he farmer who desires to produc
beef profitably. should use great car
n making a selection of his herd AM
pc certain to secure high grade cattle
Steers of a uniform type aud we'll dc
Feloped are those to be desired.
r. L. Thompson gave his views o
Success and Failure in Hog Raising,
In which address he said that some c
the essentials in the raising of hog
ire in making a selection Of the daI
md sire, both of which should b
ltrong and well developed. The thu
Dry of cross breeding was advanced b
Mr.. Thompson in making statemel
hat he had better results In this NAL
uer. but it did not seem to meet tt
approval Of many of the hog raise
present. on the grounds that the GRO
breeding is not any more to be d
Tired in hog raising than it is in 9TH
ines of stock. and that the straigl
bred hogs develope into more pc
'ect animals in every respect. Gre
rare should be exercised in selectil
he food for the young pigs, especial
1t the time of weaving, so that TIL
will not take on fat too quickly
lore they have attained their growth.
Mrs. M E. Mason read very int
ssting paper on the subject of "Po1
try on the Farm" in which she sd
that cleanliness was the secret Of ST
cess in the raising of poultry and tn
The person who engages in it mt
study it thoroughly and also enjoy it
make 1t a successful enterprise.
A paper discussing the horse, W
read by George Baker, showing II
horse raising is very profitable bu
ness for the farmer to engage in.
The sessions of today We're very
teresting.