Bridgeton pioneer. (Bridgeton, N.J.) 1884-1919, 1908-12-10
THE INSTITUTE
IS SUCCESSFUL.

Ane oay dawned bright and clear for
the second day of Farmers Institute
and the people came from far and near,
but more especially from a distance,
Tor these agricultural schools are an
preciated by the farmers over a large
area The younger generation can
take a six weeks course in the winter
at the regular agricultural colleges but
Tor the older men these Institutes are
the only college they can attend and
profit by.
The Tuesday morning session opened
with a question on bees. This was
answered by DR.. Brodhead, who has
had considerable experience with bees.
Then came Mrs. Brodhead with a
paper on Care and Management of
Poultry in the Village and on the
Fal1a.' Mrs. Brodhead is very
pleasant appearing woman and has a
modest way of telling of her own sue.
cesses. She said, If you want to be
happy you must have a hobby, and
poultry raising is an occupation which
does not take you away from home,
and is good one for woman to en-
gage in. You must find genuine plea
sure in your occupation or you will not
be successful. You must be constant
ly at it, no neglect can be allowed in
poultry raising if you would be assured
OF continued success. EIf you have had
no experience, do not invest all you
have in high priced poultry. But get
rid of the mongrels as soon as possible
and care for only the best
She did not talk for any particular
breed but simply said she liked barred
| Rocks.
The ordinary hen can cover only II
eggs in April but more in May or
June. Try them with or china
eggs first. The nest of a setting hen
should be covered and kept quite dark.
They should have access to feed, water
and dust. Set as many hens at one
time as possible. Then some of them
! can be reset and the chickens given to
other hens Twenty chicks is enough
for one hen.
The hen that does not have exercise
is lazy hen and not laying hen.
Mrs. Brodhead easily draws the peo-
pie to her and would be gladly well
| coined at the Institute again.
Mr.. Franklin Dye arrived during the
morning session and said he came near
starting before he was up, going as he
did from his home in Trenton to the
station long before light.
Mr.. Dye feels the audience is cne
big family and he is the father or
leader, judging by his pleasant talk.
He likes the people and the people like
him. He is hand and heart in the
work. His handshake is counted on
from year to year as if he was near
friend.
Then came Mr.. Van Alstyne. He
has been here number of times, and
he grows dearer to the people each
year. He is fine type of Christian
gentleman. A success himself, he is
full of valuable information along his
lines of work, for the farmers. His
talk Tuesday morning was on ''The
Making up of Fertilizer. - He spoke
of nitrogen, phosphoric acid and potash
as the three graces in agriculture. He
suggested the school teachers having a
fertilizer sack in the school room and
have the scholars do some figuring
from it.
Mix your own fertilizer and don't lei
any agent tell you what you want but
find out yourself what your own lane
needs by experimenting from year tc
year.
The people get SO interested in th'
| subjects it is hard for the speakers tt
stop when their time ..is up, becaus