The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1908-12-12
Farmers Institute.

The Farmers Institute was called TO
order Monday morning, Dec. Z, by
Pres. Chittenden. Reports were given
or the methods of producing corn by |
hoys who had entries in the corn con-
test These boys competed in the Is
year-0li contest and two in the small |
boys class. A Russian boy named |
Do"e won the first prize, trip to the
Boys State Corn Contest in Manhattan |
over Blaine Sites and another boy
| The smaller boys prize was won by
! Fred Sites over Leo Moore, but the
better paper was presented by the
| Moore boy, even better than those of
the Older boys. These premiums were
awarded for the best ten ears of corn
brought in and the boy who could pick
out the best ears was thus awarded
rather than those who grew the best
crop or practiced the best methods
Mr.. Jerry Feller- won on having the
best wheat.
The Improvement of the Corn Crop by
Selection and Cultivation was discussed
by Prof Miller our State Supt. of In
stitutes and by Messrs. Pierce, Furbeck,
McClelland and others, after which Mr..
Colliver spoke on sorghums, ksffirs and
milos
On Monday afternoon Mr.. Chitten-
den spoke on the all-important road
question. telling Of good roads in Eng
lard srd what we conld do to better
ours nv good drainage, larger bridges
and culverts. Mr. J. B. Parker of
Dept. of Entomology, then spoke on
insects Injurious TO corn, mentioning
the ear-worm ard the chirch hug as
the two most destructive Mrs w g.
Picken then read an ESSAY uron eco
operation with ChiIdrera upon the
Farm" telling of the advantages of
allowing children to have ownership of
stock, part ownership in crops. etc.
On Tuesday morning SUpt. McClel-
land spoke on benefits of manurinq
land, mentioning the fact that as a
country becomes older the value of
manure to enrich the soil becomes
greater and that soil fertility would
eventually be a problem in Kansas as
it is now in older states Relation OF
crops, mixed farming, the saving of
manure and straw and the sale from
the farm of more finished products |
would enable us to maintain our pres
ent state of fertility. Mr.. Parker |
spoke on Insects Injurious to Alfalfa, |
referring also to the pocket gopher, |
over which there was some discussion. |
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talk on the King Road Drag, telling
how to make it, how to use it and |
what could thus be accomplished.
A business meeting was held Tuesday
D. m ]. R. Chitteneen and George
Palmer were reelected to their respec-
tive Offices and in addition several vice
presidents from different sections of
the country were elected. It is to be
hoped that these men will help to get
up some enthusiasm for the Institute
next year-more than was visible this
Mrs. Griffith gave a "Dream on Tree
Planting "-encoursgirg the farmers to
beautify their homes row and let the
trees grow while making few crops.
Mr.. f F. Madden talked on Alfalfa to
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Clollird gave a talk on wheat cultur'S
showing how 40 bu crop was obtain
ed this year at the Station ard discuss
ing various methods of preparing a
''seed he'd for wheat Mr.. Parker
then closed the prog ram with de-
scription of the Hessian Fly, its life
history, it's damage to wheat and its
locations in Kansas at present and gave
ALSO some remedial measures therefor.
Mr. Parker SAYS that when we do get
the Hessiar Fly for sure, we shall have
to delay drilling our wheat, if we have
too large an acreage for this we shall
have to cut down the acreage if we
raise successful crops.
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