The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-12-25
Farmers Institutes

AAe H tdEtlcEa. tlrar wives
Sons md daughters az this State
may hr sslyanc-d ia the science
oi agriculture he department of
Farmers Institutes Of the MARY
land Agricultural College. has
Arranged 80 eonslnri a >erie. If
Institutes fhiong Hoat this State.
hrglanIng D-een.ber 18th. This
-eIlrs viii rOn>I-, OF rxO lu>ri
iufrs ~ Ou- dat. or Al institute
81 tso aa'>' duration. which wii!
ne e"uaHrirsl al stated points iu
the conntI-s through which tie
speclrl car OF tic department
vii not b- run. On February
1t. the special car OF the Farm
eF>' Institute School will he plac-
ri into srr, ice on the MaryiaId
and Pennsi lySnia Railroad. and
viii stop - various points along
ibe line where two day in>ti
ture WiIl be conducted. After
Tic car ba> been on the road Tor
>hart time. IL will be run over
the trark> OF tic Western Mary
land Railroad. where ike
cour,s vii be given. anI Will
Later return 10 the former road
aud stops Elll I've made al Doiut.
which bad been omitted on the
pTryiou. tour.
Tue course which tie depart
mrht mas arranged TO give this
wear u much more extensive than
anything that bas ever been a.,
sruipled ~ This State before. and
Is Tie result OF the Investigation
aud u,rk OF Mr. William l..
Amoss. ~ Director If tie Farm
els Institutes. aud tie Directors
of the Nsrs land Agricultural
College. Among the ues features
OF the conrSs tnIs Year. will be
the lectures TO he delivered BIZ
Miss Anna Barrows. of Teach
ers' College. Column ia Cnsvers
lily, New York. who will talk on
domestic Science,r on Friday
and Saturday of each week 10
tie wives aud daughters OF the
farmers. Other prominent Iecr
ut-rs who Will be III attendance
al these Institutes and who will
speak on Instructive subjects will
he: Mr. J0seph~E. Wing. a live
stock breeder. of williamsburg.
Ohio. VINO will lecture on the live
stOck inslustry; SIR. Cary W.
Montgomery, of the Board OF
Control of tue Ohio Experiment
Station. Newark. Ohio. who will
lecture on small fruit growing;
DIR. Augustus Stabier, of Mont
gomsry county. nd, Who will
lecture on subjects pertaining TO
farm industry aud the home;
Professor W +. Massey. formerly
0f the North Carolina Expert
nenu Station. now of Salisbury,
Nd, viii lecture on ftuit and
truck growing; Professor F. w.
Bosley. Of the Johns Hopkins (
University. and State Forester.
VII lecture on forestry. Sir.
Sanford II Fulton. formerly OF /
he Plant Breeding Division or |
he Department of Agriculture,
ind now the manager Of a large 1
rnit growing plantation in West
Who will talk on apple /
growing; DIR. q. ID. Smead, vet
,Iinarian aud registered live
stock judge of New York State,
will be in attendance to give |
opinions and TO judge live stock. t
" bile il will be impossible to /
Iaye all of the lecturers in at
.endaDce at each of the institutes. !
An effort will be made TO have as
many as possible present to lect
ire on their subjects aud in DO
Ease Will there be less than five
)f the mum her ON hand to take
part in the Institutes. There
will be five lecturers in attend. /
iDce at the institutes held on
special car on tue two railroads I
alter February L.
The party will visit Frederick |
county on January l and 2.