Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-01-29
FARMERS INSTITUTE
IS A FINE SUCCESS
Yesterdays Session Largely At
tended and Full of Interest.
Cooking School Also Brought Out q
Crowd That Filled the City Hall
to Capacity.

IF anybody had a doubt that the
farmers institute in Lancaster
would be a grand success that doubt
would have been effectually dis
PEELED by stepping into the rink
where the sessions are being held
yesterday and will continue today,
or at the city hall, where the ses-
sions of the cooking school, given
in conjunction with the institute,
are in progress. Both halls were
crowded yesterday to their capacity,
there being not less than $50 at the
institute and 300 at the cooking
school.
The institute sessions were presid-
ed over by R. E. Roberts, of Corliss.
The address of welcome, by r. B.
ShOwalter, and response by Mr..
Roberts were both brief.
Misses Myrtle Judd and Bessie
Bracket rendered piano duet in
excellent manner, after which Mr..
Roberts gave an interesting address
on soils, their fertilization, rotation
of crops and their adaptability to
the successful production of the
various kinds of crops.
Mr.. Matteson, of Pewaukee, talked
entertaininglV about poultry, Mr.
Johns, of Dodgeville, who was to
have handled the subject jointly
with him, being unable to be
present.
The afternoon session was opened
with music, Miss Ruth Ziegler
executing a most difficult piano
solo.
0. H. Martin, of Bloomington
read a thoughtful and well-prepared
paper upon the breeding and selec-
ton of beef cattle, advocating the
breeding of medium sized stock 11O0
to 1900 size, as being more profitable
than those weighing a ton. He
also scored the big comfortable
bank barn, with it's lack of ventila-
ton as a breeder CT disease for
cattle. HIS paper called out many
questions and an interesting discus
zion.
Supt. McKerrow's talk. upon alfalfa
and clover was full of prat tical in
formation and was listened to with
much interest. He considers alfalfa
better than clover or other fodder
plants, because it is richer in
nitrogen, phosphorus and the other
elements required than any other
forage plant. He advised sowing it
early, on rich soil and mixed with a
little barley. Three crops year
can be raised sometimes even a
fourth could be mown, but he
deprecates this as likely to kill out
the catch. Above all, get good seed
and do not SOW too much to an
acre-not more than 90 pounds,
where the land is rich. Do not try
to pasture stock on alfalfa. It is
injurious to stock.
Tony Howell, of Lancaster, was.
on the program for talk on small
fruits. He said he never talked IN
public before, but he made lot of
good hits and entertained the audi
ence for half an hour or more. He.
asserts that the depredations by
rabbits in this county have cost the,
farmers of Grant county $50, 900 In
ten years, while the solons in the
legislature pass laws to protect the
Otton- tails and charge a license for
hunting them. Legislators don't
know any more'n rabbit" says Mr..
Howell.
The.subject of "horses" was ex-
haustively treated by John Ellis
worth, of Livingston and Supt. Nc
Kerrow, of Madison
The evening session is in progress
as the Herald goes to press. It
opened with fine musical program
by local talent and was followed by
an address by Judge E B. GoodseH
upon the subject of County Agr1-
cultural Schools" which We publish
in another column of today's Her
aid.
THE COOKING SCHOOL
Three hundred ladies of Grant
County, sat through a most inter
esting afternoon session at the cook
ing school, which was presided over
by Mrs. Helen Armstrong, assisted
by Mrs. Edith L. Gift, of Chicago.
and local committee of the
WomaI's Club. Mrs. Armstrong
gave a talk upon meats and vege-
tables, and gave practical illustra-
tons on the subject by preparing
kmOtbered steak, pork loaf. RcaIlop-
Continued on page eight, thir dcOlumn