The Greeley tribune., 1908-12-16
DIRECTORS OF LOCAL GRANGE
WILL MEET ON DEC. -.
INSTITUTE DATES JAN. SO
Important Paper ON Winter lrrig l.
ton. Exhibits Of New Machin-
cry. New Apparatus for
Testing SEED. Prizes
for Nest Spuds.

Hi the Weld County Farmers institute
lII has been changed from December /!
Il to December %, to complete arrange
VI ments for the institute, which vii
III he held on January and 9.
II The meetings are to be held morn
III ing and afternoon each day at the
II Congregational church. 1t is planned
H to have assistance from the Agricu.-
\ tural college, but to make the meet
/ ing for the most part an exchange Of
\ experience by practical farmers.
Some little attention will be given
to fruit for Weld county farms. A
manual on this subject is being pre-
pared for the institute. and will be
published for the benefit of members.
Concrete will have place on the
program, and a business man, an en-
gineer, and professor will discuss
concrete for tanks. fence posts,
bridges, irrigation works, the effect
Of alkali water, etc. Professor Mor-
ton will lead discussion on
methods of feeding employed by sue
cessful feeders in northern Colorado
He will visit Greeley, Eaton and Ault.
and will be prepared to bring out In
the discussion the truth concerning
beet feeding. and other new methods |
advocated by many. There will be |
report from a committee on lab " |
scale for 1909. That of 1908 was
widely advertised and did much to |
bring plenty of help to the region.
The committee this year is to be Jas
G. Graham. chairman: w J. Gilmore
and w. f. l.. Harbour. Mr.. Harbour
acts as correspondent and is looking
up wages being paid in other farming
regions. and this Information will be
considered by the committee in max
ing up its report.
One Of the most important papers |
will be that by Mr.. Charles H. Bliss |
on Winter Irrigation and Moisture
Saving by Tillage." An exhibit Of
special machinery will be given at all
appropriate place.
Books and papers on farm topics,
and text books on agriculture for
rural schools will be shown and Or
ders taken. Apparatus for inspect
ing and testing seeds will be shown
by an Agricultural college instructor
and samples submitted by January
to the secretary will be tested with
out charge.
Mrs J. G. Graham and her "twen-
ty" Of church ladies will serve dinner
both days to all who wish, and a re-
ception and social time will follow.
The potato show will be held in
basement room at the church, ana
potatoes will be scored, cooked and
prizes given. Rothschild 4 Co. have
sent out to dealers in Greeley. 70
farmers and to the trade in Texas,
Kansas and Oklahoma, a proposed
score card prepared by the institute,
with request for comments looking
toward establishing standard
for judging potatoes. the pur-
pose being to maintain the
quality Of Greeley potatoes at the
highest possible plane. The usual
large exhibit of seed potatoes anil
grains will be shown, and opportun-
ity given for contributing members
to show samples In the best show
windows of the county.
Professor Bennett will display
commercial samples of pot atoes frolc
nV VN,rS IN NJ
known sections in Maine and New
York. All samples will be full half
bushels and will be shown in wire
baskets, furnished by the institute.
This growing organisation is be-
coming big factor in our agricultur-
al county, and promises to fill place
even more useful than the CONNER
cial clubs of the county. In fact.
several Of our farmers have said that
the institute should change its name
to that OF. Agricultural club, as more |
appropriate to It's enlarged sphere
The present Officers are e. R. Bliss, |
president; r. n. Haythorne. treas
urer: c. L. Fitch, secretary. Other
directors are c. F. Mason, d. NJ. Bar
ber. Mrs Chester Blunt. Mrs. Arthur
Leaver. ]. Laughlin. James McCul-
Tough. w. ]. Gilmore, John Wallace,
w. T. Porter, George Harding, Geo.
A. Hodgson. This is group of farm
men and women representative OF the
best of the county, from Num- to
Platteville. and from Kersey to Wind
sor. There has been some mention
of the executive officers being chosen
this year away from Greeley, and OF
holding an annual meeting at Eaton
and Ault, II the expenses can be ar