The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-01-04
ATTENDANCE
VERY LARGE
Farmers Institute a Grsnd
Success.
fine ADDRESSES GIVEN
BY State Speakers Huber
and Wagner.
c. D. Barnthouse and Mrs. Kate
Wilson Both Of Agosta Deliver
Interesting Lectures.

The town hall at Agosta was crowd
ed to it's full seating capacity Friday
Afternoon, the occasion being the Sec
lond session of the Farmers institute.
THE farmers of that district demon
strated their appreciation OF the In
stitute by encouraging II with their
presence.
The program Friday afternoon OPP
ened with special music by the Agos-
ia orchestra. A question box was
conducted and many highly interest
ling points pertaining to various
phases of farm topics, were brought
to light. Live Stock Versus Grain
Farming" was the subject of an in
teresting address delivered by the
state speaker, G.. r. Wagner.
In the course of his remarks, Mr..
Wagner advised that the farmer de-
pend solely upon breeding of live
stock for his profits. He declared
that the greatest mistake some farm
ers make Is to sell off all the grain
and hay that their land produces,
thus taking away from the soil oon-
Itinuously without feeding 1t anything
In return. 'Raise enough stock so
that you will never be compelled to
sell any grain at all, and then your
farm will be fertile and you will sure
Iiy realize a net profit" concluded the
speaker.
Mr.. c. o. farmhouse, proprietor Of
the Agosta grain elevator, gave an
interesting address on the subject,
Raising Grain for the Market" He
recommended various methods Of
storing grain, spoke of the time for
Ithreshing and harvesting and dis
closed a number of instructive and
very practical points.
lille Drainage" was the subject Of
a talk made by Mr.. X. NJ. Imbody Of
Agosta. He declared that It is impos-
sible for the farmer to have too much
drainage, providing that the tile are
placed in natural position with the
lay OF the land.
The closing number OF the after
noon programs was given by State
Speaker A. A. Huber on the topic,
"Selection, Care, Breeding and Feed
Ing Of Swine for Profit" The speak
or referred to his subject in an in
teresting manner and explained many
lately discovered features of hog rails
Ing.
FRIDAY EVENING.
The session opened at o'clock
with a massive audience in attend
ance. The Agosta Male quartet rem
dered several humorous selections as
prelude to the regular program.
Lawrence Sagers. young Agosta
reader Of talent, delivered a pleasing
recitation.
Mrs. Kate Wilson. OF Agosta,
woman acquainted with all the prac-
tical sides OF farm life, read an ex-
ceedingly interesting paper on the
subject Country Life is the Ideal
Life" She declared that the health,
wealth, strength, morals and general
Ideals are better in the country life
than any other. She spoke enthusi-
astically Of the advantages which the
farmers boy has and concluding ad-
vised all the boys to remain on the
farm.
State speaker A. A. Huber talked
on the theme, How Ought We Agri-
culturists Be Taught" He recon-
mended the state university of asri-
culture for the young man and ad-
vised that every farmer have a
of reliable farm magazines
come into his library
The evening plogram closed with a
very pleasing recitation by Mrs.
Bessie Pheiffer Briggs, entitled
'Whistling in Heaven"
SATURDAY MORNING.
A question box was the opening
feature of the session. Many in
teresting questions were presented
and the half hour of gneral dis
cussion proved one of the most
profitable parts of the program.
The attendance was yery good
The program continued with an ad-
dress "Business Side of Farming
by Mr.. A. A. Huber. He declar-
ed that the farmer should be lust
as much business man MS a mer-
chant or manufacturer. He recon-
mended a good commercial educa-
ton as mighty good thing for
any ambitious farmer to obtain
Mr.. w. III. Uncapher gave an
interesting talk, in which he ex-
planned the best methods to use
IN me growing OF potatoes. The
orogram was concluded with talk
by Mr.. c. R. Wagner. He discuss
81 the subject "Feeding and Care
important Factors In Animal Pro-
iuction -
The institute Will close with a