The Democratic advocate., 1909-02-19
FARMERS INSTITUTE
SUCCESSFUL AGRICULTURISTS TALK ON
VARIETY OF TOPICS
Meetings Well Attended and Much
Interest Shown

CtdUteF ana Ddufofu n. fuiLOn. Inlk
Is Mr.. Wings second tour through
Maryland His home is In Ohio. He
Is an all-around farmer, but at pres
ent he ia chiefly fnts rested In growing
alfalfa and he grows enthusiastic In
his talks in this subject.
DR.. stabIer Is resident of Maryland
and lives at Sandy Spring. Montgom-
cry county. He Is a farmer and prac-
ticing physician. and Is recognized
authority on forage crops and the use
OF leguminous crops for improving
land. His lectures this season deal
with measures for preventing disease.
Mr.. Fulton In native Of Michigan
and IL specialist ia horticulture. He
has been connected with the agricul-
tural departments OF different states
and for three years vas assistant
pomologlst Of the United States De-
partment Of Agriculture lie is now
general manager or a large orchard
company IN West Virginia on whose
lands there are 10000 peach. apple
and cherry trees.
We mention these things TO show
that only men OF the highest class are
employed 10 give obstruction TO our
farmers, and the latter must certainly
receive much benefit from the inior-
nation impaired.
Court being In session. the lectures
on Monday were delivered In Odd Fel-
lows Hall, beginning at 10 a. m. aud
continuing TO p. m, with n short In
tcrm'Hsion for lunch. The haIl was
well filled throughout the day. aud
those present showed their interest
he al as..n.
iecta discussed
was SIR. Wing. who spoke on "PrepAr-
ing the Soil" lie Is an sniertninIne
taiker. with u well-developed sense Of
hnmor, knows his subjects thoroughly
and IL never siumped BY a question.
He spoke OF the various kinds Of soil
and their adaptsbill,y 10 different
crops: how certain crops feed upon
certain ingredients and u these are
no, In the soil such crops must be-
more or less failure; he told OF his
corn breeding IN Ohio, and how he
had found one ear In last seasons tcai
row that yielded AZ the rate of 1as
bushels per acre. and how. a. the re.
suit Of Euof rnnnY sehrn brneding
and By planting on mlfsifa sod he had
secured from n 90 acre field more
than b0o0 bushels OF shelled corn.
Mr. wing told Of lime. How the
great civilizations OF the world were
all based on soils that we're so filled
with lime that they were alkaline
not acid. and how. lime, though not d
Fertilizer. was indirectly concerned
With soil building. how II made soils
sweet, and on sweet acllE clovcrs
grew, and the bacteria on the clover
roots enriched the land Thus by the
AID OF iime soils are easily made rich
" only potash and p0aphoroua are
supplied. Lame IL NOT manure. but
u prevents the teaching away ~ other
manurea. One can build a soil rich
In lime; II will stay built; he can NOT
build permanently soil deficient In
lime. He stated that the beat and
safest form of lime II the ground oyn.
tor she'll, not burned al all. and that
such lime could be used In any amount
and no injury could possibly come.
DIR. stnbler spoke next ON Typhoid
Its Causes and Prevention" pointing
out the different things that tended
TO produce typhoid. such aa impure
water, defective drainage, decayinE
vegetable matter. imperfect sanitation
about the home. improper food In
differently prepared. and showed how
easily the disease might be avoided
by removing the cause.
Mr.. Fulton's theme was Planting
an Orchard" what part OF the farm
should be devoted 10 this purpose
how prepared and laid out, selection
OF nursery stock. cultivation, &C.
In the afternoon Dr. siablsr spoke
frst on Tuberculosis" and told OF
the great warfare being wRged by as
sociations all over the country against
the white plague: he told OF the dIf-
ferent causes through which the full
working capacity OF the lungs usually
become impaired. and how this might
be avoided or removed by proper ex-
ercise. ventilation and correct breath
ing.
Mr.. Wing then took up his hobby
Alfalfa" He said that any land
three or four feet above the water
level can be made into a profitable
alfalfa held. The requirements are
rev and simple. First, get the water
out OF the soil. Next, get the salt so
Inii OF lime that II is alkaline, not acid.
Then get IL full OF humus. He advo-
Gates tirst heavy lining, then SOW
Ing OF crimson clover, with an ap-
plication OF phosphate. or bone. Then
the turning under OF the COW peas
In August making a fine, flrm seed
bed and sowing alone 20 lbs. OF al
falfa seed TO the acre. with 100 lbs.
OF infected soil for inoculation. soil
from an old and established alfalfa
field. Thus treated he thinks alfalfa
can hardly fall In this county. He all
ways used liberal dressing of bone
when sowing alfalfa and afterward at
intervals OF a year or two top dresses
again with more bone meal He adj
yocates the use OF basic slack fertilizer
for clover and alfalfa because II has
In IL so much available phosphorous
and all the residue is lime. For al
falfa growing he advocated the use OF
at least one ton OF fresh burned lime
stone, or more: that double that would
do alfalfa no harm; that lime should
be worked into the soil and let sweet
en- II for some time before the alfalfa
was sown.
Mr.. Wing has written book on
alfalfa, which he will send free to any
one who writes TO him at his home in
Ohio. He Is also agent for the sale
OF alfalfa seed. While the crop grows
and natures all right in Maryland,
and is Just as valuable for feeding
and market purposes, 1t does not pro-
duce a perfect seed, and these have
to be secured from one of the Western
states. A great many questions were
asked Mr.. Wing, and from the interest
manifested It is likely that in few