Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1909-01-30
The Farmers
% In Session
Roundup Institute Here
a Successful Affair.

Inc FARMERS lDStlIuIe, neiu III uuc
Electric Theatre on Tuesday and
Wednesday, was an interesting and
educational meeting. The farmers
were out ia good nu mbers but the
citizens of East Jordan seemed to
realize only at the closing session that
there was anything Of Interest going
on. If space would allow we would
like to give in full report, but can
on Atouch on few points, The
speakers were all enthusiastic in their
subjects and the farmers responded
we'll. Such meeting as that is a
public benefactor like park. a his
toric monument. good roads. 1t helps
raise the taste, the intelligence Of the
people. The Institute opened with
with Pres. VIM. Mears OF Bovne Falls,
Jno. A. Newyille sec'y and III, L.
Oney local manager, in their respec-
tive places. The first subject SANDY
Loans, how to handle Them by A.
p. Gray or Traverse CITY, was full OF
interest and the audience showed
they were interested He brought in
and discussed the subject OF "Fertiliz-
ers, commercial and home made" in
the same speech. He likened the
commerc ial TO baby food, it helped to
sta rt the seed but the home product
was the stand by. Fertility is one of
the great objects Of farming.
Corn Culture" was the next subject
and this was handled very ably and
interestingly by A. l.. Hopkins OF
Bear Lake. He was alive TO his sub
ject and had faculty of giving IL
outnO his hearers, as he did on other
subjects during the Institute. He
would get your attention so close, and
then in a few minutes bring laughter
that would let up the strain q little.
He said raising beans takes II per
cent of the fertility from the ground,
potatoes six per cent, % bushel of
beans taking more fertility than 200
bushel potatoes. He gave number
of good suggestions as To raising these
as well as corn. the subject he was
handling.
Prof. Ketchum Of Hastings followed
with the subject Teaching Agricul-
ture in schools, more particularly in
the rural Schools" to keep the boys
and girls in touch with the farm, be-
cause farming has become scientific
auCience with his inspiration On the
subject, and left lasting and helpful
im1 1ession, closing with short poem
my Work" by Henry Van Dyke.
The evening session opened with
few-fitting remarks by the President
and then A. p. Gray read paper on
"Making the Boy Worth his Weight
in Gold" He told how he came to
take that subject and make study
Of it, quoting from Emerson, ITO
make good man we should begin
two hundred years before he was
born" Cultivate virtue by leading
him in the right way. Don't prohibit
ANYTHING until you are Obliged to, for
as soon as you begin to prohibit they
begin To- do wrong. It's much better
to allure them than to drive. Educa-
tion does not end with the individual,
but every one educated helps others,
uneducated are detriment to the
community. Let the boy once dis
trust the love and tenderness of his
parents, and the last result of his
= yeaSiing affection, so far as the world
goes-is utterly gone. He is on the,
sure road to bitter fate. His heart
will take on hard iron covering that
will fash out plenty of fire in his after
contact with the world, but it will
never, never melt. 1t was grand
subject and ably handled.
.'GOod Roads, was discussed by r.
Al Brintnall, and he ought to be
ilferested-aDd is-as he he uses the
highway freely in carrying Uncle
Sans treasures-the mail. Good
roads are something everybody uses.
The road laws of Michigan are far in
advance OF any other state Inefli-
cheney and short sightedness is the
reason the laws are better than the
roads. The non-enforcement of the
la2 is the fact that the American
people put too much politics in IT,.
Good roads are essential to good
farms. Discussion by Mr.. Hopkins
OF Bear Lake helped to corroborate
what the speaker said and the subject
was an exceedingly interesting feature
OF the evening.
. "The American Schools" by Prof
Ketchum. of Hastings, was then taken
into consideration and this subject is
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