The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1910-09-22
Farmers Institute.

The Ozark Farm Products Associa-
ton held their second annual Institute
meeting at Swan on the 18th, 18th and
14th of the month. S. M. Jordan, of
Columbia. A. ]. Mcdowell, of Ford
land, Webster county, and Geo. w.
Williams, of Humansville, Polk county,
were with us and addressed US on agri-
cultural topics.
MIR. Jordan is without doubt the best
posted man in the state on corn. He
is making the corn plant his life study
with view to increase lthe corn pro-
duction of the state of Missouri. He
gave general Introductory talk on the
Experiment Station work; why the sta
ton was created and what it is trying
to do for the farmers. This on Tues
day forenoon. A session was held
Tuesday night at which he spoke on:
What is Good Ear of Corn1" On
Wednesday forenoon Mr.. Jordan spoke
on Soil Fertility and in the afternoon
on Corn and Corn Breeding He
showed himself thoroughly posted on
his subjects and spoke in such man
ner as to convey his ideas to his
hearers.
Mr.. Mcdowell is one of the most
successful dairy farmers in Webster
county. He left an extensive law
practice to take up farming in the rough
hill country OF south Missouri, and, as
he says, he has made good at it."
At Tuesdays forenoon session he spoke
on Dairying, telling US that the diff
culties presented by being so far from
the shipping point are being success
fully overcome in his section of the
country; in fact, that cream IS being
hauled for twenty miles on roads similar
to ours and money made at it. In the
afternoon he spoke on The jersey VS..
Scrub. and showed by figures the great
difference from a financial standpoint
in the two classes of cattle. At the
night session M. Mcdowell told US
of his experience in Farmers Organ
izations and told US Of the great benefits
to be derived from oTganized effort.
Wednesday. forenoon rs topic was:
Feeding of Dairy and Stock Cattle with
the aid of the Silo..
Geo. w. Williams is one Of Polk
county's most successful alfalfa raisers
and ha5 an apiary of some fifty stands
of bees. The talks that he gave on
alfalfa and bee culture were very inter
esting and instructive and he COM
manded attention from start sto finish.
He handled his topics in manner
which convinced his hearers that he
was thoroughly conversant with them.
At the afternoon session on Tuesday
he spoke on Alfalfa VS.. Timothy, show
ing conclusively the advantages OF the
former crop. Wednesday afternoon Mr..
Williams gave demons tration talk on
Bee Culture. He had with him parts
of hive, queen cage, etc., and gave
a life history of the different bees found
in hive, showing how the queen keeps
up the colony in numbers, how the
worker bees bring in and store the
honey, and how man can help them in
storing away more than they can use
SO that he MAJ have the benef; OF their
industry.
It would have been difficult matter
for State Secretary of Agriculture T. c.
Wilson to have chosen three men who
would have been CT more benefit to the
people of this section or who would
have presented to US topics of more
importance.
Take it as a whole our meeting was
a grand success. The thresher was
within sound of the grounds all through
the session and that kept many away
who would have attended otherwise. \
There were two hundred and fifteen
different samples of farm products en-
tered. Forty entries of ear CORE alone
were made. A number who wished
to bring wheat had not threshed yet.
Mr.. Jordan acted as Judge in awarding