The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1910-03-31
FARMERS INSTITUTE BEST
EVER HELD IN HOUGHION
Largest Attendance at Sessions
and Much Interest is
Manifested.
SUBJECTS COVER WIDE SCOPE

The farmers institute held in the
Citizens bank hall yesterday morning
and afternoon is declared by those
most interested p such meetings 10
have been the most successful ever
held i'm this village Of the copper
country. The success OF the sessions
of the institute is principally due to
the large attendance and the great IN
terest manifested by those in atten-
dance in the subjects discussed by the
speakers.
At the morning session the prin'
cipal talk was by n. p. Hull master OF
the state grange, whose subject was
THE Dairy Cow and Her Care Al
this session there were also short
talks by supt Doelle, Con Burkman Of
Oscar. and others. There were about
thirty in attendance at the session
among whom was Mrs. Walker the
SUPERINTENDENT OF Good Will farm.
In some respects the afternoon ses-
sion was more important than that
OF the morning and those i'm atten-
dance at this session seemed to take
more interest in the subjects under
discussion. asking many questions and
discussing some features from the
viewpoint of their own experiences.
At this session Mr.. Hull spoke on
The Best Crop on the Farm" and his
remarks were closely listened To by
those in attendance. Mr.. Hull is n
clever speaker and seems to be Won
erfully we'll versed in his subject
readily answering many questions fir
ed at him by his auditors and in
some cases arguing the points with
these.
]. r. Frank of Lake Linden was the
other principal speaker of the after
noon, giving the farmers present his
conception of "The Successful Farm
err OF Today" Mr.. Frank lost little
time in getting at the heart of his
subject and. although troubled by an
affection of the throat, held the in
terest OF the audience throughout his
talk
The Successful Farmer.
"A successful farmer" said Mr..
Frank. would make successful
businessman and the successful
businessman would make successful
farmer The same principals are need
ed in farming as I'm the conduct OF
any other business. The successful
farmer prepares for farming before
he begins to farm. He must keep a
record of everything he does on the
farm and that record must be in black
and white"
Here. Mr. Frank told those present
how he has adopted cost system" on
his farm. whereby. at the expense Of
a few minutes time each day he Is
enabled TO tell just how much it
costs him 20 raise each crop on his
farm. the price that he gets for this
crop and the amount Of profit or loss
accruing therefrom. He has worked
out familiar system for keeping
track OF all animals on the farm and
when he finds that a certain crop or
animal is not paying profit he stops
attempting to do anything with that
particular hlilu anu NtNDltS al Ills at
tention to the others on the place. In
this way he has now brought IL TO a
point where he is doing the minimum
amount OF work and getting the maxi
mum amount Of profit therefor or Sc
approaching this point.
Small Savings Important.
Mr.. Frank pointed out TO those pres
ent the Importance OF any small saw
ing either OF time or Of waste about
the farm. He said that he had given
some time 10 the study OF the arrange
ment Of his field so as to get them
arranged in such a manner that IN
blowing and cultvating them the least
number OF turns are necessary, saving
the time that il takes TO maize the
turn and get started upon the new
row. He also advised that in buying
or retaining from the product Of the
farm feed for the animals on the farm
that the farmer be careful TO select
those feeds which will produce the
most effective fertilizer for his lands
This fertilizer he said could best be
utilized by having cement floors In tho