The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1910-12-23
FARMERS INSTITUTE
HELD by MARYLAND AGRICULTURAL
COLLEGE AT WITT. AIRY.
Large Attendance at Lectures. Many
Instructive Addresses.

At the Farmers Institute of the
Maryland Agricultural College held
at Mt. Airy on December Is, was well
attended.
During the morning addresses
the public schools OF the town closed
their doors that the pupils mighthave
chance to hear the lectures ON sub
jects which are of interest to the farm
er, his wife and their children. They
heard z. T. Oswald, Of Washington
county, explain how an owner Of an
old orchard can renew that orchard.
w. r.. T.. Taliaferro, of the Maryland
Agricultural College, told the audience
how to grow the proper feed for live
stock. He dwelt briefly on the profits
to be made on the sending of beef to
market.
At this point that old Henry Smith
ers arose and told the speaker that no
one hereabouts is troubling himself
so much about profits in cattle as
about raising money for Christmas
expenses, and the entertainment OF
the sons, who return to the farm from
Baltimore, Washington and other
cities about this time of the year.
MI. Taliaferro replied that the au-
ulCnCG COu1Q IdhC ALOACy OA N1I1AS
and other farm products during the
rest Of the year and have good sup
/ ply OF currency on handfor Christmas,
or any other day for that matter.
Director III. J. Patterson, of the
Maryland Experiment Station at Col
Ilege Park, interested everyone with
his disclosure on "Dairying and the
Dairy Cow" He emphasized the point
that those who conduct dairy must
follow the laws Of hygiene closely In
order to protect the health OF the
public as well as that Of the cattle.
He spoke briefly ON the various dis
eases common to cattle and gave the
audience several valuable hints on
how to prevent and cure such dis
eases. The Importance of good breed
ing In a dairy cow was made a point
on which the speaker dealt at great
length He said that the better the
breed of a cow the better the milk
will be.
The speakers at night were G. r.
Wagner, of Ohio, who owns one OF the
best paying farms in that state, and
z. I. Oswald. Mr.. Oswald spoke at
the afternoon session on beef cattle,
hogs and sheep. He advised the farm
ers i'm this region to pay more atten-
ton to the raising of this kind OF live
stock, and told them of the large
profits made by farmers Of the West
| i'm sending their cattle, sheep and
hogs to market either already dressed
or on the hoof
Mr.. Wagner and Mr.. Oswald adj
dressed large crowd OF children and
their parents on poultry, it's care,
| nd oil O
profits to be made by sending fresh
eggs to the city market. Mr.. Wagner
also spoke on "The Home, the School
and the Choosing of a Life Profess
sion" Mr.. Wagner said that the
Christian home, with Christian en-
vironments, is superior to kings
palace to live in, especially for the
children. The school, he said, should
be a god one where discipline is main
tanned and where the teachers are OF
the best. 1t is the duty Of every
| teacher to install in the hearts OF
children liking for their studies,
and the studies should be made pleas
ant and of value to the students. 1t
was the first lecture of this kind ever
delivered in this town, and made de-
cided impression On the assemblage.
The institute party arrived in Mt.
! Airy i'm the morning. Members Of the
party spent several hours with promi-
nent townspeople In examining the
new roads recently built near this
place. The institute workers were
! shown a number of new houses that
have recently been completed along
! the roads which lead from Mt. Airy
to Ridgeville. The Nelson house is
located in Ridgeville and it was here
that the party were entertained at
luncheon.
The drive back to the town of Mt
Airy was taken by another route and
the speakers on modern methods OF
forming rode over what are claimed
to be the finest roads in the state
Other members of the party were
Frank /. Lewis and Jesse P. King, OF
Mount Airy.