The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1911-03-10

taken by surprise that he was barely
able to make a reply. In briel
speech, however. he sincerely fhanket
the representatives Of the State Far
mers and said as heis the first farme
10 hold a State office he felt that nnS
token of esteem from the farmers wal
the more highly appreciated.
WI was considered one of tho
best .Ajrssr.s OF the meeting wai
that CT Prof. F. o. Clark, of Berea
College. Prof. Clark was ON Thursday
nights programme, but failed to ar
rive i'm time and was given a hearine
Friday, taking as his subject "Inben.
sbwe Farming" Prof Clark contraste
the producing qualities of Europe and
this country and said that the small
production of American farms is due
more to the unprogressiveness of the
farmer rather than the quality of the
land.
That the agricultural department
is to be made one of the chief features
of the State University at Lexington
was the promise of Judge Henry S.
Barker, the president. 1t was the
first time since his election to the po-
sition of college president that Judge
Barker has publicly spoken relative
to the college, and the members of the
Institute were loud in the commenda-
tion of the plan upon which he ex-
poets to develop the agricultural
branch. The speaker declared That
farming should be studied just as
amy other line of business and that a
trained mind there is needed just as
much as anywhere else. He praised
the work bsing done by the Expert
nlent Station and cited many inslan-
ces where material benefit had been
given the farmers through the re-
search work of Prof. NJ. A. Scovell
and others at the State University.
Judge Barker provoked considerable
I
ninth with the statement that he
had reformed when he left the law
for the college"
How a Model Dairy Farm Can
Be Run For Profit" was the gist
of speech of MIR. Hudson, who, to
the establishment of his hearers, told
of bacteria being reduced 10 less Than
900 to the cubic autemeter in milk,
when the average is about 100000.
In Louisville and other cities, he raid,
even certified milk contains about
40, 900.
The speaker showed pictures of
model dairy, showing the mixers in
their natty white suits how the COWS
are arrayed in concrete stalls, uac.,
He said the COW was more independ-
emit THAN her farmer owner and must
"be coaxed' if best results are to be
obtained. He advocated the daily
curing of the animals and gave an
OUuhhic vi uhc lhOPcl lOouph6, say ihS
that the silo is an absolute necessity
for the successful feeding of cows to-
day, as this is the only metihOd, by
which green feed can be obtained the
year round. Mr.. Hudson was clos
ly questioned by many of the audi
ence on various points, principally
upon the best kind and cost of shlos.
In his address upon hogs and hog
cholera, Prof. Good spoke at length
upon various experiments that have
been made at the Lexington Station,
mainly upon feeding methods rf pigs,
to get the best results, and the care
necessary TO prevent disase.
Senator Claude M. Thomas, of
Paris, made brief speech, briefly out
lining various laws that have recently
been enacted for the benenfit of the
farmers. He highly commended the
dog tax law, which reimburses far
mars for sheep killed by dogs, saying
that it was twice beneficial, inasmuch
as what is left after killing costs"
have been paid goes to the county
school fund. He also praised the
sanitary law, which resulted, in the
of a commission an
made a necessity of Livestock In
spectOrs looking toward the eradica-
ton of disease among livestock.
There was considerable disapoint-
ment both among the members of
the Institute and various political
parsonage because of the absence of
Judge Ed C. O'Rear, who was down
for an address.
On the program Friday afternoon,
an innovation was made when Ashby !
Blevirs, a thirIteen-year-old SON cf Mr..
George Blevins, and a member NJ tbs
Nature Study Glass of Mt. Steniing
Collegiate Institute, gave five+min-
ute talk on Conn Judging" His
talk Was CLEARLY heard and much ap-
preclated by the audience, being foil
owned by great applause. Among