The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1911-01-27
COURT HOUSE WAS CROWDED both DAYS With
CARROLL'S MOST REPRESENTATIVE Farmers
The Special Woman's Institute Was a
Big Success. n4s
ADDRESSES WERE MADE BY GOVN CROTlERs
AND COLONEL POWELL.
The Institute win Be Held in Union Bridge Tomorrow


He advised of course cleanliness,
especially in reference to the milk
and stated it should be cooled at once.
between forty and fifty degrees, and
III left at this temperature until deliv-
cred, there would be no trouble with
it.
In the afternoon Mr. T.. w. BosIey.
State Forester, talked about the man
agement of wood lots. He advised
the cleaning up and the use Of the
down wood, and was absolutely op-
posed to running stock in them. In
cutting timber, that doing the most
damage to the growth OF others should
be selected, as well as that of no val
ue for commercial purposes. When
a tree reaches its maturity 1t should
be marketed. He also urged that the
indiscriminate cutting of wood should
be stopped, and advised the owner to
go upon his land and mark trees that
were to be cut, and not leave their
selection to the employee or timber
men.
Col. William S. Powell, editor of
the Ellicott City Times, delivered q
most interesting and delightful lee
ture in the afternoon, in which he re-
lated some of his experience abroad
He told of the foreign markets he had
visited and their fruits which he had
enjoyed.
His description Of these markets was
not only entertaining but full of many
good suggestions in the way they
could be taken advantage Of by the
American Fruit growers, and he gave
sound advice as to the manner i'm
which this should be done.
He stated that our fruit could be
shipped abroad al easily as to any
of our markets i'm this country, the
only thing requisite being that it be
carefully selected, and well packed,
which packages should be small, and
in apples the color, should be light, as
dark fruit does not appeal to the Eu-
ropean.
English and French markets as we'll
as those in Italy and Egypt and most
of the countries Of Europe are nov
open to the Aemrican, but he fears
that in few years they will be con-
trolled by the fruit growers in South
Africa.
W0men's Sessions.
A most attractive feature of this
Institute was a branch of it for women.
On Thursday the Grand Jury room
was used, but was overcrowded and
uncomfortable owing to the fact that
about eighty-five were packed i'm it.
On Friday they adjourned to the hall
in the High School Building where
their sessions were held
Miss Lake, Of Forest Hill, Hartford
county, on Thursday delivered an
interesting talk on a Maryland Wo-
mans Success in Poultry" She stat
ed that she had begun in a small way
and had only about 160 hens from
which she was able to realize from
$1.50 to $500 a hen a year. Her talk
was exceedingly practical; she urged
cleanliness and regular rations using
the food in the proportion prescribed
by the Agriculture Department. She
feeds her chickens but twice a day,
morning and at noon, and lets them
scratch the rest Of the day. She pre-
fers the white plymouth rock
On Friday she talked on the organ
ization in rural commuitiesuf of Home
Economic Clubs" She described how
these clubs by the exchange of ideas
would be of great help in man
aging the house and all things in ref
erence to it, the disposal Of house hold
waste and its water supply, and she
dwelt upon how many useless things
were done in house work and how by
organizations and system they
could be eleminated. It was very
interesting and instructive.
Miss Burnite, of Newark, N. j., on
Thursday spoke OF Milk our Most I'm
portant Food" 1t was the first food
and the last we use, and she urged
especially the Importance of milk
for children, stating that a child six
years old should drink two quarts a
day, and child eight years old /
quart, and up to twelve the necessity
for the use Of some milk, until the
age of maturity is reached. After
this mixed diet is sufficient. She also
described the proper care of it in the
home and on the farm.
On Friday she gave demonstration
of freless cooker and the use of de-
natured alcohol stoves. The large
audience OF housewives were greatly
interested in them. The cooker is
large vessel with compartments, heat
ed with hot soap stones. The food IL
morning the three meals for the day
nAC ACuuy. DnC Au5 ubCA UhC 1VE GC4
years, and 1t not only saves labor but
gives a woman time to do her other
work. She can roast meat, cook veg
etables and bake bread all at the same
time, and it is superb for cooking
cereals.
The denatured alcohol stove, is a
most compact affair, which seems to
have all advantages. It ig different
from other stoves In that, 1t IL clean,
safe and drafts do not effect It One ad-
vantage OF denatured alcohol is, that
II can be extlnguished by water. One
quart Of It will burn about ten hours,
and for baking and cooking it costs
about two cents an hour.
A new feature Of the institute has
been the attendance OF the higher
grades from tine public school.
Altogether this Farmers Institute
is the most interesting ever held in
Carroll county, and the woman's
branch thereof has been most enter
tanning.
The institute will b. held ut Union