The weekly Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1911-1922, 1911-12-28
FARMERS ARE
|. HOLDING A BIG
INSTITUTE HERE
GOOD PROGRAM IS BEING
CARRIED OUT AS PLANNED
AND MANY FARMERS
ATTEND.
A SPECIAL DAIRY DAY
Noted Men Are Here to Tell What
They know About How to Get
Best Results For Labor
Expended
A SPECIAL DAIRY DAY

The MARSHALL County Farmers In
|stitute is being held at the Court
House beginning with Tuesday morn
ing. C. T. Mattingly was the first
speaker, with his experiences grow
ing alfalfa on his farm near Plym-
outh. A discussion followed after
which M. L. Fisher of Purdue took
up the subject Of the various grasses
for the making of hay and for pas
turing purposes.
After the opening Of the after
moon session, ]. F. Behmer Of Hib-
bard spoke on Soils and their con-
|ditions, and then Mr.. Fisher spoke
Ion the subject Of good seeds making
good crops. He explained the pro-
Ieess of selecting corn, and other
seeds for planting. and said tiRt the
man who selected right was sure to
have good results, while poor selec-
Ition resulted in poor crops the next
lyear. Mr.. Fisher is clear and con-
vincing speaker, and his talks will
surely be of much help to the farm
ers if they give heed to what he
says.
! H. H. Swain came next on the
program for the afternoon session,
and talked on the care of the
orchard. Mr.. Swain is we'll known
being the man who judged the fruit
and grain at the Home Coming last
fall. That his talk will be full of
interest is sure.
| Considering the bad weather,
the attendance of farmers Is good,
showing they have an interest in
these meetings and realize the bene-
fits to be gained.
The program as published is being
carried out substantially as planned.
The farmers are attending fairly
well, and those who are there mani
fest an interest by asking questions
and trying to get the information
that is necessaFy to full under
standing of thessubject under dis
cussion. The management of the
institute this year is fortunate in
having secured able men to present
what the farmer wants to know,
and a meeting of this kind is sure
Ily of great benefit to the up-to-date
farmer. Farmers are much like
other people. There are among them
the same class Of "know-it-all' who
insist thai their way is the only way.
These are not the men who get good
out of these Institutes. But the
man who takes heed to the speaker
as he tells what he has found by
actual experiences. is the man who
gets bepeft. To such the speakers
will carefully go over and explain all
the details, and it is by paying lat
Itention to the small things that the
larger results are obtained.
We have been unable to procure
notes on all that has been given at
this institute, but if all subjects are
discussed as ably as the few we have
been privileged to listen to, the
farmers are to be congratulated on
the good speakers that have been
provided for them.
At the Farmers institute on We'd
,nesday morning, S. B. Connor of
Purdue University, gave talk on
Green Manure. In the course of his
remarks be stated that Indiana farm
Iers wasted from eighteen to twenty
million dollars worth of barn yard
manure every year. Lack of knowl-
edge of how to use manure so as to
get the best results was the cause
of this wholesale waste. He urged
that this be stopped, and all saved
and carefully applied.
All grain crops need to be care
fully rotated-corn, wheat, clover
and between them a crop of some
such growth as COW peas, soy beans,
Tvetch or something of this nature
that should be turned under as q
green manure. No attempt should be
be made to harvest, or even to pas.