Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1911-04-06
THE FARMERS INSTITUTE.
Three Sessions Held Which Proved
Very Entertaining and Instructive
to Those Present.

ucnanucu the attention Ol our lar
mers, Il large number took advaut-
age IF the opportunity offered them
to listen to discussions ON various
matters of vital importance to them,
by gentlemen, who have had prac-
tical experience in the various
branches of farm industry in this
section. As we predicted last week,
we believe that every farmer who
attended these sessions, feels amply
repaid for the time spent, as an ad-
herence to some OF the advice given
them may be the means of saving
them many dollars the coming sea
son.
Not only was the male portion of
the community represented, but Il
large number Of ladies also attended
each session, and it is pleasure to
see the ladies take an inter
est in this matter, as We feel the
wife should he given an equal
amount of credit for the successful
carrying out of any undertaking
her husband may assume.
The first session was held Thurs
day evening. Don ii. Bark, irri-
CATION engineer of the t :. depart
ment Of agriculture, spoke on the
Duty of Water and he was lis
tened to with profound interest
throughout.
Mr.. Bark prefaced his address
with Il few preliminary remarks
relative to his early experiences in
southern Idaho. Though his duties
take him over various irrigated
projects, he considers the North
Side tract one Of the best PROPOSE
tions he is familiar with. On the
question Of water lie believes this
section will have all the water their
rights call for, which is one second
foot for each so acres, or to be
plain, one cubic foot of water flow
on your 50 every second, which
gives you water enough To cover
your entire 50 three feet deep dur
ing the irrigated season. He also
explained Il simple method of meas
uring the water, but a. MIR. Bark
has promised us an article on this
water question, we will not attempt
To illustrate it at the present time.
The speaker, though young man,
is thoroughly enthused over his
work, and a short conversation with
him is sufficient to drive away any
scmblence of Encouragement, if one
felt SO inclined
On Friday morning +. V. Filing
ton, of the dairy department of the
Idaho State College of Agriculture,
talked on dairying. He emphasized
the importance of dairying in this
country, where there is likely to be
an abundance of cheap feed. There
is no better method, he said, to con-
vert this feed into high priced
product, than by means of good
dairy cattle In choosing a dairy
cow, one should look for large
heart girth, big roomy barrel, well
hung pliable udder, and promi-
nent bright eye, which denotes good
nervous temperament. The Hol-
stein breed was pronounced the
best, where one has large amount
of roughagc to feed; the Jersey or
Guernsey where more concentrated
foods are fed. Mr.. Ellington after
wards gave demonstration IN
Judging cows and also one in
testing milk for butter fat with the
Babcock machine, which test proved
very interesting to thosi present
who had never witnessed Il test of
this kind.
In the afternoon Prof. Farrell
lectured on Grasses for Pasture. -
He strongly urged the sowing of a
mixture of several different kinds
of grasses, and fully explained the
advantages to be derived from diff
ferent combinations of seeds. III,
also pointed out the advantage oi
having the ground well prepared in
order to obtain a good stand, and