The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1912-02-15
DONALD DISCUSSES ROAD LAW
Prominent Leaders in Institute Work of
State Show the Farmers Value to Be
Gained from Better Understanding of
Work of Managing the Farms.

The back TO the farm movement was
very much in evidence at the village
of Somers Tuesday and today when
the sessions of the farmer s institute
drew to that village great company
Of farmers and their families and
these people showed deep interest
in affairs of the farm The institute
was the third to be held at Somefs
and from all measures it was the most
successful convention for the farmers
ever held in the county. Soniers farm
srs are alive to present day issues and
they have learned the lesson that the
Interchange of ideas of business is just
as valuable to the farmer as it is to
the, men in other lines Of business.
They also seem to appreciate the fact
that the farmer s institute is like
dynamo creating new interest in the
farm.
w, F. Stiles of Lake Mills, was IN
eharge Of the two day IS session at
somers and the farmers who gathered
tuesday and today heard some discus
sions which are certain to be Of great
value to the men engaged in farming
in Somers and the surrounding towns
George McKerrow, one of the best
known men of the state in the ipsti-
tpte work, gave q decidedly fine adj
dress on Horses at the opening sesy
sion If the institute and the address
was Of d decidedly practical nature.
The farmers learned lot of things
in regard to horses and they were
things which will be used in the every
day handling of horses on the farm.
The address brought a discussion in
which many of the farmers of the
county took part.
One of the features of the institute
was the discussion Of the Good
Roads problem by State Senator
Donald of Mt. Horeb the father of the
highway legislation at the last session
of the legislature. Senator Donald
spoke especially Of the natural ad
vantages of this section OF the state
for the development of good roads. He
declared that the people of this section
could scarcely appreciate the work
necessary to make road in a new
country and showed that the work of
past years had placed the roads in the
older sections of the state in excellent
condition for working. He declared
that the demand for good roads hadN
been emphasized by the coming of the
bicycle and the automobile and classed
the motor car as a great benefit to the
farmers on account of tie fact that
il had in a measure brough the agita-
ion for better roads.
lie spoke Of the use of various kinds
Of log drags in the Improvement of
roads and spoke at length of the state
aid law as an Improvement on the
former law providing for county aid.
He declared that the beauty of the
law was that it provided for a general
system of roads and roads to be paid
for from general tax. He showed
that under the law mora than a mil
lion dollars would be spent on the i'm
proving of highways this year.
The address of Senator Donald
brought a general discussion which
awakened a general interest in road
Improvement in Somers and the sur
rounding towns. Conductor Otter of
Neenah spoke ON soils and spoke
especially on the demand for rcta-
tion Of crops and the necessity of the
farmer making a scientific study of
soil conditions. He showed that such
a study would be of the greatest bene-
fit in securing the greatest productive
value from the land and at the same
time preserving the soil.
Superintendent McKerrow gave
very interesting talk on tuberculosis
aud Showed the work that is being
done by the state in testing cattle and
eradicating the disease. He made
strong presentation of the economic
question of the fight that is being
made against tuberculosis By The state
Charles H. Everett of the Wisconsin
Agriculturist gave a very interesting
talk along the lines of what has been
gained by state tests.
E. L. Alderhold of Neenah, discussed
the question Of 'tClean Diaries. = This
was the closing address of the first
day s session.
In the evening the local committee
in charge of the institute gave very