The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1913-02-27
FARMERS SCHOOL
NOW IN SESSION
ANNUAL INSTITUTE OF BROOK
INGS COUNTY ASSOCIATION
BEING HELD
MEETINGS ARE BEING WELL ATTENDED
And are Interesting and Helpful to the
Farmers in Observation-Disclosures
Closes This Afternoon

The annual institute of the Brook
ings County Farmers Institute Asso-
citation is being held At the opera house
this week. The first meeting was held
Tuesday morning and the institute
closes with the session this afternoon.
The meetings have been well attend
ed and some very interesting and help
full addresses given.
At the morning session Tuesday
Frank Sherwin, president of the as
ISOLATION, gave his annual address,
and was followed by a talk OF potatoes
by Prof Hutton of the State College.
At noon a free lunch was served to
the farmers and their families.
The first number of the afternoon
program was a very able discussion of
Common Horse Troubles and Home
Treatment" by DR.. A. H. Hill of Brook
ings. DR.. Hill took up some of the
common diseases that the farmer is up
against every day and explained their
cause and a simple method Of curing
them. DR.. E. l.. Moore was on the
program for an addl ess on Hog
Cholera" but was unable to be pres
ent On account Of illness. Prof. ]. H.
Shepard has been very prevalentmber-
Shepard discussed How to Avoid Hog
Cholera Without Treatment" Cholera
has been very prevalent in Brookings
county this year and our farmers have
lost thousands Of dollars, so it is a
most important subject and Prof.
Shepard's remarks will be read with
interest. Cleanliness is the greatest
and, about the only, sure method Of
preventing cholera in nogs, says the
professor" and as he has been raising
pure bred stock for fifteen years and
has never lost a hog from the cholera
his advice is worth following. He
always has plenty of clean food for his
hogs to eat, a clean place for them to
live in, a clt an place for them to battle
in and above all plenty of clean water
for them to drink. : The hog Is dirty
animal" says the professor, "if he is
allowed to shift for himself, but it is a
mistaken idea that he will thrive and
grow fat and healthy under filthy con-
ditions.." Farmers should put this in
expensive advice into practice and see
if they do not get better results with
their hogs.
Yesterday morning DR.. Brigham of
the State College, gave ar address on
egg Production and Marketing" The
first numeb IN the afternoon
program was an address by
President Slagle of the State
College, who explained in an in
teresting way of agricultural extension
work planned by the federal govern
ment, for which bills are now before
congress. Prof. C. Larsen, head of the
dairy department of the college, fol
lowed with a splendid talk on the silo,
the manner Of it's construction and its
benefit to the farmer. Prof. j. j. Hut
ton closed the program with a good
talk on soils and crop rotation.
Yesterday afternoon the farmers
wives We're entertained by the
ladies of the Civic League,
and an interesting program vas
carried out. There We're talks
by DR.. Brigham and Mrs. A. N.
Hume, followed by a demonstration of
school lunches by Miss Amy Kelly,
and refreshments were served.