Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1913-11-21
farmers INSTITUTE
monday TUESDAY
VERY GOOD CROWD ATTENDED
MEETINGS in CITY HALL.
SPEAKERS WERE GOOD
ENTHUSIASM AROUSED and MUCH
benefit SHOULD RESULT FROM
THESE MEETINGS.

The animal Farmers Institute was
held in Hot Springs at the city hall
Monday and Tuesday and is now q
matter of history. Be 1t said with re-
gret that the citizens of Hot Springs
aud vicinity are not alive to the i'm.
portance and possibilities of these
meetings or the largest hall in the city
would have been inadequate to accom-
modate the crowds that should have
attended. The attendance however
was very good. The speakers were
men and women we'll trained in their
respective lines and any person was
bound to CLEAN some thought or fact
from their addresses, even tho simple.
that in the future might be the key.
note OF their success. None should
have missed these meetings il it was at
all possible to be present.
On the first day, Monday, at 2p.
m. W. 9. Fraser, of Bradford, Ontario,
Canada, delivered the first address Of
the meeting on "Dsiry Problems" He
dwelt upon the Importance of testing
the individual COWS of the herd by
weighing the amount of milk given and
also testing it for butter fat often
enough to calculate the value of her
product as compared with her cost of
keep. This will enable the owner to
eliminate the Improbable COW from
the herd and build up one that will
give him the biggest returns for the
money invested. While he did not
emphasize any particular kind Of
thoroughbred he did emphasize the
Importance of disposing Of the unprof-
liable COW. He dwelt on the impor-
tance Of the balanced ration which
enables the feeder to get the best re-.
suits for the least expense of produo.
tion.
L. NJ. Foote, Of Inwood, Iowa, fol-
lowed Mr.. Fraser, Monday from three
until four O'Clock and spoke on "Silos"
"Silsge" and "Feeds and Feeding. His
first effort was to show the Importance
Of the silo to the farmer. Silage is one
Of the cheapest foods as in the making
1t utilizes all of the rough feeds on the
place and enables farmer to supply
his stock With green feed twelve
months in the year. He brought out
the fact that silsge with alfalfa for
mtlch COWS makes almost q balanced
ration. He also gave some valuable in
formation on the manner of building
silos and stated that for this country
he would recommend the pit silo. It
Is also great feed for horses and al
ready the largest firm of horse import
ers in the United States have adopted
this system for feeding obtaining the
very best results.
Hon. o. Hull, Of Alma, Nebraska, was
the first speaker Tuesday afternoon.
He was introduced by John Robertson
Of this CITY, himself an institute lectur-
or for the past several years. Mr.. Hull's
subject was "Better Farming" He
dealt largely with the seed, its seleo-
tion and the testing Of same; seed beds
and their preparation. In his talk he
advocated thoro disoing of all stnbhle
and weedy ground before plowing.
Also it should be fall plowed or sub.
soil packed in the spring to insure the
best results. In cultivating he advo-
Gates going as deep the first time as at
any time during the season. He had
charts showing this sort of work. He
was quite emphatic in regard to
alfalfa, in this community it was his
opinion, that it should be sowed in
rows go that it might be cultivated.
George W. Dixon, of Watertown, who
is said to raise more potatoes on less
ground than any other man in b Q
state, next spoke on "Potsto uro winR".
He stated that in the preparation of
the seed bed that the groupd should
b. plowed from six to eight inches
dsep and that the seed should be
planted at least four and one half
inches deep. The early variety sh ould
b, planted in this country to insure q
crop. Plant in rows three and one.
half feet apart and in the rows two feet
at least. He illustrated the method of
QUITTING potatoes for seed and parts ore
and one half ounces in weight we're in
his opinien the most satisfactory to
obtain good results. He also gave q