The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-12-12
FARMERS INSTITUTE
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suggestions made by the speaker. At
the close of his speech he answered a
number of questions asked of him by
farmers present, all of which he
answered promptly and intelligent
ly so that there seemed to be no in
sincerity regarding the subject un-
der discussion.
One of the subjects under consid-
Grafton at the institute was Sum
mer Soil and Soiling System" by
Prof. Wells w. Cook, of the Agricul-
tural department in Washington, D.
G..
The speaker referred to the ques-
ton of using silage for summer feed
as well as for the winter months
His experience proved that the sys-
tenn of feeding cattle met with the
best results.
The reason for the entire use Of
grain as feed is because it lessons the
amount of work of the cattle.
To feed silage throughout the en-
tire year a special provision must be
made. During the cold weather it
is only necessary to use thin layer
of silage each day. AS spring ad
vances the amount of silage must be
Increased, due to the fact that the
air acts more strongly on the silage
during the warmer seasons.
If the plan of feeding silage
throughout the year is decided upon
it would be necessary to have more
than one silo as farmer can readily
see that it would take an enormous
amount of silage to meet the demand.
An excellent system and one
which the speaker adopted was to
have three silos, one IL feet, one
inch, 8 feet one, and Z feet in dame
ter. During the winter the cattle
are fed from the largest silo and as
summer approaches, the smaller ones
are used
The speaker also stated that it
was found best, and in the long run,
yielded larger crops to plant silage
corn on the same ground each year.
To obtain good results through this
method the farmer would, of course,
have to feed the ground, that is, ma
nure and mellow it thoroughly.
The most important fact of silage
is to keep it from connection with the
air.
Prof. Cook also spoke of rye, when
cut at the proper time, resulting in
just as good silage as the best corn.
The time is when the head appears
on the stalks of rye. Twelve tons of
corn and six tons of rye, which is a
minimum amount produced per acre,
will feed two COWS good meal of
silage 365 days in the year.
Prof. Cook brought his lecture to
a close with the statement that one
of the most important things to con-
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the ground thoroughly through the
medium of fertilizer.
Mr. Cook was accorded a hearty
applause and he certainly deserved it..
Corn, Breeding and Culture.
j. Stuart Groupe, of Jersey Shore,
Pa, handled this subject in very
commendable manner. Mr.. Groupe
was brought up in the city and at an
early age decided to become a farm
er. The speaker emphasized the fact
that his success was partly due to the
reason that he did a good many
things that his neighbors did not do.
He is progressive and through this he
has left good many of his neighbors
in the rear, while he is far in the
lead.
He discussed the question of corn
DTeeulnS, anu showed LndL III some
instances sweet corn, when raised
near feed corn, becomes mixed. The
reason for this is that the pollen has
been blown from one grade of corn
to the other, thus effecting the mix
ture. This is termed cross pollena
ton. Corn affected in this manner
will increase the yield of grain from
25 to 80 per cent.
Mr.. Groupe stated that in his eX
perience he found that the best graiI
corn was that which grew on leve
with the heigth of a waist of man
This concluded the subject of corr
breeding and the speaker turned tt
that other branch-Corn Culture
The speaker stated that he was al
advocate of deep plowing as a methoC
of producing better crop results
This takes more horse flesh, or pow
er, but in his experience it was wei
worth the effort. He said he alway
cultivated corn after a rain and prin
cipally during July.
One advantage of deep plowing
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