The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1913-03-06
INSTITUTE A
FINE SUCCESS
ANNUAL SESSION OF sRookINGs
COUNTY ASSOCIATION is
THE BEST EVER
FRANK SHERWM REELECTED PRESIDENT
All Of the Meetings Are Featured by
Good Talks Along Farming Lines
Attendance Is Fairly Good.

The annual institute of the Brook
ings County Farmers Institute Asso-
citation came to a close Thursday
afternoon, after a three days. meeting.
The institute this year was a local
one, pure and simple, the association
not having co-operated with the state
corps which held an institute here in
December, and it was by far the best
series OF meetings ever held by the
association. We do not mean to infer
by this statement that the meetings
were better because Of the absence OF
the state corps, as their speakers
would have helped wonderfully, but it
does demonstrate that Brookings coun-
ty has the best talent in the state and
Is amply able to put on a great in
stitute without any outside assistance.
The attendance this year was some
better than in previous years, there
being over two hundred present at the
afternoon meetings, but at the same
time there are scores of farmers in
driving distance Of Brookings who
ought to have been there. The meet
ings, every one of them, were featured
by splendid practical talks along farm
ing lines and every farmer could have
learned many things to his profit.
In discussing the institute with one
or two Of the directors they informed
us that they favor a little change in
the program for another year. They
would have fewer set speeches by
agricultural experts and more free dis
cussions by the farmers themselv g
Phey- hniinun that this will attract
more interest and at the same time
bring out more of the practical pro-
blems that the farmer has to contend
with every day.
The corn contest held in connec-
ton vas an unusually good one, both
in the number Of entries and the quail
ity Of the exhibit. About twenty-five
entries were made, and Prof. Champ
lin, who judged the samples, informed
us that it was the best show of corn
he had seen this year with the excep-
ton of the disply the National Corn
Show and Sinai, in this county, had
the next best display. Prof. Champ
lin has judged corn in all parts of the
state, and his statement is certainly a
high compliment to Brookings county
corn growers. Awards were made as
follows for the best ten ears: First
prize of $25, H. M. Sanderson; second
prize of $15, A. E. Porter; third prize
of $40, T. S. LeFevre; fourth prize of
S., w. H. Donaldson; fifth and sixth
prizes of So and 81, Fred Killing. All
of the prize-winning corn, with one ex-
ception, was of the variety known as
Minnesota No. 10, which seems to be
the favored kind for this section. The
exception was T. S. LeFevre's Silver
Jewel corn, which won third prize.
This corn was grown from seed secur
ed by the Brookings Commercial Club
last spring to be planted for the Brook.
ings county exhibit to the state fair.
Thursday morning the association
elected the following board of direc.
tors: Frank Slocum, G.. N. Kennard
E. C. Sheldon, Fred Killing, Frank
Sherwin. The board met at the close
Of the afternoon meeting and elected
the following officers for the next
year: President, Frank Sherwin
vice-president, G. N. Kennard; secre
tary, Frank Slocum; treasurer, E. C
Sheldon. This Is an able set of officers
and the work of the association is In
good hands. Mr.. Sherwin has been &
most efficient worker in the interest.
Of the institute for several years an(
much Of the associations succe II
due to him.
The association has, so Secretar.
Slocum tells us, etghtyheight members
and this seems very small in a grea
and populous county like Brookings
The dues are only twenty-five cents
year, and it does seem to US as though
at least i've hundred farmers SHOULD
belong.
Before a%djourning the association
passed the following resolutions:
Resolved, That We, the Brooking
County farmers Institute Association
tender the state school on the hill on
sincere thanks for the generous wa,
in which they have helped to max
out 1913 institute such a grand sue
cess.