The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1914-11-19
FARMERS INSTITUTE HELD
FRIDAY and SATURDAY
Net Attended As Il Should Have Been.


VI all the various agencies at work
for the advancement of Agriculture in
KY, the work of Farmers Institute
should be the most important. After
attending one of these meetings and
hearing these talks on various subjects.
the progressive farmer returns to his
farm greatly benefit by what he heard
and has new enthusiasm for his work
and sees many possibilities which he
had never seen before. Then why, oh
why, are our farmers so remis in at
tending and so uninterested.
M. Douglas, representing Live Stock
Department and Live Stock Farming,
says:
The cheap feeds which admirably
suit the production of Live Stock, that
can be furnished on Kentucky farms,
at very little expense, are alfalfa and
coin silage. Corn silage can be pro-
duced at cost of about $500 a ton
and admirably takes the place of hay
costing $4,000 per ton. A field of corn
making fifty bushels per acre, would
average about ten tons of corn silage
per acre. A silo holding a hundred
tons of silage would furnish the rough
feed for thirty-Gve head of cattle for
six months. Not only is it d cheaper
feed, but it is one that admirably suits
for both winter and summer feeding.
1t is really the simply corn of the sum-
mer time canned up for winter use and
it plays about the same part in the
health of the animal fed. as canned
goods does to the human family.
Silage. in numerous experiments,
has cut down the production of beef,
81. 90 per hundred. Not only does it do
that, but it also advances the selling
price about fifty-five to one hundred
cents on the market
Corn silage for feed cattle should not
be put up too green, but rather should
be left until about the time when the
corn is put In the shock.
Officers elected for the coming year
for this county.
Pres. Joe E. Robinson. Sec. Walton
Moss, V. Pres. Miss Jennie Higgins.
Delegates to state farmers Institute
to be held in February.
w. Moss, j. w. Walker, Ed. Price.
In his talk on pruning fruit trees,
Mr.. c. l.. Clayton said that the prun
ing gave much larger, better colored
fruit, often made trees bear and also
made the trees live longer, and gives
them the strength to bear heavier crops
without breaking the branches. For
! the best results the tree should he
trained from the beginning. In plant
ing, the top should be cut severely
and each winter for the next
three years the tree should be pruned
to give it an open spreaded form. To
do this best one year old apple trees
should be used. This is cut back to a
stub about thirty inches from the
ground at the time of planting. The
next winter the branches should be cut
back to about fourteen inches leaving
from three to five branches to form the
main limbs of the future tree. These
should be so chosen as to form no
notches, and should be distributed up
and down the trunk of the tree so they
will not crowd later on. The next WIN
Ger we cut back the side branches, cut
ting out those which are inclined to
grow across the tree, those which cross
and close together
AS the tree gets older less pruning is
needed, or the emery goes into the fruit
instead of wood. However, all trees
should be pruned some each winter to
keep them in shape.
In pruning old neglected trees the
first thing to do is often to cut out one
or more of the branches from the GEN.
ter OF the tree and so open it up to the
sun and air. Cut out all dead and dis
eased ORANGES, also those which cross
or are too close together. In old trees
it is often necessary to cut out part of
the top to get it low enough to spray
and pick the fruit.
If the trees have been long neglected
it is best to take two years for this
work. Cutting out the dead and dis
eased wood, opening to the center, and
cutting out the highest branches first.
and later doing the general thinning.
All cuts should be made slanting and