Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1914-08-28
INCREASED ATTENDANCE
At FARMERS INSTITUTE
Lse't ierturef l. preseni--l.isitors
Afs Taken For AutD Ride
IN Country


come in later from neighboring out
I ide counties
a delegation Of slf arrived Wed
T uesday afternoon from the town OF
I iledley loo DouIey county These
Were joined by o number ~ other
from thar place yesterday Canyon
I slso seat 10 lutte a number OF nea
recruits yesterday. as dId several
other communities DO different parts
I li 'he Panhandle
There Was q considerable Increase
I ln the size OF the audience that heard
/ the various lecture throughout the
. day
One thing that bias been especial
Z rs pleasing 90 the program commit
zee Be- the fact that every lecturer on
The program up 20 tuis time has
been on hand ready to deliver The
goods hen bis name was called
A number Of prominent men. spe
. rialists boo their line have been ln
attendance during the institute ami
many OF these the farmers would
be- glad ~ hear But not "a vacancy
has occurred mp 10 this time on the
entire program
However. arrangements have been
made no hear a feW of these men for
short addresses Or G. 8 Hazard
Nho Nas on the program Thursday
afternoon on an important ubIect
divided time with Prof & N Evans.
Of the s and " College. that the
latter might have an opportunity 10
answer some questions that were
asked az the dairy demonstration ON
The previous day and make Ecurr.
al talk on diseases along that line.
] + Ross. superintendent of the
government experiment farm ai
Amarillo. also divided time with o..
T. Rothgeb of Amarillo. who is %
specialist ou the seed of the sor-
Ehums
AZ the morning session J T.. pop
of Amarillo. presided. and tho first
address was given Bog e. & French
OF the Fort Worth stock Yards on
the subject. "Thc Hog a. a Rcyenu"
Producer
Mr French regretted that there
were not more hos present 10 profit
by what he had go saF tie is 70
strong believer iu the importance
Of interesting the hoss in the baby
beer and hog club. and of teaching
them something about balanced ra
tion for stock
T. IS Blinu. the alfalfa expert
from Rocky Ford Colo. spoke ou
Alfalfa Production ON the plains
Mr. Htuu stated that alfalfa Is not
a typira drouth resisting plant ANA
that ts failure has been largely due
90 having too many plants Tor the
amount of moi .ture available
Where the amount OF moisture !.
less the amount nf seed sowu should
be reduced he made ydluahl"
lecture covering such points a. how
10 seed your ground, how 10 handle
and preserve your moisture for no"
crop and many other things OF in
forest 10 the alfalfa farmer
S. " Black. president OF the Pan
handle state school of Agriculture
at Goodvcll Okla spoke on
Growing Alfalfa In RoUe Ne went
into tho subject in detail giving hi.
experience. and touching on prepa.
ration of soil manner of -erdiue
and other features
He advised against attempting
TOW alfalfa 100 large acreage without
care start with five acres u sue
gesstm ry moro Twenty or thirty
acres Is q big crop
The closing number ou the morn
INK program was the Judging demon
-iratiou OF beef cattle Which was
given on the street al q go by PROT
q " Evans Of the a and VI col.
lege
rhe Panhandle can produce
much more beef said Nr Evan
and stiu raise dairy COWS that viii
furnish cash crop A few COWS NiII
pat the farmer on cash basis,
bringing him weekly or monthly
cash income
ln the afternoon the first period
.as divided between DR. 4. A hal-
ard. OF Amarillo. and Prof g.. 81
Evans. OF The A. a " College, ou
q discussion uI Common Animal
Disease Their Prevention and
.Hr, The discussions brought out
many points OF interest and value
go the farmer and stockmau.
one OF Tire talks that all were
uNious to hear was tina, of T.. 81
crimes. OF White Deer who raised
Hofc than q bushels OF wheat per
t.re this year Ills subject was
summer Tiilagc for Wheat Mr.
Crimes related In detail the method
%. which he had produced. perhap,
n. largest Yield of wheat IN the
entire Panhandle
pc begins his summer tillagp as
Don the the weeds appear Weed.
require moisture and they must Dee
sept down 30 the moisture is properly
con erycd lie uses a four horse
double tandem disc. always double
asr.ur.
llo gave careful figures as ~ the
mount and cost Of the work done
NAT the farmer might be able no fig
urr ont NOR, closely the value oi
iis methods
] = Ross of Amarillo gave q
short talk on Producing Wheat
.toy Year Pest Method llo mr.
.ed that the farmer should not per
I-t Zoo raisinE wheat every year oH
rho same land
Noi more tH4u one-fourih uf fbo
amount of your land IN cultivation
huulI boz showed 10 wheat 81 least
rPlf should ho given to tho sor
EHum- Mr. Ross gave the result. of
ome of his experiments with wheat
anu made very conservative tail
Is which every farmer Who heard
% should profit
Mr. Roihgeh. Of Amarillo. Who is
also connected With the government
experiment. farm. spoke on Pro
.Hciior ~ Pure Seed Much ~
hi. addr'. was devoted 10 the var
.ous ind. ~ kalr or sorghums. their