Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1914-01-22
The Farmers institute at Leon.
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The Farmers Institute. which was
given al Leonardtown on Friday.
January 10th, In the Assembly Room,
at Leonard Hall, was well attended al
all three sessions, held respectively al
10 n. m, l:3O p. m, and p. m, under
direction OF the Maryland Agricul-
tural College, and his assistants.
Messrs. Drury. RufTner. Oswald and
Bamberger.
In his opening remarks DR.. Hill
pointed out the many natural advant-
ages presented by Maryland. especi-
ally Southern Maryland over the
Middle Western States as a farming
country.
Mr.. Drury gave an interesting series
of lantern slides and comments illus
trating his own successes in growing
tobacco on his fathers farm in Calvert
county. He strongly recommended
improved types of tobacco plants, and
gave in detail some of his own method ;
in obtaining improved seed. including
the system OF bagging in order TO pro-
cure proper pollinization.
Mr.. Ruffner, in his instructive talk
ON Dairy Cattle, strongly advocated
the propagation and preservation of
single breed in the county, or in a
given neighborhood, showing the sue
cess obtained by the inhabitants oi
the islands of Jersey and Guernsey
10y rigidly excluding all foreign stock.
The figures which he produced with
his interesting views of some of our
MISUNDERSTANDING COWS showed elo-
quently the advantages and economy
of pure bred stock.
Mr.. Oswald. who discussed fruit
growing, mentioned. among other III.
teresting facts, that Maryland has the
largest orchard in the world. that the
Hagerstown district produces more
fruit than any section of the Unite1
States and that Winchester and Har-
tenburg alone produce as much fruit
as the States of Oregon and WASH
ington. lie urged therefore that
Maryland be given her due acknowl-
edgement as champion fruit. grow
ing state. With slides 80 explain his
remarks. he spoke of the fair oper-
ations essential to profitable fruit
culture, tillage, feeding, pruning and
spraying. He advised that the trees
he bought from the nursery before
they have headed, that the fruit grow
er may handle the uniformally tn suit
himself.
DR.. Hill, in his remarks on Alfalfa.
showed the advantages of deep pillow
ing, and the uniform spreading OF ma
nure and lime, and illustrated the
process OF thickening alfalfa growth
by disking.
Mr.. Oswald, who treated of poultry
in his second lecture. advised a uni
form bnNed, and showed various types
of poultry houses, the construction of
trap nests, and other points of intere Il
TO poultry raisers.
Mr.. Frank Wathar, Jr., the L. $.
Demonstration Agent for ahis county,
showed in q concise written statement
the advantages which demonstration
has been able 10 confer ON many of
oar farmers during the past year. lie
urged that all should make use OF
the ample means offered by the GOV
ernment in obtaining expert advice
and assistance.
Ths readiness OF both Federal al d
State Agricultural authorities 10 assist
the farmers at every turn was also
dwelt upon by Mr. Bamberger, in his
eloquent lecture on Farmers organi-
cation. He showed morover the great
Necessity under which the Maryland
State Agricultural College is laboring