The Glasgow courier., 1915-01-08
INSTITUTE
A SUCCESS
Hundreds Of Farmers Turn Out
For Meetinf
CORN PRINCIPAL SUBJECT
Prof. Wilson Urges Corn GROWING
DR.. Hartman Talks on Foot
and Mouth Diseases

The most successful farmers in.
stitute ever conducted in this part
Of the state was the one held at the
Gibson Opera House Thursday af.
ternoon. The speakers Of the after
noon were DR.. C. w. Hartman and
Prof. M. L. Wilson of the Bozeman
Experiment Station. Both of these
men have spoken to audiences in
Glasgow before and their lecture
yesterday afternoon was of great
benefit to the farmers, ranchers and
business men who attended.
At 1870, Secretary S. c. Moore of
the Commercial Club made a brief
address, introducing the two speak
ers and explaining the purpose of
the club in holding Institutes in the
city that would be of benefit to the
farmers in the county.
The institute was very largely at
tended, farmers coming for many
present. Prof Wilson was the first
speaker, and his talk was highly
interesting and instructive. Corn
was his principal subject and he
laid special emphasis on the cultiva-
ton and raising of corn in northern
Montana He showed by charts and
statistics furnished by farmers in
this section of the country that
corn was a better paying crop than
small grain. The success that many
Of the farmers in the county had
with corn the past season was, he
stated, one Of the best arguments for
a. large acreage of corn in the cOun-
ty. He advocated the raising of
corn and hogging it off, and that
the returns from this method would
bring far better returns. The best
corn for good results in this part of
Montana were the Gehu, Burleigl
County Mixed, Northwestern Dent
Red, Minnesota No. %, Square Deal,
Russler White Dent. For silage
corn he recommended Tramp
Flint, yellow, Longfellow Flint, King
Phillip. He also advised the farm
ers wherever possible to stack their
corn, and that by placing a layer of
CRY straw between each layer of
corn bundles, the corn would not
heat and would keep in good con.
clifton. He was very much opposed
to letting the corn stand out in the
field all winter as it would greatly
lessen the work and would give
better results if the corn were placed
in the silo or stacked, the latter
method being especially adapted to
farmers in this district. He also
advocated the threshing of corn
stating that the corn would not in
jure the separator in threshing
The salks would then be fine for
forage after coming out of the
blower and the threshed corn would
give better results in feeding. Those
in attendance were greatly inter
csted in the corn question and Mr.
Wilson answered many questions or
points which the farmers wished
explained to them more fully.
Following Mr.. Wilson's address
Or. Hartman delivered very inter
esting illustrated lecture on the
foot and mouth disease. DR.. Hart
man assisted the federal authori
ties 10 stamp out the disease al
Glendive where there was a herd af
tected. Some very good pictures
Of cattle with the disease were
shown and were well explained. The
farmers were highly interested II
them and the information they re
ceived on how to combat the dis
ease will aid them materially should
an epidemic ever start in this par
If the country. Some excellent
views OF cholera in hogs were alst
shown and DR.. Hartman also ex
planned in detail how to detect thi.
disease and how to best combat it
Other matters of interest to farm
ers on veterinary matters were civ
en- attention and a list of ten simple
remedies was recommended to thu
farmers for any trouble that was
rot too serious they might have
with their cattle or horses. Thos.
present at the meeting greatly en-
joyed DIR. Hartman's talk and ther,
is no doubt but what everyone pres
Cit derived information that will
lie of value in their farming opera
tions.