The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1915-02-05
INSTITUTE A SUCCESS
BIG TURN OUT OF PROGRESSIVE FARM
ERS- INTERESTING LECTURES.

The attendance at the farmers in
stitutes held in this city and county
this week has practically assured
Carroll county farmers OF another
series OF meetings next year.
The opening session on Tuesday
morning, which was held in the High
School Building, Centre street, was
attended by a much larger and in
terested audience than any previous
opening OF an institute held in this
city, which was the case in every
session held during the week. All
farmers in this county should avail
themselves to the opportunity and at
tend the institutes when they come
to this section. 1t costs the State
about $50 a day to hold an institute
session.
On Tuesday the session was open
ed by DR.. Richard S. Hill, Of the
Maryland Agricultural College, who
has charge of the institutes, by talk
ing in a general way on the subject
Of farming.
He was followed by Lowell Rouda-
bush, of Ohio, who spoke on the hand
ling of barnyard manure and gave
the farmers valuable information
about the correct application, &c. He
urged the farmers to use it direct
from the stables. He also spoke on
"Dairying."
Mr. Roudebush's years experience
has taught him the true characters
tics of an ideal dairyman. He re-
minded his hearers that the dairy in
terest ID moving southwest, because
OF climatic conditions, and urged the
farmers Of Carroll county, known for
/ its fertile soil and splendid farms, to
cultivate the love of dairying.
"Do away with the star-boarders,
MI. Roudebush continued, but he had
reference to the great number OF
cows who are not paying for them
selves. He said that more than one
half OF the COWS in Maryland must
be classified this way, and he follow
ed up this argument with informa-
ton to show how to increase the
profits from the herd, advocating
testing and weighing the milk and Do
ing away with loud talking, for the
COWS are just as choicy about their
surroundings as men and women.
Mr.. Roudebush advised the farmers
about feeding their cows, saying the
food must be easily digested. Tie
closed his lecture with a description
of up-to-date and modern barns.
On Wednesday Mr.. F. Nj. Soper, a
successful apple grower Of Delaware,
during his talk on "Apples" before
the largest gathering Of farmers that
ever attended an institute here, call
ed attention to organization Of a
Western Maryland exhibit Mr. Soper
spoke in very straightforward man
ner being interesting and instructive.
He emphasized the fact that not
enough fruit is grown in this section
and the most profitable varieties Of
apples are hardly grown at all
The talk was principally about
growing the trees, ETC., and in the af-
ternoon he continued his lecture on
picking and packing the apples He
said the farmers do not want tall
trees, for they are hard to spray and
the high-grown apples are very often
bruised by falling to the ground. He
also gave a good talk Oh tn growing
Of peach trees.
Senator W. Oscar Collier spoke on
tomato growing and corn planting
and it was one of the most instruct
live lectures of the institute.
1T il hoped that the farmers of our
county will turn out with large audi
ences at our next institutes.