The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1917-01-05
INSTITUTES


AT MIDDLEBURG, WITT. AIRY and
SYKESVILLE SUBJECTS FOR DISCUS
SION WILL BE ON DAlRYlNG, POUL-
TRY, HOGS, CORN, Etc.
Farmers Institutes will be held at
Middleburg, MT. Airy and Sykesville,
the week of january l5- Dr. R- S.H
Hill, Maryland's Director or Farmers
Institutes, and his usual staff Of good
speakers will he at Midaiaburg, Mon
day, January 15, at Mt. Airy, Tuesday,
January 10Th, and at SykeEyille, We'd
nesday, january 17th Meetings will
be held each forenoon and afternoon.
and. IL the attendance warrants, ia the
evening, also. Just whom TT. Hill
will have with him will be published
in next weeks papers Dairying Will
be given special attention. Poultry
raising and orchardinE will be dis
cussed thoroughly and corn and soil
fertility will not be neglected.
Dairying deserves much attention in
these milk producing sections. Ev-
cry good farmer knows that farm
crops can b. profitahly marketed
through cows. He also knows that in
turning his crops into milk he Is let
ting nothing get Off his farm save
water and a little plant food in the
ash OF the milk. The water ii or no
consequence and if he feeds little,
concentrates such aS bran or cotton
seed meal he can more than make up
for what plant food is lost in the
milk When the last census was TAX
en this county ranked third in the
state in dairying, or the value OF dairy
products. This shows that the farm
ers realize TIL profits and benefits of
marketing crops through cows. DR..
Hill wishes to encourage and help
these business men and will have with
him "a real dairyman to discuss with
them what feeds are cheapest at this
particular time when everything is sO
high except the price of milk, how tO
breed UP the herd, how to get greater
cooperation and hence, better rates
and prices, and many other subjects Of
common interest to dairymen.
Poultry will be a subject Of dis
cuSSion because Dr. Hill has an egg
and wishes I'd show 1T, lest W. forget
what eggs look like. Poultry is ne
elected by the men On the average
farm and left fOr the wife and mother
to take care Of She has time for
such little things. Tn the spring while
cleaning house and making gard
en she sets the hens I'm old barrels or
boxes she finds or nails together Of
morning while the biscuits are bak-
ing She sees that tllH hens are 0Il the
nest and feeds the young chicks. Be
fore or during thunder storms she gets
herself into "a raging perspiratiOn try
ing to get them into the barrels and
boxes and pile enough boards and old
carpet onto the coOps tO keep the lit-
tie ones dry and after the rain she
wades the weeds and grass hunting UP
the half-droWned chicks. But when
the census man last came round she
and the other women of the county
had $4,000 birds on hand and these
and the eggs they had produced that
year were valued at $560,000. Pretty
good? Yes, but what could they do
with little help and direction Ladies
come out and hear the poultry talks
and 20 home and get the men to fx
up things I'D you will have some
chance to show what You really can
DO. }55j5 1
-. Hill knows that that few few farmers in
this county and state keep many hogs
He also knows that he has eaten more
pork i'm the last few years than in "a
good many years previous. Why? Be-
cause beef is nearly out Of siglt. Why
should pork be cheaper than beef? Be-
cause lit takes much longer tO grow
beef than pork and few years ago too
many calves were sold off so now there
IL not the usual supply of beef but
an even greater demand Pork can
be produced in six or eight months
so the supply pretty well keeps pace
with the demand Should Carroll
county and the state in general raise
more hogs? Come to- the Institute,
maybe Dr. Hill will tell you.
Corn and soil fertility are subjects
always of interest to farmers but they
are especially interesting 10 Carroll
cOuntians that year, because Carroll
is going to have the largest exhibit
and the best ten ears at the Baltimore
show this fall Why do W. want to
do that? Because we want other
counties to know that we are busy as
well as on the map for that raises the
value OF our real estate and because III
one goes to that show-one of the
best i'm the United States-he comes
home feeling I'd glad that he II "a farm
er. Let us start now. Come TO the
Institute and talk corn. See the
County Agent and let him sign you
up as a corn demonstrator for your
section. All you have to do is to grow
piece of corn the way IT, wants YOU
to- You ought not to kick on that for
you have the rest of the farm to grow
corn the way you want.
Mr. Farmer, you know you want 1T
excuse to 60 to town. You know you
can see thing best If you don't hold
iii too close to- your eve. You know
you can tell better where the ball
should be thrown if you are of look
ing ON than if you have the ball. You
have been busy. working your own
farm, DR.. Hill and his men have been
looking over many. Come out and let
them tell you what they have seen
Mrs. Farmer, when your husband tells
you he is going tell him you guess you
will 20 along
Dr. Hill will return To this county
about April first and hold Institutes
i'm other sections However tf any
community feels that III has been
sighted let it get busy on Movable
School. a Movable School H. part
of your State College put in your own
home town You guarantee an at.
tendance of twenty or more, secure a
suitable place, It, your County Agent