The Medina sentinel. [volume] (Medina, Ohio) 1888-1961, 1921-01-21
INSTITUTES AT MALLET
CREEK AND GRANGER
Able Speakers Present Advanced
Ideas At Each Session

Farmers Institutes in Medina coun-
ty have apparently taken a. new lease
on life. At least this is SO if the in
terest and attendance at the various
ones held in the county during the
past two or three weeks is to be re-
garded as significant thereof.
The more recent ones to be held
were at Mallet Creek on Jan. IL and
Is, and at Granger on Jan. IA and Is.
At both institutes the speakers and
subjects were the same, hence the fol-.
lowing account covers both Institutes:
Mrs. Cartwright's talks were a radi-
cal departure from the usual farmers
institute topic. The subject of "Her-
edity," as applied to the human family
and sex and hygiene in general The
audience considered these topics of
SO vital importance, that the Mothers
club OF Granger made an engagement
with Mrs. Cartwright to address their
club at future date.
Mrs. Cartwright said that newborn
babies have less chance to live a year
than man of so years DID,. That
there are $4,000 feeble minded, blind,
and insane in the state of Ohio alone,
due to alcohol and social diseases.
Mr.. Stone spoke on pedigreed seed
development. This subject was large
ly to the school students, who took
notes on the lecture. The lecture il
lustrated the additional profit that
could be secured from the raising Of
pedigreed seed and the method of pro-
cedure.
Mr.. Stones talk on the soil needs
of PHOSPHORUS was very interesting
judging from the discussions it Great
ed. The statement was made that
the farmers in general are we'll aware
of the need for phosphates but had
stopped short of the full requirement,
that 1000 pounds was not too much
per acre.
Mr.. Stone i'll his evening lecture dis
cusscd the Farm Bureau organization,
its power to do good, not only to the
farmer but to the general public.
His talk on legumes was confined
to discussion of the ability of alfalfa
clovers and soy beans to build up the
soil by gathering nitrogen from the
air. He also showed the advantage
in raising these crops for seed, for it
is highly profitable because of the in
creased acreage in the country.
In discussing drainage, Mr.. Stone
told of the venture of Director Allen.
In drainage on his poor wet soil in
Trumbull county and the profit realiz-
ed.
Mr.. Shoenberger made two address,
es, How" of Dairying and The Farm
as Business Man.
The first was discussion of the A
B c of Dairying and very careful de-
scription of just how the freshing COW
should be handled, the feeding, sani.
tation, etc.
Mr.. Shoenberger then discussed the
farmer as a business man, stressing ad-
vertising, organization and coopera-
ton, and above all the farmer must
keep farm accounts not only for his
own information, but to successfully
advertise his business to- others.
Granger. Institute was held Friday
and Saturday and in addition to the
state speakers other special features
were added.
| Supt. G. B. Ulery Of the county
schools spoke on the Rural Schools
and Their Problems. @
i Mr.. Shoenberger gave a talk of his
| experiences in Siberia. Rev. Thomp-
son Of the Granger Methodist church
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