The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1922-02-24
FARMERS INSTITUTES IN CAR
ROLL COUNTY.

Farmers Institutes were held at
faneytown. Sykesville, Silver Run.
SaEdyviile and Stone Chapel last week.
/ Two meetings were held at each place
me institutes were arranged so that
I the women and men had separate meet
lngs in which subjects of special in
/ tere5t to each were taken up for dis
cusslon. The meetings were well at
| tended in all sessions.
! IN speakers were Mrs. Marion Bell.
District Home Demonstration Agent;
Mr. T. b. Carmichael, Animal Ius-
bandry Specialist, both in the Extern
Islon Work, University OF MARYLAND;
DR.. VIM. Stone, Deputy Health Off
Ger OF Ellicott City; County Home
Demonstration Agent, Miss Everett;
ana County Agent Frederick W. Full
ef. county representatives of the Elk
tension Service.
Mr. Carmichael in his talk on swine
said that pork was the most profitable
crop the farmer could raise due to
cheap corn and ten cent hogs. Corn
as feed could not be substituted but
should lie supplemented with beef
scraD or fish neal the latter prefer
red II cost s near beef scraD. In case
OF brood sOws clover or alfalfa hay
should he added 10 give bulk."
The small movable house the most
satisfactory type of hog house. The
Self-teeder gives coed returns espec-
tally on Young stock for market. On
breeding stock a poor hand feeder is
not as good as self-teeder. but a good
land icS:!c" con get better results than
either. Remembe- 4 Sel.-.ueder has no
brains and a hog has less SKINNED
milk is the bes- kind of tanllaee to feed
young stock. The cheapest pork is pro-
,IIueC OH green pasture, as blue grass.
rape, alfalfa, oats ana meas. rye and
rape, etc"
In his talk on Better Livestock Mr..
Carmichael asked several questions
which need no comment. How many
farmers keep livestock? How many
keep the same kind of pure bred live
stock that your three nearest neigh
bors keen? How many have the same
breed of livestock they had five years
ago? Keep good Pure Bred livestock,
registered and select the kind of live
stock suited to climate and conditions,
as heavy horses for farm work, light
horses for road work, dairy cows for
tftiiS WI ~ u community SltNiid 50 III
for one bred and develop it to the high
est type.
DR.. Stone gave very forceful and
practical talk on the Community,
Farm and Personal Hygiene, How to
Live Longer" He made a special plea
for the baby, as one out of every fve
heaths is a baby Under one year %
age. 1T IS more dangerous to be 4
baby than an aeroplane trict: flyer"
lie de :Ylbed the diseases VIA. we've
dangerous to the different stages of
life.
Mrs Marion Bell and Miss Everett
gave a demonstration in making
dress form. In the general meeting
Mrs Bell gave an interesting talk on
"Rerouting the Workshop" Her talk
had to do with the arrangement Of the
stove. the table and sink in the kitch-
en- and the small equipment in rela-
ton to these large pieces. The height
OF working surface is an important
factor in keeping the housewife in a
pleasing disposition. especially at the
end of wash day and ironing day.
When possible slides were used to il
lustrate 1.-The good and bad arrange
ments Of the kitchen equipment.
The institutes were enjoyed by all.
Many questions were asked which is
a good gage by which to judge the re-
suits of the talks at Institutes.