370 FARMERS - INSTITUTES. 



LAKE ODESSA INSTITUTE. 



PROGRAM. 



Monday, February 11, 1889. 



Evening Session, 7 P. M. 



Music. 



Prayer. 



Music. 



How Shall I Increase and Keep up the, Fertility of my Farm. Henry Stinchconib. 



How to Make Home Attractive Mrs. M. A. Wachs. 



Factors of a Good School Prof. H. R. Pattengill. 



Tuesday, February 12, 1889. 



Morning Session, 9 A. M. 



Butter-making on the Farm A. B. Johnson. 



The Nobilitv of Labor Dr. E. M. Bradford. 



Horticulture Prof. L. R. Taft. 



Afternoon Session, 1:30 P. M, 



Manual Labor at the Agricultural College H. T. French. 



Industrial Education .President Edwin Willits. 



Feeding Steers and Experimental Farming Prof. Samuel Johnson. 



Evening Session, 7 P. M. 



Farmer and Wheel Mrs. H. F. Walker. 



Window Gardening ..L. A. Breggar. 



Treatment of Horses Dr. E. A. A. Grange. 



QUESTION BOX. 



Question: Can alfalfa be grown to advantage here? 



Prof. Johnson : It is not much grown in the State. We have an acre at 

 the College that looks well. We got our seed of Albert Dickinson for $6 

 per bushel in Chicago. 



Question : Does rye in a corn field for late pasture pay ? 



Answer: Yes, sow in middle or late August. 



Question : How deep should drains be in an orchard ? 



Prof. Taft: Three and one-half to four feet. 



Question: How kill Canada thistle? 



Mr. French : Salt, a handful on every plant. 



Question : How kill milk weed? 



Answer: Dig up before it goes to seed. 



Question: Would you cook feed for hogs? 



Answer: No, it don't pay in fall and winter. In summer when fattening 

 for market cook pumpkins, apples, etc., and add meal. Feed swine or cat- 

 tle shelled corn from barrel self feeders. 



Question: Is artificial coloring of butter for market good? 



Mr. Johnson : Anatto, yes, in winter. 



