Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-11-15

The next annual meeting of the state
board of agriculture will convene in To-
peka on the second Wednesday of Jan
uary and will continue through the two
days following. The program is to be
one of much practical interest to Kansas
farmers and producers generally. Hon.
S. NJ Shepard of Indiana, author of ''lhe
Hog in America" and the Worlds fair
Judge of Poland Chinas, will be present
to discuss Swine and Swine Breeding;
Hon. j. b. Dinsmore, ex-presdent Of the
Nebraska board Of agriculture and ex-
tensively interested in creameries, will
talk of Essentials of Success With
Creameries in Nebraska and Kansas;
Colonel Chas. +. Mills, ex-secretary of the
Illinois board Of agriculture, is expected
tohave an address on "Horses and Horse
Breeding; Senator Edwin Taylor of
Wyandotte county, known as the ''pota-
to king, will discuss Raising, Harvest
ing and Marketing Potatoes in Kansas,
Prof. Whitney, who was present last
winter with such valuable discussion
of waters and soils, is invited again, and
and General Roy Stone, who is at the
head Of the bureau of road inquiry in
the United States department fagricul-
ture, has accepted an invitation to speak
on Roads aad Road Making; John H.
Churchill of Dodge City is preparing a
symposium on Fish Production by Kan
sas Farmers, and the much neglected
sheep viii be treated by probably the
most successful wool-growers in Kansas
These are but few of the many topics
to be treated at a meeting which it will
pay everyone to attend who can. Furth
er, the ladies can consider themselves in
vited, and for their especial benefit there
will be at least one lady speaker, That
one will be Prof. Ne lies. Kedzie Of the
State Agricultural college at Manhattan,
who will discuss matters directly per-
tanning to home and domestic life.
There are a number of changes going
on in the rank of the Kansas National
guard. The Office of the department Of
Kansas is now busily engaged in thu
Weighing and receiving OF largo
amount of new equipment for the men,
bers of the various companies. The
work of re-uniforming several of thu
companies has not been fully com.
pleted and the adjutant general has
received the last shipment of the re-
naming number Of uniforms. In add
ton to the uniforms there are several
others kinds Of equipment in the way of
accoutrements that will be issued where
there is demand for it. The Office of
the adjutant general has completed the
general order No. 43 which will be mailed
at once. In that are contained many
interesting things in connection with
the department throughout The state
and th9 number Of enlstments and dis
charges and promotions does not seem
TO decrease.
A Kansas enterprise, the Teachers Aid
association, has made an entirely new
departure in educational work. 1t is the
prodLc.lon OF school chart, especially
adapted to and prepared for this state
BY some of its own citizens. 1t is the
only venture OF it's kind in existence
There are iorty-eight pages IN the chart
winch measures 24x36 inches, and the
subjects treated Of arc reading, phonics,
photography, drawing, penmanship,
language, United States history, civil !
government (national and state) Kan
sas history, arithmetic, letter writing,
business forms and bookkeeping,
The Topeka kindergarten association
has five schools in successful operation
TIL two large ones each have about fifty |
scholars. One of these schools runs
bus, which gathers the children from
their homes in the morning and distrib. |
utes them at the close Of the session.
The annual me ting of the state Poul-
try association will be held in Topeka
after Christmas.