Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1899-12-06
TIE STOCK BREEDERS
Meeting Of the Iowa Association to
Be Held at Ames Dec.
10 and IA.
Program Of Unusual Merit Prepared
for the Occasion Large
Attendance Desired.
President Beardshear Appeals tothe
Farmers to Be Present
Iowa News.
Special to Times-Republican.

| Special to Times Republican.
| Ames, Dec 6.-The twenty-sixth an
nual meeting OF the Iowa Improved
Stock Breeders Association will be
held at this place and at the college on
Dec 10 and IA. The meetings are to be
held in the college chapel. The Iowa
Shorthorn Breeders Association also
meets in the same place on Dec. IL and
in the forenoon of Dec. Is. Unusual eff
forts have been and are being made to
have a successful meeting of the stock
breeders of the state and every one in
terested in improved stock raising
methods Farmers in adjoining coun-
ties are especially urged to attend. Re-
I.duced rates have been secured. Thurs
| day evening, Dec. Ia, the citizens of
Ames will tender a banquet to the as
sociatlons. The program is as follows:
Wednesday Afternoon. / O'clock
The Essential Elements of Improved
Stock breeding President w. NJ.
I3eardshear, Ames, Iowa.
The Public Sale-W. C.. Mcneil, Post
vile. Iowa,
Principal Points in the Care and
Management of Swine--D. L.. Howard,
Jefferson, Iowa.
The Education of the Iowa Farm
Boy and the Farm Ciirl-Hon. L. S.
Coffin, Fort Dodge. Iowa.
Evening Session, O'clock
The Tendency of the Boys on the
Farm to Go to the City, and What
Shall the Farmers Do About It--.A. NJ.
CALDWELL New Holland, Ill.
Dogs-John Howat Welton, Iowa.
The Return of the Horse-Hon. III. G..
Nc MILAN, Rock Rapids, Iowa.
Thursday Morning. O'clock
Stock Judging. With Illustrations
and ADMINISTRATORS John "A. Craig.
Ames, Iowa.
Experimentation With Good and Bad
Cultures in Buttermaking- Professor
C. Fl. F,ckles. Ames, Iowa.
Soil Moisture and Fertility Profes-
sor j. j. Edgerton, Ames. Iowa.
Recent Phases of Cheesemaking 50
Professor c.. l.. Mckay, Ames. Iowa.
Ounces of Prevention in Caring for
| Domestic 1Animals--Dr. j. j. Repp,
Ames, Iowa.
Farm Crops and Their Enemies-Pro-
| LSSSVl JOllli VI eAis,, <Ailits'. A'''' e.
The Range Problem-Professor L. H
| Pammel. Ames, Iowa.
Observation on Different Types of
Dairy Animals-Professo G. +. Cur
1 tiss, Ames, Iowa.
Address-Hon. John cownie, South
AmanaSg1ow
Thursday Afternoon, 1880 O'Clock
| Advance in Farm Methods in Iowa
1 ~, ~ n. -,
| .Hoss'' to Horse-E. NJ. Wentworth,
State Center, Iowa.
The Raising of the Calls. A. Com
Verse. Cresco, Iowa.
Practical Cattle Feeding-Hon. John
Shambaugh. Bonneville. Iowa, and
Hon. j. Wallace, Eldora, Iowa.
The Question of Forage-Hon. S. B.
Packard. Marshalltown, Iowa.
Discussions will be had ON each
paper.
President Beardshear has sent out
the following appeal:
ITO the Farmers.of Story, Boone and
| Surrounding Counties Gentlemen
and Friends: Some CT US have made
a special effort TO have the Iowa Short
| horn Breeders Association and the
Iowa Improved Stock Breeders Asso-
citation held at .Anles in the college this
year. The Improved Stock Breeders
1 Association will meet at the same place
Dec. ID and IA.
programs are prepared containing
papers and addresses by leading stock
men from different parts of the state
treating of cattle, horses, sheep and
swine. the public sale and the live
Questions having to do with the sue
cessful rearing of live stock. These
conventions have come in sight of your
door and barn yards. They have come
so far; can't you come so near? Come
over and help us give them a friendly
hand, a word OF our. experiences. a good
pair of ears and the inspiration of our
i interest. A lively hearer makes a good
speaker. Get a certificate for your rail-
4 way ticket and you will return home
for one third fare. We extend to you a
new thong latch string with hickory
4 handle. Pull it and come in.
wv. NJ. BEARDSHEAR,
president Iowa State Improved
1 Stock Rreada,s. Associationt