The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1900-02-02
The FARMERS meet,
An Account Of Proceedings of the
Institute.
GIVE MUCH GOOD ADVICE
Cold Snap Prevents Large Attendance
Cotton Pickers Amuse Greatiy-Henry
Wallace Speaks.

Cold Snap Prevents Large Attendance
Cotton Pickers Amuse Greatiy-Henry
Wallace Speaks.
TUESDAY AFTERNOON.
Commencing with the program, where
we left off in our Tuesdays issue, the
next number was the paper "Poultry
on the Farm" by E. y THEM, of this
city. There is no person in the county
more qualified 20 speak on this subject
than is MIR. THEM, who has made a
specially OF fine poultry raising, His
paper was one of the most interesting
read during the Institute, and was es
pecially so to the farmers wives who
were present. Many questions were
asked concerning the feeding, etc of
chickens. all which Mr.. THEM answer.
ed 10 the entire satisfaction of all pres
ent.
u IN THE EVENING
A fair sized audience was present to
hear MIR. Wesley Green, secretary of
the state horticultural society, speak on
the subject of Horticultural MIR.
Green had series of maps and charts
with which he illustrated his lecture
in regard to moisture, temperature, soil,
etc. The questioning was under direc-
ton Of Prof John Craig, of the Horti-
cultural Department, OF the State Ag-
ricultural College, and the general dis
cussion was led by Mr.. A. ID. Brink,
who also read a short paper upon the
subject.
THE COTTON PICKERs.
One OF the most interesting features
OF the whole program was the delight
full aud amusing performance "The
Cotton Pickers.o The chorus consisted
of D L. Boynton, DIR. Philbrook, Leon
Csssaday, Sears McHenry, Miss Hunt
or, Mrs. Pbilbrook Mrs. Kott and Mrs.
Boynton, with Masters ROLAND Phil
brook and Temp Klrklp as pickaninnies
and Miss Agnes King as accompanist.
Ali were blacked and dressed in true
darby style and presented a very conf
cal appearance. They sang some very
choice plantation melodies and ended
with cakewalk that brought down thu
house. We are informed and we hope
it it is true, that they will give their
performance again at an early date and
in that event everybody will have the
: privilege of attending it.
WEDNESDAY.
3 The weather Wednesday was nearly
3 us cold as the day before, but a larger
i crowd was in attendance and more en-
: thusiasm shown by all present. The
first number on the program was a
splenddly written paper by Mrs M. l..
: Woolhiser, of West Side, on the subject
i, 1.-The Social Side of Farm Life,n in
which she showed the value of sociabil-
ity among the farmers and the great
results obtained thereby. This s a
very Important factor in farm life and
one of the great reasons why the
farmers should meet at least once in a
year in farmers Institute and be-.
come better acquainted with one an.
other by discussing subjects of vital
interest to ALL
| A paper was also read on this subject
by Mrs. Norman Mash which was well
received.
A defamation entitled Taking the
elevator in Stewards Stove" was then
rendered by Miss Mamie Richards. OF
West Side.
l
The Farm Wifes' Share in the Farm
Ell s Success was the subject of paper
read by Miss Ella Ivens, and which
Was ably discussed by Mrs. s. L. Gable
and Mr.. Wallace.
AFTERNOON
| In the afternoon, Mr.. s. j. Woodruff
acted as chairman in place of Theo.
Blume, who was called to Des Moines.
| Mr.. e. q. Sage was the first on the
program in the afternoon with a we'll
written paper on that most interesting
OF all subjects to the farmer, Good
Roads, This was discussed by Super
visor G. w Langley who read short
paper on the subject, and by Mr.. Fian-
hold Of Paradise township. Mr.. Rae
| thought that a great trouble was in the
placing of small bridges and culverts
so as to not properly conduct away the
water. He thought that the township
trustees should decide where the one
mill road tax should be worked each
year. Mr.. Sage advocated that grade
should be established by an engineer
and the contract of cutting down the
hills be given to the man who would do
the work the cheapest. lie also told of
the correct way of placing thing so that
they would not clog up and freeze. Mr..
Langley said that he had never worked
in any township without first consult
ing with the board of trustees. This
led to a general discussion and Mr.. ID.
F. Brown told of his experience with
two creeks. \