Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-11-13
DATES ARE DECEMBER 10 TO IS.
Is the Duty of County Supervisors to
Appoint Delegate from Each coun-
ty-RaiIroads Have Made Low
Rate.

w &C.
there will be few changes in the orig
inal draft.
The convention will have important
business to dispose of in the election
of a president and a vice president
and directors for the board of agri-
culture from each congressional dis
trict. The new board will elect
secretary and there are indications
of hard fight for this Office. The
only avowed candidates out and op-
posing Secretary Van Houten's re-
election are Phil Kell of Des Moines
and Frank Briggs of Sac City.
Appointment of Delegates.
The business meeting of the board
will be held December 10. The rail-
roads will give a one and one-third
rate for the convention and institute.
In order to insure full represen-
tation at the convention, Secretary
Van Houten is sending out notices to
the county auditors in each county
where the fair association has not
reported as required by law, calling
attention to the fact it is the duty of
the board of supervisors to appoint
a delegate from that county to the
agricultural convention. 1t is hoped
the boards of supervisors in counties
from which no reports have been re-
ceived will choose these delegates at
the meeting Monday for the canvass
of the election returns. There are
thirty-one counties in the state from
which no reports have been received.
By law, however. these counties are
not deprived of representation at the
agricultural convention.
The program is as follows:
]. l.. Todd, Atlantic. Poultry on
the Farm"
F. B. Rogers, Brit, Preparing a
Display for the Fair
Harvey Johnson, Logan, ''Hogs, and
How to Care for Them
A. A. McKittrick. Humboldt, Farm
Management"
H. D. Parsons. Newton "Shorthorn
Cattle
J. W. wadsworth, Algona, Con
cessions at the Fair
Robert Lord, Fairfax. Rotation of
Crops"
R. S. Johnson, Columbus Junction,
Successful Local Fairs"
George S. Prince. Oskaloosa,
Berkshire SWINE
Walter Elliott, Knoxville, 1.-THE
Coming Industry
Harold Pike, Whiting, Preparation
of the Soil"
G. L. stratton, Red Oak, Farm
Economics"
James Nowak, Malcolm, "How to
Make a Local Fair Successful"
G. F. Norman, Indianola, Farm
Management"
D. j. Palmer, railroad commission.
er, "The Farmer as a Business Man"
M. ]. Graham, Adef, Farm Orch
ards"
F. o. Harrington, York Center, Gar.
rangement of Home Grounds"
c. F. Crosse, Shenandoah, Arrange
ment of Farm Buildings
M. j. Wragg, Waukee, "Ornamen-
tation of State Fair Grounds"
H. G.. Mcmillan, Cedar Rapids,
"Draught Horses"
G. c. Bigler, Hartwick. "Cattle Rails
| ing on the Farm
A. G. Binnie, Alta. angus Cattle"
G. E. Cameron, Alta. "Sheep Feed
| ing"
John Howatt, welton, "sheep
Breeding"
John W. Yergey. sciola, Grain and
Stock Farming"
B. R. Vail, Bonaparte. Chester
White SWINE"
F. F. Failor, Newton. "Duroc Jer-
sey Swine"
DR.. j. F. Kennedy, Des Moines,
Sanitation for the Farm Home"
E. B. Heaton, Indianola, "Our Bird
Friends"
L. H. Packard, Harlan, Success
and Failure of Fairs
| George w. Franklin, Des Moines,
Breeds of Sheep, characteristics,
etc."
A. G. Lucas, Des Moines, Breeds
of Cattle and Points of Excellence for
Iowa.
F. B. Coburn, Topeka, Kan, secre-
tary of agriculture for Kansas. "Meth-
DDS of Placing Agricultural Informa.
ton Before the Farmers"
Robert w. Furnas, Brownville, Neb.,
secretary of Nebraska and of agrucul-
ture, Agricultural Displays at State
Fairs"
E. w. Randall, Hamline, Mimi, sec
rotary of Minnesota State Fair asso.
citation, Attractions for State Fairs
William M. Loygett, st. Anthony
Falls, Mimi, "Tickets and Admis.
sions."
A. L. Wilson, Creston, "The Horse
for the Farmer to Raise
Henry Wallace, Des Moines, "Rota.
ton of Crops"
S. B. Packard, Marshalltown, Here.
ford Cattle"
John cownie, Des Moines, Cattle
Feeding"
Mrs. J. F. Knudson, Webster City,
Poultry Raising"
Cheap One Way and Round Trip Set.