The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-03-24
FARM SCHOOL GRADUATES.
They Had Their Commencement "a
st. Anthony Park.

They Had Their commencement nj
st. Anthony Park.
The commencement exercises Of the
State School of Agriculture were held yes
terday afternoon at the experiment sta
ton in st. Anthony Park. The class Of
1890, which is the eleventh TO be Gradu-
ated from the school Is the largest
in the history of the institution.
The exercises were opened by prayer by
the Rev. F. NJ. Rule. Miss Mary l.. Mat
thews, OF Cambridge, Ind. delivered the
saEutatorlan address, and spoke IL behalf
of forestry
The next speaker was Ralph Hoagland,
of WayZata, whose subject was State
Control Of Bovine tuberculosis After
dwelling fer some time upon the dangers
to both man and beast OF the dreaded
disease, the speaker went on to advocate
some remedies which he believed would
tend to check its spread. Relief could be
had. he thought, by the Of me tuber-
culin test If it were administered by com
Detent veterinarians, and state laws were
enacted imposing a rigid quarantine upon
affected cattle. Attention was called TO
the fact that in the past year per cent
of the cattle tested had been found to be
effected with tuberculosis. 1t was also
necessary that the state legislature should
take some steps TO prevent MIBnesota
N%AO
diseased cattle OF the neighboring states
On the point Of the state compensating
for cattle that were compelled TO be killed,
1t was contended that the experience of
other states showed that the best results
We're obained where the state bore part Of
the loss
weeds" was the unpoetic title OF the
address of Clarence E. King, of Wash
ington.
Adoplh Mueller, of Mankato. chose for
his subject Contagious Diseases Of
Plants"
Victor Sandberg, Of Albert Lea, urged
the farmers to improve their dairy herds,
as the average Minnesota COW was pro-
ducing but $50 pounds OF butter per year.
whereas she ought to be producing from
$50 to 800 pounds.
Justus Iceland, OF Edgerly, N. D., dipped
into the future and gave his idea on The
Successful Farmer Of the Twentieth Cen
fury"
Miss Clara L. Wichstrom, of Oak
Grove, in a paper entitled 1.-THE Cost Of
Living" advocated the adoption Of the
community plan of living as offering the
best solution of the problem.
The last speaker was Fred Ward, of
Buffalo, who preceded the vaiedictortan
address by a short paper on Habit.
President Northrop then conferred the
ulplOIudS upon lllS SLCddoIOS' oANSA "-AAOAA
benediction was pronounced by Rev. e..
8. Pressy The following is list of the
graduates:
John William Alton. st. Peter; Arthur
Henry Anderson. Rowland; Alvin Theo-
dore Anderson, Rush City; Lewis Fred
erick Andrews, Green Valley; Alexander
Boss, Zumbro Falls; Edwin Elijah Bout
we'll, Kasota; John Ranney Brewster, New
Lisbon, Wis. Ealy Grannis Briggs, Hous-
ton; Gerhard Lud Busian, Dover; lie Roy
Cady; Buffalo; Edward Carter, Austin
Harold Gunner, Minneapolis; Geo. Edward
Dean, Bloomington; Alfred Fouracre Fir
min. Minneapolis; Arthur John -Grone-
valid, Farlbault; Ralph Hoagland, Way
zata Royal VIM. Hodnett, saltwater; AL
got johnson, Minneapolis; Clarence Ever
EFT King, Washington; Alfred r. Iiggett,
Detroit. Mich; John Francis Loughlin,
De Graft; Mary Lockwood Mathews, Cam
bridge City, Ind: Adolph Mueller, Man
kato; AXel Newdall, Springfield; Daniel
olson, Corning; Casper Olstad Hauska;
Theodore Adam Peters, ThielmantOn; AL
bert Laurence Pfeiffer, Olivia; Celia Jane
Pratt Bethel: Sumner William Pratt.
Bethel; Howard William Pryor. Glencoe;
Evalena Maria Robinson, Minneapolis;
Minnie Rowe, Hewitt; Victor Alfred Sand
burg. Albert Lea: lido Friedrich Schrad-
err, Minneapolis; OLAF Christian Stefren
Solem, Brighton; Leo Harter Snyder,
Herkimer, n. Y; James Thompson Jr.,
Lanesboro; Justus LELAND Edgley, 8. u.
Fred Ward Buffalo; James Eugene
Wells. Monticello: Clara Louise Wick
strom, Oak Grove: Estelle Villa Wilcox,
Hugo; William Phillips Wilson, Lake