The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1901-11-19

1--WE are studying forage crops and many
promising foreign grasses and legumes
are under trial with excellent promise, and
about ready for distribution
State Teachers' Convention.
President Shelton, of Simpson col
lege, at Indianola, who is also chair
man of the executive committee of
the State Teachers association, has
definitely completed contract for
the appearance here, on one even
ing of the associations annual meet
ing the last week in December, of
Max O'Rell, the French writer. No
gotiations are pending with President
Hadley, of Yale university, who has
been invited, also, to address the
association. Gabriel Bamberger, of
Chicago, Inspector Hughes, of the
Toronto (Can.) schools, and many
other prominent educators have noti-
fed the committee of their intention
to attend the sessions of the conven-
ton and address the 1000 teachers
who will be present.
Iowa State College.
President Beardshear, of the Iowa
state college, at Ames, has submit
ted his biennial report to the gov
ernor. In it he suggests the many
branches of the work of the institu-
ton which require more funds. but
limits his request for specific appro-
priations to the following:
Central college building with heating.
apparatus ~ ~
Annual support ........................ 5000
Experimental station support 2o.COO
Barn for live stock. l5,o00
Pure bred stock OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. O,0oO
IOldl .$o5VVVV
Of this amount $3O5,0OO is to replace
buildings which burned within the
last year. The main building at the
college and the live stock barns were
destroyed by fire, the former last
winter, the latter this fall. The
state carries it's own insurance
that is, it does not carry other in
surance. The executive council made
small appropriations from the provi-
dental contingent fund of the state
for temporary structures to provide
class rooms for the college and for
barns for the pure-bred stock owned
on the state farm, but, in accordance
with the history of the state, the
legislature will be called on to re-
place the original buildings with bet
ter ones, in view of it's failure to have
had them insured.
An idea prevails among educators
that the legislature will treat the
state educational institutions very
literally this winter. They had small
difficulty in securing what they asked
for two years ago and the legislature
appropriated without a question the
total amount asked for the other
state institutions by the board of
control. Probably a similar policy
will be followed by the incoming
legislature which was elected last
Tuesday.
Iowa Fruit Industry.
Mr.. NJ. j. Wragg, of Waukee, pres
ident of the State Horticultural So
ciety, spent two weeks in New York
state this fall, returning just before
election. He said:
"At Brighton, just east OF Rochester.
1 was astounded to see them putting car
load of Iowa apples in cold storage for
market this winter. 1t was as surprising
as it was gratifying to realize that New
York is looking to Iowa for her supply of
apples, instead of this state, as usual look
ing to New York. On inquiry discovered
that the apple crop iii that state is very
light this year, and that as general propo-
sition Iowa apples are superseding the
home product there. Without disparaging
the New York fruit interests in the least
am free to say that the west seems to me
more progressive, vigorous experimental
and effective in fruit growing. They are
depending their old stock there and
nurserymen in Rochester told me that they
were ordering stocks from Iowa and Kan
sas instead of growing them themselves.
My trip encouraged me in the belief that
1owa's fruit industry is just beginning to
open its eyes and l return to Iowa enthu-
siastic over the outlook for Iowa fruit
growers. AT the state meeting in Deem
Der l hope to be able to speak words of
notable encouragement to our horticul-
turalists.''
Agricultural Meetings.
Secretary George III. Van Houten,
of the state department of agricul-
ture, has announced that among the
features of the annual programme
of the department in Des Moines in
December will be addresses by Presi-
dent w. NJ. Beardshear and Prof
Charles L. Curtiss, of the state
agricultural college; Mrs. III. f. Hook
en-, of Fairfield, on Couture and So
cial Life in Farm Communities" j.
West Jones, of LenoX, who will dis
cuss the relation of the swine breed
er and the farmer; w. NJ. McFadden,
of West Liberty, on some subject con-
nected with the swine interests of
the state, and by Miss NJ. A. Sabin,
who is in charge of the domestic
economy department of the state col
lege at Ames.
The meetings of the horticultural
lists and agricultural department will
be held simultaneously at the state
house the second week in December.
The officers say that they expect
larger attendance than ever before,
because the interest seems livelier.
F. w. BICKNELL
Granted Divorce.
Mrs Chris Rayne aDpeared in co,,rt