Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-03-28
Farmers Institutes Privileged
to Send Delegates to State
Farmers Institute
A GREAT WORK ACCOMPLISHED
The Success of the Farmers Institutes
Held in Iowa the Past Winter, Is
Most Marked, the Majority in At
tendance Being Anxious to Learn
Anything of Help to Them.
Special to Times-Republican.

Special to Times-Republican.
Des Moines, March 2S.-The farmers
institutes held in Iowa ,he past vim
ter have been by far the most success
full ever held in the state. The attend
ance has been larger and the programs
have been better all around. The
allowance by the state fer these insti-
tutes was increased last year and the
burden Of support does not now fall in
| the least on the farmers, hence 1t is
ings At the same time the Institutes
are given, for the first .ime, a voice in
the management OF the state agricul-
tural department. by de'egatt5s to the
state farmers institute in December.
| Two features have been most conspicu-
Gus at these farmers institutes this
Dairy Commissioner Wright has at
TENDED more than half of the institutes
land has presented the matter of dairy
ling President Schilling, of the state
association, declares his belief that as a
4 result OF this work thers will be great
impetus to dairying in the state, and
Whereas Iowa has been at a standstill
| for several years in this industry there
| is sure to be a great advance made
| from tins time on. Mr.. Schilling states
| that the farmers at these Institutes
have manifested unusual interest in the
! creamery projects and that they are
ready to take hold in many counties
where this has been neglected. In re-
gard to corn growing, Professor Holden,
| of the State College, states that he has
attended more than half of the 1nsu-
tutes held in the state this year
Everywhere have found" he says,
The deepest interest taken in the SUBJ
| ject Of better corn aud greater care In
! securing seed. The farmers of Iowa are
| all eager to learn and TO make an adj
vance. A more Intelligent and progress
| sty y psople an NOT be found anywhere.
! and have been delighted many times
lin addressing these iEs:itutes to see
! how readily the farmers turn to this
subject and seek all the information
| that it is possible to give. Only occa-
| sionally do we find some one who is
unwilling to learn anything or who
| thinks he knows it all already. The
lconditions among the farmers of Iowa
are right for great success in the bet
| terment of the corn crop of the state.
The farmers institute work is now
practically closed for the season.
The state Of Iowa lost out in an
effort TO get about $4,000 of collateral
inheritance taxes from an estate in
Washington county, but i'll all likeli-
| hood the state treasurer will have the
case taken to the supreme court to de-
| termine the issues. 1t was the estate
LOT A. w. Chilcote. He died before the
/ law went into force, but left the estate
lin the hands of the widow to be dis
tributed to collateral heirs after her
death When she died the claim was
set up that the inheritance really fol-
llowed after his death and the distribu-
ton should be counted as having oc-
CURED at that time. Judge Clement
sustained this view. The estate was
valued at about 100000.
There appears to be some danger
that the good roads convention in Des
Moines on the 18th of next month Will
be attended by only few delegates, as
the condition of the roads in the state
lis so bad that the delegates will be un-
able to get here. Reports from every
part Of the state are to the effect that
the country roads are almost impassa-
BILE and that the late snow and rain
have rendered farming operations im-
possible.
The way the law reL.ting to the In
carceration of inebriates has been
treated in Des Moines has not beer
satisfactory to the friends of the law.
The ordinary rules which govern such
cases have not always been followed
by the courts and in one instance man
was committed withou. a particle OF
evidence being heard IL his case. The
latest, however, is a scheme TO obViate
the ordinary method of securing pa
role This is to have the court reopen
the case and cancel the commitment of
a patient and direct Il new hearing.
This has been done in the case OF w. ).
Richmond, formerly noted spend
thrift here who has been In the Mount
Pleasant hospital several months, ana
whose parole has been refused. The
court has sent for him with a view to
having the case reviewed again. III
this scheme works the parole business
will be easy.
The conference of coal miners of Dis
trict No 13, United Mine Workers. with
the association of coal mine operators.
was concluded this week, after four
weeks of conference. The conferences
we're carried on in perfect good feeling
at all times. President Norris of the
operators, presided. The method of pro-
cedure was to take up Il sub district at
3, time and consider all the various
points separately. The general wage
scale for mining was first agreed to and
then the scale for all the various kinds
of work incidental to coal mining, and
for the helpers and for cost of tools and
materials, ETC. All this took great
deal of time, for as soon as a subject |
was mentioned it would be necessary
10 have a separate conference of the |
miners and of the operators and then
repeated discussions of the subject
Little by little the scale was completed
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