Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-05-13
AeRIcuLTuRIsTs VISIT AMEs
German Delegation Now Touring AM
erica Colleges Work Highly.

Special TO Tines Rep. bllcan.
Ames May 13.-The party of forty
one German agriculturists who are
touring America and who visited the
state college yesterday, left Ames this
morning. From here they went to tn,
Cook farms near Odebolt to inspect the
stock farms where the college expert
ments in stock feeding are being car
ried on. They expressed themselves As
well satisfied with their visit to Ames
and were enthusiastic in their praise OF
the college and the work it is doing IN
teaching the theory and practice OF
farming. The party visited every de-
partment of the college and inspected
every shop and every laboratory and
piece of apparatus. Last night ban
quet was given the distinguished visit
ors by the Ames commercial club, ar
which the following program was
given:
The City of Ames"-Parley Sheldon,
mayor.
Iowa State College of Agriculture
and Mechanic Arts: Its History and
Lines of work"-E. w. Stanton, acting
president.
THE Gern1an-American as Citi-
zen"-Col Joseph Eiboeck.
Stein Song" (Bullard)-Mr. Frank
Resler.
impressions of America '-konrad
Eberhardt, Speyer and Rhein.
Competitors, But Friends"-Lafay-
cite Young
What We Owe to the Germans in
Research''-Dr. l.. H. Pammei.
Wy y
Music, selected-Mr. Frank Resler.
The German as an Agriculturist"-
Professor c. L. Curtiss, dean of agri-
culture.
american Agriculture Landrat
Erich v. Flugge, Speok i. Pommern.
The State of Iowa"-Hon. a. d.
Cummins. governor of Iowa.
I'VE are sent" said Herr Flugge one
of the party, by the German agricul-
turai Society, the Deutsche Landwirt-
schaftsgesellschaft, the biggest agri-
cultural organization in Germany, COM
prising 1900 members.
Our object is TO study agriculture
and social relations in the United States
and your national crops, especially
wheat and milk. We also wish TO view
your scenery and will visit the Yellow
stone National park, If there is time.
The delegation is not divided into
sections. but most of us are practical
agriculturalists. some interested in
sugar, others in cattle, and everyone
in some department of agriculture.
Upon our return shall make gem
eral report to the society. The others
will make reports upon those subjects
that most interest them, and DR.. Mar
tin Wilmer, of eBrlin, VIII
combine these individual reports into
technical report.
The tour includes the southern route
to California, the Pacific coast, and re :
turn to New York thru the northern
tier of states. The farmers Will Visit
stock farms, ranches, the arid lands OF
the southwest, where they Will study
principally the reclamation of waste
lands, as applied to the production Oh
best sugar: the vineyards of California,
the hop beds and strawberry beds OF the
northwest. the Touring mills or Mime
apolis. the stock yards OF st. Louis,
Kansas City, and Chicago, model dairy
farms. the farms of Massachusetts, the
biggest cattle ranches in the world. the
orchards of Michigan, the home of the
American trotter and thoroughbred IN
the Bluegrass region, Niagara, Detroit
and Thomas w. Lawson's estate,
Dreamwold, near Boston. They VIII
sail for GERMANY June "a.