Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1904-02-11
Farmers Institute.

The twelfth annual meeting OF III,
Audubon County Institute was held OF
the 4, 8, and 9Th of Feby.. 1904, open
| ing with an address by G.. III. Somers
| president, calling attention TO the OBJ
| ject of the Institute. The business OF
| the Institute was then taken up and
horses for market discussed by seve.
raj. Consensus of opinion seemed to
be in favor of raising draft horses by
the average farmer, leaving the breed
| ing of trotters and carriage horses Ia
those who could engage in it rs pas
time, not expecting TO realize profit
from the business.
Breeding, raising and fitting for
market were the points discussed and
many practical suggestions made.
Raising mules was next considered
and the gentlemen speaking on the
subject seemed to have thorough
knowledge of the mule and showed
how that branch of farming could be
conducted with profits.
Planting forest trees and making
roads with earth, the only material,
! occupied the remainder of the time,
and those present probably gained
some knowledge from the discussion
The topics for the second day were
Poland China and Duroc Jersey hogs,
Experiment stations; and care, feed,
and management of live stock, the
latter topic by Prof. Wayne Dinsmore,
of Iowa Agricultural College, the
others by farmers present.
In the evening of the second day
Mrs. Hills of Des Moines, president
of the Iowa Congress of Mothers, adj
dressed an appreciative audience on
"A Field worth Cultivating," urging
upon her hearers the Importance of
devoting care and attention to the
welfare of the children of the farm as
we'll as to the stock and crops.
On thethird and last day the session
opened with o paper on Improved
Agriculture" treating of the care Of
the soil. Interesting Farmers Wives
in Institute Work" constituted u very
interesting part of our program and
was conducted by Mrs. John Crmeron,
Mrs. l.. M. Estes and Mrs. John
Greenlee assisted by Mrs. Hills. The
officers of the Institute desire the as
sistance of the ladies in the work and
hope those who were with us this year,
and they have aided US before, will
make us some suggestions when the
time comes to prepare another pro-
gram.
In the afternoon of the 9th, Prof. +.
G. Holden, Department of Agronomy,
Iowa Agricultural College, addressed
the Institute on corn, illustrating his
remarks by aid of charts showing
types of good and bad kinds, ear and
stalks. The work Of our state agri-
| cultural department In securing the
Gnnuinnu nf N hla lon rnn1 N
special branches of agriculture, pro-
viding them with the facilities for
conducting research, and experiment
can hardly fail to be of value to the
state, the individual farmer who
avails himself of the opportunity to
study their work, will derive benefit
therefrom.
The Farmers Institute is one of the
means employed to bring knowledge
to the individual and it is much to be
| regretted that more do not attend, the
interchange OF thought is OF value and
the special information given by such
men as Profs. Holden and Dinsmore
should not he neglected.
A. Fl. EDWARDS,
Secty.
CORN CONTEST.
| EIlbTlSs Vi COTil - cars tdCil luuiDtl
| of entries fifteen.
| Yellow Corn.
lst premium f. Zinke, I'd premium
w. w. Weston, Bird premium Il. M.
| Kerwin.
| White Corn.
| LIST premium Jas. Hunt, I'd premium
II. A. Hansen, Sd premium Charles
| Farnham.
| Best ear white.
| list premium Jas. Hunt, I'd premium
Jas. Hunt, 3D. premium Jas. Hunt.
Best ear yellow.
LIST premium Jas. Hunt, I'd premium
H. f. Zinke, Sd premium Jas. Hunt.
Best ear any variety.
lst premium Jas. Hunt, I'd premium
Jas. Hunt, Sd premium Jas. Hunt.
Corn was scored and judged by Prof.
p. G. Holden.
OFFICERS ELECTED.
President, G. III. Somers, vice pres
| ident, j. II. Jones, secretary, a. II.
| Edwards, asst. secretary, G. w.
Marlin, treasurer, j. A. Cozine, ex-
ecutive committee, f. A. Bates, f.. N.
Taggart, and b. w. Carr.