The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1904-11-24
THE FARMERSINSTITUTF
An Interesting Meeting Keld--Splen
did Addresses but Attendance
was not Very Large.

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The annual session of the Decatur
County Farmers Institute was held at
| the court house in this city on Wednes-
day, Thursday and Friday of last week,
and while there was most excellent
program which was greatly enjoyed by
all who attended, the attendance was
not what was expected or what it'll
should have been. True, at this time of
the year the farmers are very busy tax
ing care Of their corn crop, and many
who usually attend We're absent this
year, yet we believe they could we'll
have afforded to let the corn stand a.
few days longer and attended the insti-
tute. These Institutes are of vital
interest to the farmer, large or small, as
at every session matters are brought up
and discussed which cannot fail to be of
great benefit to the farmers and stock
raiscrs of the county.
"Wednesday morning the session was
devoted to receiving the corn entries
and arranging the display Of grain,
fruits and vegetables which were very
good. AT the afternoon session Henry
Wallace, editor of Wallaces Farmer at
Des Moines, gave an address on trans
portation. He showed how the beef
trust combined and get a railroad rate
Of $23.30 per car from Missouri river
points to Chicago for dressed meats,
while the rate on a car of cattle is
exactly double the rate on dressed car
casses. He also pointed out the methods
the railroads use to influence legisla-
/ tion.
At $3.50 o'clock e. o. Lovett, of Garden
Grove, gave an address on the rise of
the farmer and the great point that he
made was that farming has risen from
| the lowest profession to the. highest
during the last few years. 1t was an
able address which pleased those in at
tendance.
!, At the evening session VIM. Asbach,
of Davis City, made splendid talk on
"Might Have Beens on the Farm The
4 feature Of his address was that good
care and feed always pays. He was fol-
lowed by Henry Wallace who talked
J, about good farming. He said that De-
catur county was created for an exclu-
j sive grain country, and advised farming
with grain and clover rotation, and a
strong tendency to dairying.
Thursday morning the session opened
lat 10 o'clock with Hon. G. P. Arnold,
president pro TEN. Mr.. Wallace gave
an excellent address on the subject of
dairying and the care of sheep which
lasted until the noon hour.
The afternoon session was spent in
judging the corn exhibited and lee
ture on the care in selecting seed and
the cultivation of the corn crop by M.
L. Mosher, of the State Agricultural
College at Ames. The prizes for the
best corn were awarded as follows:
VIM. Critchton, of Eden township, Sc
cured three prizes with his Reeds
, Yellow Dent, 1st, sweepstakes and for
T. the best ear.
Or Brown I'd prize on yellow corn
with Leaning variety.
For the best white corn, Wm. Asbash
: of Davis City, took first prize and w. D
, Mitchell second, both showing Iowa
| Silver Mine.
. In the mixed class, w. II. McCalla, o
. Eden took first, and George South
i second, both showing specklee
variety.
A AT the evening session Hon. Rober1
t McCauil, of Garden Grove, read a papel
: wheat Belt VS.. Corn Belt,' which il
e published in full in another column. H,
i; was followed by G. R. Riley, of Decatu
e with paper on cabbage and celery cul
/ ture. Mr.. Riley said and proved th,
= assertion that there was more profit i,
n celery than any crop that grows in thi
}. climate. He also exhibited cabbag,
" snake which was simply tendril of tn,
+ cabbage plant which had become drie,
Q and separated from the leaves, but still
n adhered to the stalk. Prof. Wayn,
/ Dinsmore, instructor of animal hus
t bandry at the State Agricultural Colleg
g at Ames, made an excellent address o.
d the care, selection and breeding o
swine, advancing some ideas with whicl
the audience We're entirely unfamiliar
but all could see that they were decid
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