Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-01-27
INSTITUTE BEGINS,
ATTENDANCE LARGE
Business Meeting Held and Wal
lace II. Alney Is Reelected
President
cHR'sTY TALKS ON CORN
Institute Votes to Hold Another Corn
Contest and Asks County Supervisors
to Continue Experiments at County
Farm-A. L. Amos Address on Cat
tie Feeding and Freight Rates

noon in the east court room, and has
continued turnout today. Thursday
afternoons gathering was but the pre-
liminary meeting for the business SEES
sion OF this morning, when officers
We're elected and other important bus
mess was transacted. One of the fea-
lures of the morning meeting was the
on stock feeding and freight
rates by A. l.. Ames, of Buckingham,
president of the Corn Belt Meat Pro-
ducers' Association of Iowa.
Wallace III. Arney, who has been
president for the past year was re-
elected by acclamation. Will II. WILL
son, secretary and treasurer, declined
to serve another year, and ID. E. Hole,
Of Marietta, was chosen to succeed
him. The following directors, one from
each township, who act as vice presi-
dents, were recommended by the COM
mittee appointed for their selection and
elected.
Vienna-Charles Randall
Liscomb-C. C. Church.
Bangor-lacob Kinzer.
Liberty-lIdward Ross.
Minerva--George Alexander.
Marietta-Warren Nichols.
Iowa--C. Il. Arney.
Taylor-A. G.. Thompson.
Linn--Janne:; Anderson.
Marshalltown-W. III. Jones.
la Cst,,N,,e
LeGrand--S. r. Piper.
Timber Creek-Edward Monohon.
Washington--Harv Buchanan.
State Center-W. H. Fricke.
Eden-W. Mason.
Logan-Rohert Warren,
Observation-Disclosures Daqkbar.
Greencastle-James w. Wylie.
The institute voted to continue the
corn contest for the boys, and COM
mittee, appointed by the president,
Of Merritt Greene, w. III.
Jones and James l.. Wiley, the latter
of Gilman, will have charge of the de-
tails of the arrangements. The prizes
next year will probably be cash, the
to be raised by the committee
from the farmers Of each township.
1t was the desire Of the institute that
the experiments in corn growing be
continued at the county farm, and by
vote it was decided to request the SUI
pervisors to oversee and set aside
funds for that purpose. An auditing
composed of G.. T.. Arney
and T. D. Wilcox, during the noon
hour, audited the books and accounts
;ri, oto, trn
President Ames' Address.
This mornings session was late in
but when it was called to
order the attendance was large con-
sidering the time of day. After the
Iowa Male Quartet had sung, and res
pended to an encore, Mr.. Ames was in
troduced. His address, of g. half hour,
dealt with the intelligent feeding of
cattle, and the present condition and
need Of changes in the present system
of freight rates, rebates and the man
ipulation of the stock markets by the
beef trust. He was frequently inter-
rupted by applause. He said in sub
stance:
Stock feeding in state like Iowa,
where it makes up such an important
part of the work on the average farm,
is one of the essential phases OF the
farmers work, and a department that
should be given careful attention and
study. The average farmer spends
time and money feeding cattle and
hogs, yet very few follow to the
houses the animals they have
fed, to learn the result of their work.
There is a great distinction between
flesh and fat. Fat can befplaced on the
animal by feeding, but flesh can only
be secured by the right breeding. The
weight of u steer can be increased by
feeding, but the quality of it's flesh
cannot, and the feeder must begin with
those varieties Of animals which have
been bred to produce quality In flesh.
The farmers feeding yard is manu-
featuring industry. and should be
handled In the same manner as a
plant There he turns
the raw products Of the farm, his feed,
into the finished product. the animal,
ready for the market. Unless system
and intelligence are employed, and the
subject studied losses will result. The
farmer must study to produce his
meat as cheaply as possible If he
would make profit. Up to the year
1892 cattle feeders had their ups and
downs, but as a whole they We're max
ing money. Then came the refrigera-
tor cars, first owned and controlled by
the railroads, but soon afterwards built
md owned by the big packers. Then
came the reduction in rates from the
western markets on dressed meats,
below that of live stock, which still ex-
lists to the detfiment of the feed. Then
followed the formation of the trusts.
until today with the market con-
trolled by the packers, who fix the
prices by agreement and with their
,ailroad rebates the feeder is up
against it." The feeders only saliva
Ion is an organized movement for fair
dealing. What the farmer demands is
a cheap, simple and effective means,
whether it be commission, court, or
other body empowered to equitably
adjust rates and abolish railroad re-
oates upon which the trusts live. The
for disreearding rate and re-
pate laws should fall on the individual,
lot on the corporation. Iowa feeders
must get together and only by so doing
IAN anything be accomplished, but If
hey will all, and at the same time. de-
mand the same thing, laws will be en-
acted and commissions and courts be