The Ladysmith news and Ingram news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1905-1906, 1906-01-06
COURSE FOR FARMER AND WIFE.
State University to Offer Two Weeks
Conference in February.

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Conference in February.
| Not content with instructing each
year some 900 young men and women
from Wisconsin farms in the latest
developments in practical and scien-
tific agriculture, Dean w. A. Henry OF
the University of Wisconsin college
of agriculture has completed plans for
another ten days farmers and house
keepers course in February in order
to extend the work of the college il
possible to every busy farmer and
farmers wife or daughter in the
whole state
The course will open Feb. 6 and
continue to Feb. Is, most of the lee
lures and demonstrations being given
in the main building of the agricultur-
al college and in room 80 of South
hall, which is headquarters of the
home economies department of the
university. Most of the time will be
devoted to instruction and discussion
of questions pertaining to horse rails
ing and land drainage in the farmers
course, and to questions OF house
hold economy and sanitation in the
housekeepers' course.
The program for the farmers course
includes an attractive and instructive
series of evening lectures by Presl-
dent G. r. Van Hise and other mem
bers of the university faculty on the
structure of the soil, forces of nature,
the planning and planting of home
grounds, creamery dividends and
draft horses. The regular daily con-
ferences will include discussion and
demonstration of soil fertility, ma
nures, drainage, feeding of farm an
| imals, tuberculosis in cattle, the
proper care of milk tests of dairy
COWS, inspection Of feeding stuffs, al
| falfa growing, corn growing, judging
the breeding, Judging and handling OF
cattle, sheep and swine with study
| of the carcasses, and special demon
STATIONS on the breeds, types, points
and soundness of horses, with judging
and examination of horses by DR.. A.
S. Alexander. There will be a special
conference Of farmers and breeders
on matters pertaining to the morse
breeding industry of the state, and
profitable course in dairy methods and
dividends
Ex-Gov. w. D. Hoard will give the
address at the opening of the house
keepers conference. Other speakers
of special interest, besides the faculty
of the home economics department or
the university, include Mrs. Gertrude
Sober Church, formerly of the house
| hold science department OF the Uni
yersity of Illinois and speaker OF
last years conference in Madison; w.
D. Frost, of the department OF bacterl-
oligy of the University OF Wisconsin,
State Chemist Richard Fischer, Mrs.
T 6 Donald of Mount Horeb, George
M. Wagner of the university depart
ment of zoology, DR.. Mary b. Whlte Oh
Madison. Emil P Sandsten OF the nor
ticult1lral department of the universe
ty. Miss Katherine Macdonald OF the
wisconsin free library commission
and Mrs. Elizabeth Clarke Hardy as
sociate editor of The Farmers voice.
The program has been so planned
that farmers can leave their homes
Monday, Feb. 5, and return Saturday
Feb II, having spent ten entire days
at the university without being ao-
sent from their home more than one
Sunday. There are thousands OF tar-
mers who can leave their homes lor
but a short time, and the course IS ar
ranged especially for such as desire
10 learn more concerning their voca-
tion. The attendance at the last con-
ference was twice that of the CONFER
ence of the previous year, and the at
tractive program, together with the
increased interest in the university
awakened throughout the rural uls-
tricts of the state by the growth OIL
the agricultural college, gives warrant
for anticipation of an attendance OF
at least 800 farmers and their wives
or daughters. Good board and com
Portable rooms close to the arglcuitur-
al college are easily obtained, ana inc
railroads have offered reduced rates
for the occasion.