The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-09
BOOST FOR COLLEGE.
Stock Breeders Want More Interest in
farmers Institution.


''save the Agricultural college of our
state its good men by paying them
decent salaries and do not supply Da-
kota, Missouri, Minnesota, Illinois. Ne
braska and other states
In an impromptu- talk Ex-Governor
George w. Click pleaded for the noted
institution at Manhattan, at the Inn
proved Stock Breeders association this
morning.
at makes no difference" he con-
tinued, what a mans political senti-
ments are or to what church he be-
longs. The regents Of some our 1nstl-
tutions have let men go to make room
for some one more politically pre-
ferred. We must pay our good men
good salaries and keep them There is
no use of letting them go, to provide
other states that Will pay more. That
! is subject to which we must wake
iup. The Agricultural college is one OF
! This states great features. We must
preserve it. Let Us stand by that
school"
The meeting was given a genuine
personal experience paper this morn
4 ing on sheep raising in Kansas-one
of its much discussed industries. 1t
was read by John D. Marshall, OF
A. P. Grout. president Of the I'LL
nois Live Stock association, of Win
chester, Ill, whose address was to
have been the feature of this morn
ing's meeting. sent a telegram stating
that he could not come
Prof. r. J. Kinzer, of the animal
| husbandry department of the State
/ Agricultural college, read paper on
/ 'tPreparatfon of Stock for Show and
! Sale" He said in part:
The worlds greatest problem is
] now and always has been It's food
! supply. Wheat or its products are
] the great staff of life from the cereals,
i 81 e
/ the meats. In the United States we
/ consume something Ike II, 100000
4 tons of grain as human food and
/ 5000, 600 tons of beef annually. The
amount of beef consumed annually by
] each person IN the United States
amounts to abOuS $50 pounds. The
/ problem of furnishing beef for our
own people is not small one
Therefore the matter of feeding
/ cattle is important. First of all look
to the comfort of the breeding herd.
/ The general health needs cOnsidera-
/ ton, also the raising of calves.
What we want in our fattening of
4 cattle is maximum weight at a mini
! mum cost. The price of land has in
! creased. feeds are too high in price
/ and the price of cattle is too low to
/ make it a profitable business to feed
as was the method hfty. years ago. ...s
Prof. IIinzer then delfneated the
1 values of different kinds of feed. Con
/ Guiding he said:
| kansas is producing good fat cat
tie, and she can. produce stin better
ones by using a little better blood, by
giving the old COW q little better feed
and a little better shelter, and by
giving. little more care and attention
to EACH 9-..ss-
Prof. J. H Miller. Of the. State
Agricultural college, spoke on farm
ers' institute work over the state. He
stated that the regents had decided
to send the college work right to the
/ farmers themselves. He asked for
4 the cooperation and help of the va
I rioUs organiza donsr which are meeting
/ in Topeka this week. ''Our7s state
/ ought -tO5- ahahBuaod hfg8lere faNetase5
/ yield, ., he. said.lij 5sj agreat1BoEN9be~i
] cause of the acrea geza What we are
i tEying to get up is a corn contest
I among the boys of the state We
want rnanysof the boys in each county
! to enter. Prizes will then. < be hung
up. What we want you to do is to
get your boys Interested. If your
strength and stability get behind this
movement it will count for a great
deal 20
DR.. II. w. Hadfey of Kansas CITY.
who was to have spoken at the. meet
ing last night but could not. be here.
viii read his paper tonight on Animal
/ Dentistry "a