Rocky Ford enterprise., 1906-02-23
ROCKY FORD COLORADO. FRIDAY FEBRUARY 2s 1906.

as chicken raiser. ". was then al
kept the hous. entertained tiii Il WAS
time I" adjourn for lunch.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
Ths afternoon meetings Of the insti-
tut- were double. Miss AmmSns talk
Ing to an audience Of girl pupils and
ladies at the Hish schoai while Pro-
f-ssors Carlyle and Clever talked tn
an audience Of school boys and men at
Odd Fellows hall. Prof Carlyle teak
occasion In opening to. impres. on the
boys the value of . well cultivated
power of observation. He then gave
nm Interesting talk as tn good points
Of n good horse. with pictures on the
wall he iiistratsd som~ points d-scrib-
-i and then ~ took HIS audience out
horses we're drawn up for insp~ction.
and he used th~s- a. object i-ssons-
Prof. Carlyle said the climate and soil
of Colorado Nas peculiarly adapted to
breeding good horses because h~r-
th- horse dev-iop~d better bone and
n better tendon than hors~s bred In the
east. lie said that while the Colorado
farmer got q y hundred foe his beef
and pork and mutton he could s-t 9:s
r-r hundred pounds for horsen~sh
when h~ bred a horp~ that went to
1900 pounds and OVER.
N. Glover oe lh- State College. foi-
lowed with talk m the horses foai
and told the men and boys lot Of
thinRs they needed tn know about the
origins ssd evolution - shst useful
dom~stie animal the harpe. though n
dweit particularly upoa tho eonstruc-
horses foot.
WEDNESDAY EVENING SESSION.
Chairman rhb~rt made few peril
n-ni r~mnrhs Introductory Of ih- ~vc-
ming pro8rnm In general and then In
troiue~d Mrs. Harb~rt Of 'Manxnnoin.
who talked Of The hoy an the Farm
Her papsr Nns well prrpaFrsi both IN
Thought and diction. Hh~ held tn.
elo~r attention of tho audience ant
ives warmly appisudcd when she con-
c1nd~d.
Miss Marie Dean. primary teacher
In the Washington school ably supple
mrnted the general thought of AIR.
HRrbrrt'a paper by the reading Of on
upon the subject The Child nt uoir"
md In School" The Importance ar
value OF the training Of the infaniiir
Instincts by the parent before the child
II Of school age was hrst dwcit up
on by Miss Dean and then the import, =
ant part the public school played In
l),y fafmation Of youthful character
WAS apprcciativciy treated.
Prof. Carlyle was the next speaker
and his theme was Agricultural c.iu-
cation. He pointed out thnt the teach
In. Of agriculture In schools was n
matter Of recent DEVELOPMENT. that u
was yet largely In Its Infancy. hut
the Importance of n scientific knowi-
circ OF farming. which was only tho
practical knowledge OF ngricultur"
systematically ARRANGED. WIS rapidly
Becoming evident. He predicted that
the time wns not FAR distant when con-
- ~ .I..N L.. A..
paid to the teaching Of agriculture In
cur public schools. He spoke OF the
recrnt Introduction Of Short Course
three months-in agriculture. at our
State College. This w.s the FIRST year
Of this course aud nifty Of the bright
est and manifest Of Coiorado's young
men bad responded to this opportun-
ity offered by the coiics. for training
In the farming vocation. No high
school graduation was necessary to
the taking Of this course. Any boy
who could read and write was permit
ted To chter Il. Some of the older
men are learning the Importance Of
this cn"r.e. The stntc Of Iowa had n
class Of 150 OF the leading farmers Of
TINT state In attendance Mt tn. two
weeks special course arranged by the
Town Agricultural College.
Fred p. Johnson. Director OF 1nstI-
tutcs. was given the platform next to
tell about the organization of Farm
ers' Institutes throughout the state.
This II being done under the DIRECTION
of the State College. The expectation
is to have th"se institutes held In every
county In Colorado each winter. COL
orndo he said was one OF the slowest
Of the states to get into line and help
the farmer In his vocation by bring
ing to them Ro'nc OF the latest scien-
tific knowledge on the subject Of ag-
riculturc.
Senator Crowley wound up the eve
ming session with few characteristic
comments on the doings OF these In
stitutcs. past and present. and upon
Director OF Institutes Johnson. and
everybody went home happy.
a report OF the remaining session
OF the Institute is held over till mex,
week.