Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-02-01

DAIRY SEC llON-COONl " Oh II
ROOM.
l.. \. Virgins. Springfield H., pres i
ident state dairymen's association, pre- 4
siding. 4
ress-"Importance of Building 4
up an Efficient Dairy Herd w j. Fra !.
SER chief in department of dairy hus- I
bandry. university of Illinois
Address-"Have the Milking Ma
chimes Come to Stay?" H. B. Gurler. !
DeKalb H.. author of American Dali
rying"
Discussion of the above topics OPP
ened by J. p. Mason. Elgin. H.. insti- f,
tute director for the 18th CongressiOn-
al district.
ERVISORS ROOM.
George J. Foster, Normal H., presi-
dent state horticultural society, pre-
siding
Address-"Lessons from the Apple
Crop of 1906" Senator Henry NJ. Dun
lap, Savoy, III.
Address-"Soil Management of Or
chards." II. A. Aldrich, Neoga, Ill.
Discussion of the above topics open
ed by c. H. Williamson, Quincy, III.
Evening session. :. 40.
GENERAL SESSION - CIRCUIT
COURT ROOM.
Invocation.
Music
Address-"The Dissemination of Sci
entific Agricultural Information; Its
Importance to the State as a Whole"
Hon. Charles S. Deneen. governor of u
| linois
| Address-"Agric in the Schools"
The subject and the speaker will be in
| troduced by Eugene Davenport, dean
OF the College of griculture and direc-
tor of the Experiment Station, Univer-
sity of Illinois. Principal speaker. Pro
fessor ID. o. BaIto. University of Hi
nois.
Address. illustrated by stereOpticCn-
Forest Planting in Illinois, r. S. kei-
logg, forest inspector. department of
agriculture, Washington, d. c.
Wednesday. Feb. 2O-9:I5.
| GENERAL SESSION - CIRCUIT
COURT ROOM.
Invocation.
Music
| Address-"IlIinois Soils in Relation
to Systems of Permanent Agriculture, -
DR.. c. q. Hopkins, chief in AgronOmy
and Chemistry, University of Illinois.
Address-"Insects in Relation to
Health" DR.. S. A. Forbes. state ento-
mologist and professor of zoology in
the University of Illinois.
Afternoon SESSION.: 30.
SWINE SECTION - SUPERVISORS
ROOM.
George w. Dean. Adams, Ill. insti-
tute director for the Fifteenth congress
sional district, presiding.
Address --latest Developments in
Swine Feeding" William Dietrich, in
structor in swine husbandry. Univer-
sity of Illinois.
! Dissatisfaction. c. c. Pervier Shelf
ield, Ill. Charles A. Rowe, Jackson
lille, III. A. J. Lovejoy. Roscoe, Ill.
POULTRY SECTION - COUNTY
COURT ROOM.
Frank l. Mann. Gilman, H., institute
director for the Eighteenth congress
sional district, presiding.
Address-"What a Woman Can Do
With Poultry" Mrs. G. Z. Noggle. Ash
ton, III.
Address - Modern Poultry Raising
on the Farm" John w. Myers. Quincy.
IN.
Discussion opened by d. o. Barto. in
structOr of prospective teachers of ElC.
mentary Agriculture, University of IL
linois, followed by questions, answers
. and a general discussion in which ev
Ierybody is invited TO participate Time
for each speaker after Professor Barto
five minutes.
CEMENT CONSTRUCTION SECTION
CIRCUIT COURT ROOM.
e. w. Burroughs, Edwardsville, III.
institute director for Twenty-secOnC
congressional district, presiding.
advertisement on the Farm" F
R. Crane. instructor in farm mechan
les. University of Illinois.
Address-"COncrete in Bridge Con
. struction,' A N. Johnson, state high
way engineer Springfield I'll.
Discussion opened by Ralph Allen
Delavan. H., institute director for thu
Sixteenth congressional district.
Evening Session-.IO.
GENERAL SESSION - CIRCUIT
COURT ROOM.
Invocation.
Music
Address THE Dignity of Labor.
Miss Margaret NJ Mather, director de
partment of home economies, Lincoll
college, Lincoln. III.
Address-"Home," Mrs. H. NJ. Dur
lap, Savoy, III.
Address, illustrated by stereopticon-
''The Planning of Farm and Suburban
' Homes" A. P. Wyman. assistant pre-
i fessor of landscape gardening, Univei
Isity of Illinois.