Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-01-30

benefited by such a program. The
following program has been arrang-
ed and. with the exception Of some
minor changes, shall be carried out,
on the above mentioned dates.
Thursday Forenoon-l0 o'clock.
Open discussions Our Mistakes,
Their Lessons. e..
Thursday Afternoon-l O'clock.
Dairy subjects under discussion.
What Breeds of Cattle are Best
Adapted and how Should They be
Prepared and Fed, how Market the
Product Thy the use of the hand
separator and otherwise), How Dis
pose Of Calf and other By-products,
to Obtain Best Results from Dairy
in Delaware county"
Friday Forenoon o'clock.
Woman's Session and Corn Scor-
ing by competent Judge, also Stu
dents contest.
Friday Afternoon o'clock.
Discussion of Corn and other
Grains and their Production.
Saturday Forenoon-10 o'clock.
The Horse his place in the Pro-
fit of successful farm; how shall
we increase his value.
/ Is there more profit in diversified
farming then in specialties?
Saturday Afternoon 4 o'clock.
The entire afternoon will be given
over to Prof. W. j. Kennedy, dean
of the animal husbandry department
of the agricultural college, who will
speak on live stock subjects, also
feeds and feeding.
In carrying out this program we
expect to have the best talent to be
found in the county on every sub
, ject, men who have had life long
experience and who have been sue
: cessful. also young men who are
employing the modern methods in
a their operations and who are equally
q successful. To assist our home tai
ent we shall have with us ON Friday
/ Prof. NJ. L. Bowman, of Ames, if it
. is at all possible to obtain him and
if not he will send some other man
: well qualified to do the work Of
n scoring the samples in the corn
contest and also to conduct the
. Judging class, which will be com
posed Of young men who shall be
required to place given number Of
samples of corn and give reasons for
such placing to determine who shall
have the free scholarship at the
short course Of 1908 at the agricul-
=, tural college. A goodly number Of
II the young men should avail them
selves of this opportunity to go as
n Delaware countys representative to
:. the short course next January. A
). free scholarship is given by the col
n lege to every county in the state
p through the farmers institute Of
T. of that county, the officers of which
n shall institute some contest by which
is the man may be selected and, after
70 being selected, shall furnish him
81 with proper credentials which shall
he obtain for him the free scholarship
g. which amounts to $500
is Prof. w. j. Kennedy, dean Of the
s animal husbandry department Of our
d college at Ames, and it is the peer
OF all such institutions. will be with
"a us On Saturday, February l6, for the
IS entire day, and you will notice by
81 the subjects which shall be discus
or sed that we have arranged for &
great feast for the producer and
is lover of live stock. Prof. Kennedy
* is recognized the country over as
a. one of the greatest judges OF horses
that we have and that subject viii
be discussed in the forenoon OF Sat
re urday with another subject which
has TODD with specialties on the farm
he which means giving special atten
IN ton to a particular class Of stool
b. breedings and marketing Of tn,
" same. The entire afternoon pro
] gram of Saturday will be given owe
Fl. to Prof Kennedy to discuss, IN hi
"a own way, for three hours or more
I. the different phases OF the live stool
an question, also the method OF Judg
ing live stock and also feeds AM
IT. feeding. 1t was my privilege to at
he tend two short courses at Ames AM
10 can personally testily 10 ffo1. heh
he nedy's ability to entertain the farm
ZEE ers OF Delaware county probably 10
lie an entire day program. Prof, Ken
he nedy spent one year In Europe, sen
IS. there by the federal government t
ha study live stock conditions and iced