Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-01-31
MUCH WORK AHEAD
FOR SHORT COURSE
Details of Arrangements For
Pupils and Glasses Have
Been Completed
SYNOPSIS OF THE COURSE
Nature of tho Work and Method OF In
81 struotion for the Classes in Animal
Husbandry and Asronomy Explained
in Detail - Arrangements Completed
for Handling the Pupils, Glasses, Etc.

ARRANGEMENTS have been completed
for handling the classes in the animal
husbandry and agronomy of the Mar
shall county farmers short course,
which will be held in this city Feoru-
ary II to %. All the details for the
lectures. and the handling Of the pu-
nils az the classes, have been fixed.
For the benefit of prospective pupils
and in answer to many Inquiries, tho
following details Ct the methods to
be followed have been outlined by the
directors in charge Of the course.
on Monday, February II. as each
student arrives at the short course
office, he will be given a badge, which
each will wear. These badges are
numbered. Those who receive badges
bearing even numbers will gather in
the east court room at 9So'clock for
the opening Of the corn study school.
Those who receive badges bearing odd
numbers will gather in the Kibbey
building, formerly the old postoffice,
for the opening Of the animal llus-
bandry class at o'clock.
Tho Corn School.
Those drawing the number which
first sends them to the corn school will
be given a seat at a table, and have
placed in front of them a tray con-
tanning ten ears of corn. also a score
card. Professor p. G. Holden will
open the class work with lecture,
outlining the weeks work. Each
group of twenty pupils will have a
special instructor, upon whom they
may call for assistance The use of
the score card will be explained step
by step, by Professor Holden, so that
all will have fair knowledge of 1t af-
ter going over the isubject once.
Tho Animal Husbandry.
Those who draw the numbers which
take them to the animal .dlushandry
class, will find the room heated and
filled with chairs for their use. If
Professors Bliss and Drennen should
decide to open the class work with
the iraft stallion. they will have five
fine specimens before the class. Pro-
lessor Bliss will open the class with
a lecture on how to judge the draft
horse, Illustrating his points as he
proceeds. After the lecture each pupil
will be given score card, and each
will be given twenty minutes to ex-
anime the horses and note their de-
o,.l 1,a(R
reasons for so deciding. The horses
will then be taken into the street, to
be walked or trotted back and forth,
that the pupils may note their action.
The class is then taken back into the
class room, and the professor In charge
will then judge the horses. placing
them in the order in which he has
judged them. The reasons for so do
ing will be explained, and each pupil
may compare his card with the COR
rect card Of the. instructor, and find
wherein he was right and where
wrong. The score cards will be taken
up and marked by the instructor. These
cards will later be returned. This
class will close at 1880 o'clock, and
its members will go at once to the
corn school in the court house, where
they will study corn until noon. The
corn class will change places with the
animal husbandry class, and go at once
to the Kibbey building, where the work
as described will be repeated.
At 1 o'clock the class which first
studied corn in the morning viii again
90 to the corn school, to study corn
until $3.50, and the first class in animal
husbandry will go to the Kibbey
building to take another lesson in some
other breed Of live stock until 2:3O.
At that time the classes will change
places as in the morning. The class
work for the day will close at 4
o'clock each afternoon, when both
classes will join together for special
lecture on some subject of farm work,
which will last until 5 o'clock The
pupils will be at liberty until 1880,
when they will gather at the Metho-
dist church for the evenings enter
tainment.
Will Be Much to SEQ.
In addition there will be much to
see. There will be display Of prize
corn to study. The Reid's yellow dent
corn, to be used in the class study,
was purchased from Professor M. L.
Bowman, at Ames, and it is the same
corn used at the Ames short course
earlier in the winter. The Boone coun-
ty white, the Legal Tender and the
Leaning corn that will be used was
purchased at the Newton short course.
# In addition to the grey Clydes and
Shires, which were purchased in Eng
land, and which will be brought here
from Ames, car load Of horses will
be shipped here by the Greeley Horse
Company. These animals
are all splendid types Of the various
breeds. The cattle, hogs and sheep to
be used for the animal husbandry
study will also contain many very ex-
cellent animals.
A demonstration of milking cows by
machinery is to be given each day, and
will be one of the features of the ex-
hibitions.