Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-08-14
LARGE CROWD At
FARMERS PICNIC
Estimated That Fully 5000
People Were at County Farm
Thursday
KING DELIVERS FINE ADDRESS
Iowa State College Professor compli-
msnts Marshall County Farmers on
Their Presrsssivsness, and Makes
Comparisons to Other Sections Of
stats-Prosram and Ball Games.

NUMBER 5000 attended the fourth an
nual farmers picnic held at the county
farm Thursday. The weather was ideak
and every portion of the county was
represented in the attendance. Farm
ers, business and professional men with
their families came by rail, on horse
back. in buggies, and automobiles, and
listened to the music, inspected the
growing crops, heard the addresses Of
the speakers, saw the ball games, and
otherwise enjoyed themselves.
~ Nothing serious in the way OF acci-
dent marred the occasion, which was
universally pronounced one Of the
most profitable and Enjoyable events
of; the kind that has taken place.
The program was carried out prac-
tically as announced, being opened by
music provided by the Bangor band,
after which those interested in the ex-
detrimental work that is being carried
on at the farm visited and inspected
the twelve-acre plot where these ex-
periments are being made. Several
men, prominent in the movement. ex-
planned the work. each taking charge
OF q small party, and showing the sys-
tematic effort that is being made to
advance the methods OF growing corn.
The results Of these experiments,
properly classified, will be used next
int fO,s Hot s,,t fI,a CHI ~
work that it is proposed to conduct.
Afternoon Program.
The afternoon program was opened
by musical selection, followed by
devotional exercises. conducted by
Rev. w. III. Scott. Supervisor e. B.
Zines delivered the address Of well
come, the response being by Mr.. G. e.
Arney. Prof. ]. A. King, Of Iowa
State College, Ames. delivered the
principal address. He congratulated
the people OF Marshall county on their
enthusiasm in up-to-date ideas on
things agricultural, and compared the
work being done here with that at
other places in the state show that at
Marshall is in the front ranks of pro-
gress. He predicted great success for
the next short course meeting. He
showed the Importance of agriculture
as compared with that of other indus
tries in this country, by the statement
that three fourths of the exports Of
the United States are created from the
products of the farm. In support of
the value Of the county experimental
feature he said that students of agrf-
cultural problems, from foreign coun-
4v3r oorravrnndor0o with, tho qrrri-
cultural school at Ames, were invar-
iably interested in these smaller sta
lions. He dwelt on the advantages of
farm life and abiding to the fact that
so many OF our great men come from
the farms gave as a reason that the
rural boy received SO many, lessons IN
self reliance Incidental to his work.
He advised the closer study OF plants,
seeds and bugs, as an aid in scientihc
farming predicting that these subjects
would receive much attention In the
short course work OF the future. Pro-
lessor King held the interested atten-
ton Of q big audience turnout his ad-
dress.
"A quartet OF singers, composed Of
Messrs. p. F.. Arney, Wallace Arney.
Frank Dennis and F. Aubrey Smith,
delighted the gathering with several
songs, and Miss Mary Price Of Albion,
gave a reading entitled, "Brenz,
which received favorable comment.
Three Base Ball Games.
Three base ball contests were pulled
off during the day. The first was be-
tween Lamoille and the Cyclones, q
rural team from the vicinity Of Wash
ington Centex The score: Lamoille s,
Cyclones 8. Batteries; Wilson and
Wilson, Reed and Ellis.
In the second game Albion defeated
the Cyclones by a score Of 3 to l.
Batteries: Hall and Blubaugh, Kirken-
dali and Ellis.
In the last game the Cyclones, some
what reorganized were beaten by State
Center, 5 to /. The batteries We're:
Myers and Buck, Bower and Richards.