Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-02-17
More Than 200 Attend First
Session, and Prospects Are
Most Flattering
WORK OF CLASSES BEGINS
Opening Lectures Are Given and the
Glasses Are Organized for Work -
Seventy six Women Register for the
Household Economics Classroom
Contest Brings More Corn Than
There is Room For.

| Marshall county's first short course
| opened under the direction of the eX-
| tension department OF Iowa State Col
lege this morning. From the very
| first it gives promise of being success
| in every department., and the outlook
| today was most promising for the
week. Up to noon PAP men and women
had registered for the three classes.
Before noon arrived the quarters used
for the display of the corn entered for
prizes aggregating more than $1,000,
inadequate for the purpose.
There had registered up to noon
for the corn and animal husbandry
classes 166 men from all parts of the
county, including this city. The two
| classes. when they met in the first joint
gathering, were noticeable for the very
large number of young men, who made
up the major part of the audience.
Fully three out Of every four were
under 35 years of age. These are the
| sons Of the men who were the pioneers
| OF Iowa who are here this week to
the fertility Of their land, raise larger
and better crops than did their fathers,
and breed more valuable horses, cattle,
swine, and sheep.
From this city and from the county
seventy-six women registered TINS
morning for the household economies
class. Perhaps three out of every
four are from this city, and ma
jority are young women.
Work Starts Promptly.
| Little delay was experienced IN get
! ting the short course going at fun
swing. At 1890 the corn and animal
| husbandry classes met together in the
| west court room, where Prof. p. q.
Holden talked to them for a few min
utes, outlining the work of the classes
and giving general instructions. When
he had closed, the first lecture of the
course was delivered before the same
audience by Prof. r. X. Bliss, head of
the department OF animal husbandry'
Of Iowa State College. His general
subject was feeds and feeding. and ne
took up in detail the relative values
! and cost Of alfalfa, clover timothy
corn and oats. Adjournment was taken
until | o'clock, when the corn Grass
went into session in the east corn
room for its first work, and the animal
husbandry class gathered in the sib-
bey building for it's initial instruction
Prof. P. G.. Holden is at the head OF
4 both classes. The instructors for the
corn Class are ]. c. Abraham. president
of the Mount Pleasant short course
john jenkins. of Columbus Junction.
Paul Taft. of Panora; William .McAr-
thur, of Mason City, and Prof. j. ~
King, of Ames.
Professor Bliss is assisted by w. ii
Peters, student of animal husbandrs
of Iowa State College in directing the
work of the animal husbandry class
Show Ring is Ready.
The Kibbey building has been suit
ably arranged for the animal hus-
bandry class. Alterations are to be
made at once which will make it still
more suitable for the purpose Of judg-
ing live stock. Near the center is a
sawdust ring, into which the fancy
horses, steers, swine and sheep, Whlcf
have been gathered here for the course
will be led and judged. On one side
raised rows of seats have been place.
for the members of the class.
When the class met this afternoon al
[ o'clock sheep was the subject taker
up. Instruction was given in the mar
ket type of sheep and in judging the
market classes. Tomorrow will be de-
voted to the market type of horses
and the judging of draft horses.
; The first work of the corn class this
afternoon was in studying the points
of an ear of corn which indicate pro-
ductiveness. TomorroW's work will be
the method Of selecting seeds for plant.
ing and the advantages of having wei
matured corn The latter half of this
subject will also include the study OF
an ear with view of learning those
points which indicate maturity
Women Learn Of Foods.
1t was good-sized group of womer
that Miss Edith Charlton, of Iowa
State College, faced in the basement
of the Congregational church this
morning at the opening Of the house
hold economics class. She devoted ar
hour from 1890 to 1880, to featuring
on foods and food values and thei1
uses in the body. She touched on the
relative values of various food, includ-
ing the heat and energy PRODUCING
qualities of sugar and fats. Her lecture
was illustrated with charts
At 1880 o'clock, when the class met
Miss Charlton gave demonstration
with eggs and milk and a talk on sew
ing, illustrating with corset cover
Tomorrow's program includes talk
on personal hygiene. a demonstration
Of cooking vegetables, cereals and
breakfast foods and a talk on home
decorations. The latter talk will be il
lEstrated
Bushels of Prize Corn
Early this morning it became appar-
ent that the store room at 122 East
Main street where the corn is entered fol-
the prizes, would be too small to prop
erly show all of the samples entered
AS the corn kept coming, it became
necessary to pile the ears three deep
in places. BY actual count, up to 1890
O'Clock this morning 2,130 ears OF corn
had been entered. One hundred sew
enty-six samples of corn had been en-
tered up to the time the count was
made and more was being brought in.
Some farmers entered corn in as many