Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1908-12-10
The Farmers Institute.

The three days session of the
Harrison County Farmers in
|stitute passed off without a
hitch or a bubble. The Chris
tian church, the largest in the
city, has been the place where
all the sessions were held, and
with the large auditorium, an
mex and gallery it was demon
|strated there was no room to
spare. At the evening sessions
the crowd could not find stand
ling room.
The first session opened
Thursday evening. The chief
attraction for this period was
the address of j. H. Beveridge,
of Council Bluffs, superinten-
dent of the public schools there.
He took for his subject Getting
a Margin" and he presented
some very excellent thoughts
and did it in a decidedly force
full and pleasing manner. His
address was along educational
lines, but no stereotyped "pro-
fessional" effusion such as one
hears at an association of ped
agOgueS. It dealt with the
practical things of life; the
possibilities open for the young
man and young woman of to-
day as compared with fifty
years ago if a willingness shown
on their part to appropriate
them was worth listening to.
The speaker emphasized the
Importance of the practice of
daily reading of the right class
of literature, say an hour a day
not only farmers and farmers
children, but everybody.
Friday afternoon was given
over mostly to papers and dis
cussions by Harrison county
farmers on topics related to
farming in various ways.
winter Wheat" by Frank
Gibson, of Logan, was interest
ing and brought out consider
able discussion. Papers at this
session were "The Kitchen in
the Farm Home and GLOW l
Would Run the Farm if Were
a Man" The latter paper was
presented by Mrs. Beck, of
Logan, and it drew out all man
ner of comment and discussion.
This was where the ladies had
an inning. They were given
free swing in the open parley
and they were not backward
about getting into the fray.
At the Friday evening session
the house was again filled to
the full limit.
A piano duet by Mrs. G. w.
Coe and Mrs. DIR. O'Connor, a
baritone solo by Adolph Siebel's
a reading by Rev. Hall, and a
ladies' quartette by Mrs. Jeffer-
son, Miss La Sourd, Miss Bene-
dict and Miss Haas, were all
numbers thrown into the even
ing program aside from the
regular address, and all were
faultlessly rendered and encor-
ed in every instance. The ad-
dress OF the evening was by
Prof. C. P. Colgrove of Cedar
Falls. His subject was "The
Farmer as a Factor in Civiliza-
tion." For three quarters of
an hour he spoke with so much
ease and zeal and interest that
it did not seem more than
twenty minutes. He would
place agriculture along with
art, literature or science, so far
as the place they should occupy
as a civilization factor is con-
cerned.
Saturday forenoon the chief
feature was the address by
Prof. Stevenson of Ames on
Harrison County soil. His
handling of the subject was
from the standpoint of one who
has given it a life long study
and his explanations were
scientific though not technical.
He referred to the soil ingre-
dients, and the need of some
systematic preservation of
these elements; the inevitabl
wear and tear on them by con
slant use is just as telling as
the wear on silverware is to its
plating Glover is one of the
best soil restoratives. An hour
of the forenoon session was
taken up with business matters