The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1908-12-31
FARMERS
INSTITUTE
Will Be Held Here Beginning
Tuesday. June IL
MANY PRIZES FOR CORN CONTEST
And Most Interesting Program
Provided

rIOVlu6u
The annual institute of the Brook
ings County Farmers Institute asso-
citation will be held in the opera house
in this city January IL, 13, IA, Is
and 16. This years institute will be
one day longer than last year, and
will be much better in every other
way. A fine program has been pre-
pared as follows:
Tuesday, January II.
Noon Free lunch in the opera house
dining room to all farmers and
their wives attending the insti-
tute.
1:3O Opening exercises.
200 tuberculosis, it's development
and treatment. Dr. E. L. Moore
AS NOXious weeds (question box).
80 Things as | saw them in
Europe. ....... DR.. r. l.. Slagle
Wednesday, January 13-CoIIege Day
1890 Movements of Soil Moisture
Prof. j. V. Bopp
1l:15 Stock Breeding
............P Prof J. w. Wilson
1870 Election Of Officers.
200 The New Preventive of Hog
Cholera ..... DR.. e. l.. Moore
2:30 Bird and Insect Friends and
Enemies of the Farmer
.............Pr Prof Matheson
300 Maintaining the Productiveness
of the Soil. 80. Prof G. Willis
Evening-"The District Leader at the
opera house, popular prices.
Thursday, January H.
1890 Stock Judging at the College
Barn.
1870 Bees in Agriculture. DR.. Olive
200 Potatoes as a Commercial
Crop. Frank Sherwin
3:l5 Good Roads. .....H H. l. StearnS
All lady visitors will be entertained
at the lodge room of the opela house
by Mrs. X. l.. Slagle, who will talk
on Social Conditions and Customs as
l Saw Them in Europe" Mrs. Wash
burn will talk on The Handy Kitchen
and Women's Wcrk Made Easier
Evening.
7:30 Pure Food Prof j. II. Shepard
$50 What 1 Found in My Travels
and it's Adaptibility to Our Soils
and Conditions.
........... Prof. N. e. Hansen
Friday, January IS.
1880 Farm Buildings.
............P. ID. Washburn
11:15 Hogs. ....A. f. Chamberlain
1870 Poultry. ......P p. ID. Washburn
2:15 Dairying. .. Prof. G. Larsen
900 Corn. ......A. e. Chamberlain
Evening.
80 Making Home More Attractive
.............M Mrs. Washburn
500 Agriculture in America
............A. E. Chamberlain
Saturday, January 16.
49, 80 Horses. ..H. G.. Skinner
1900 The Beef Steer. w. d. Mckee
1880 Horticulture. ......A. Nordby
2:15 Corn Judging and general dis
cussion on Corn Culture, pre-
..paration of the SOIL seed bed,
planting, cultivation, etc. Led
by. Prof. Willis
g. 80 Sale of all corn and awarding
of premiums.
G.. N. Kennard, secretary Of the as
sociation, makes the following an
nouncement regarding the prizes to
be awarded:
Farmers of Brookings county take
notice that the Brookings County
Farmers Institute will convene on
Tuesday, January ~, 1909, and that
the business men of the City or
Brookings offer a cash premium of
twenty-five dollars for the best bushel
of seed corn in the ear. Second best
bushel, rocking chair by E. G..
Grover, valued at $500 Third best
bushel glass set by West & Packard
valued at 81. 0
Please note these conditions. This
corn must be your own raising and
of any variety. The seed must be
tested by you and the percentage of
termination handed in with the corn.
This corn will become the property
Of the association and sold to the
highest bidder for cash on the last
day of the institute The proceeds
of this sale will go into our institute
fund and will be used to defray ex-
penses of the same.
We hear on all sides loud COM
ments of the good corn grown in
Brookings county this year. Now
bring it along and make $25 for your
trouble. Let us have good display
of corn.
Farmer boys this is for you. We
furnish you your seed and from this
seed we want you to bring samples
of corn raised from the seed and com.
pete for the following prizes:
Glass A1.-Best " bushel corn IS
cash or merchandise by Caldwell &
Wilson.
End best " bushel seed a 1915
watch by e. H. Beatty.
3rd best " bushel corn 81 cash by
Sam Cornell.
Glass B-Best ten ears of seed corn
S. cash by C. A. Skinner.
End best ten ears So cash by c. d.
Kendall.
3rd best ten ears 81 cash by Chas.
Poole.
Class C.-Best single ear seed corn
IS cash by G. p. Sexauer.
End best single ear 50 cash or mer'
caandise by w. Baldridge.