Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-01-10
INSTITUTE ELECTS
New Officers Are Named at the
Morning Session of Farmers
at Taylor Ridge.
ADDRESSES ARE HEARD
Interesting Discussions by University
Men - Scientist and Practical
Men In a Debate.

Taylor Ridge, H., Jan. 1O.-(Argus
Special)-At this mornings session
of the annual Farmers institute, Off
GERS for the ensuing year were elected
as follows:
President-W. S. Mccullough, Tay-
or Ridge.
Vice President-F. A. Wood, Edging-
ton
Treasurer-J. B. Titterington, Rock
island.
Executive Committee-John Fife, A.
Saddoris, and William H. Groh, all OF
Port Byron.
The next meeting will be held at
Port Byron, according to the custom
airy rotation.
Attendance is Large.
The attendance this afternoon was
unusually large, it being almost i'm
possible to accommodate the crowd at
the Methodist church, where the msti
tute sessions are being held. The at
tendance and the interest in the corn
and domestic science contests is great
er than in many years.
This afternoons program includes
addresses by Clifford Older of the state
highway commission. on Roads and
Bridges" by C. w Bridgeford of JOY.
On The Care and Feeding of Swine
and by Miss Henrietta Sherrard OF
Reynolds, on "Beautifying the Sur
lroundings of the Rural Home"
The session will close with tonight 5
meeting, when Miss Jennie C. Barlow
| of Champaign will talk on domestic
science. The prizes in the corn and
domestic science exhibits will be
awarded at the evening meeting.
There are about 20 samples of corn
exhibited in the different classes, and
an unusually large exhibit of home
lproducts are shown in the domestic
science contests.
| Mornings Program.
AT this mornings meeting an address
was made by Leonard Hegnauer of the
University of Illinois, who was to have
spoken yesterday morning. Mr.. Heg
nauer spoke ON The Right Education
| for the Boy Who Expects to Farm.
His talk was devoted largely to a dis
cussiOn of the work of the state univer
| sity in the agricultural college. He
spoke of the objects and advantages
of the school. and showed that the
course is intended to train the boy fol
the farm and not away from it. Among
other things he spoke of the impetus
given to agriculture in the last II
Years, which he said exceeded any in
| Auence ever known before. In cOnclu
sion, he argued that the future prom
ises still more. and he urged that the
country boy think carefully before hi
leaves the farm for other pursuits.
Capacity of Soil.
y. G.. Eckhart, a Buffalo Prairie
Young man now connected with the
University of Illinois, spoke on an
lCreasing the Productive Capacity o
Illinois Soil" He held that no rota
ltion of crops and no method OF farm
ing will permanently keep up the ele
ments Of the soil, and that of the II
elements required, several can be re
Istored to the ground only by direct az
IplicatiOn. Of the 10 elements required
by plant life, three are often absent
nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium
Glover and other legumes supply nitro
gen, but the other two must be SUI
piled directly. He gave statistics o
experiments conducted along this lin
under different conditions.
A letter from Fl. f. Chapman of Nc
line, who was to have delivered an aC
dress, was read, expressing his regre
at being unable to attend.
The Best Education.
At last evenings session E. f. Kin(
ley of EdginSton spoke on the subject
How Shall We Educate Our Childre
10 Get the Best Results?" He frs
showed the history of education partly
showing the Spartan method of educs
ting the young to courage, the add
ton of honor, literature and. art b
the Romans of ancient times, and tn
further addition of chivalry in tn
Christian era. He maintained that a
Of these elements are required of moe
ern education, and he discussed som'
what the methods and manner in whic
4 the results desired may be attained.
a paper was read by Mrs. John Park
1 of Edgington on THE Model Family
the Rural Home" She took the vie
that the farm home is the ideal hom
and spoke of methods of beautifyin