Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-12-03

Hooper. The roll was called and the
following members answered to their
| names: NJ. NJ. Lochner. J. G.. Kieffer,
j. c. Chapman. Nash Mitchell, E. P.
| Arpin, A J. Hasbrouck. Geo. P,
Hambrecht. Geo. t. Rowland, E. R.
Griffith. E. L. Rourke, Chas. E. Les
ter, Frank Whitrock, Louis Amund-
sou. P. n. Christensen. r. FL. Schroe-
der, o. g. Lindemann. E. M. Dem
ing, VIM. FL. Kemps, Jos. p. Hertz,
| Joseph Kohel, VIM. Hooper, E. Eich-
steadt. Henry Forbes. Geo. W. Brown,
J. G. KurtZ, Jacob P. Esser. Henry
Sherman, Knute Knutson, Geo. H
Conklin, Simon Worlund. Peter Han
sen. Total 81.
A. P. Bean, supervisor from the
town OF Hansen, sworn in by the clerk,
Moved by Mr.. Forbes that the read
ing OF the Journal be dispensed with.
Carried.
Communications received and read.
Bills received and referred.
Moved by Mr. Lindemann that this
| Board adjourn until Thursday. Nov.
| II, at 2 o'clock, p. m. Carried
| Court House 2:C0p. m, Nov. II '0S.
Board met pursuant to adjournment
and was called to order by Chairman
Hooper.
Roll called and a quorum present.
E. J. Deckert, supervisor of the 1st
ward Of city of MarShtield, sworn in
by the clerk.
Moved by Mr. Brown that the read
ing of the Journal be dispensed with.
| Carried.
| Communications received and read.
| Reports received.
Bills received and referred.
| To the honorable members of the
County Board of supervisors of Wood
County, Wis.
Your specs al committee, appointed
to investigate and report on the ad.
visibility of adding county school of
agriculture and a school of domestic
science to the present training school
system Of our county, respectfully re-
port as follows:
Your committee, on Oct. 26, q and
z8, made trip TO Menomonie. Wis,
and Wausau, Wis, to examine the
county training schools located in
those cities. The Agricultural and
Domestic Science Departments in
Menomonie have about fifty scholars
at present enrolled, about twenty
boys and thirty girls. They expect to
have about twenty more scholars en-
rolled later on. The work is well es-
tablished at Menomonie and has been
such success as TO attract the atten-
ton Of the people throughout the
state of Wisconsin, as well as in the
| United States.
They have complete dairy plant
and the operations of this plant are
under the head of an expert butter
| M Il nd tho ic o1
from the farmers in the vicinity of
Menomonie and the results of the
creamery department show sub
/ a manual training school to this
plant, where the boys are taught
blacksmithing, brick laying and other
land in connection with the school,
but this removed about one mile from
the school buildings, every depart
ment of the Training school, Agri-
cultural and Domestic Science are
surely bringing good results. There
is short term of about a weeks time
during the mid whit er for the farmers
which is well attended.
The Domestic Science school is also
we'll conducted and the young ladies
are taught TO take care of the dairy
and sew and do general house work
and as to the selection of seeds and a
general knowledge of agriculture.
| Your committee are indebted fol
the many courteSieS shown by Senator
lStout, who devoted considerable time
to giving information to your commit,
tee: the faculty of the school were
also very kind and attentive to oul
committee.
The Menomonie school force con
sists of a principal and two assistants
besides a practical butter maker as
; we'll as one half of the time of steno
grapher and bookkeeper, the time OF
the latter being divided with the
Training School for teachers.
The expenses of the school of agri
culture and domestic science at Men
omonie are about seven thousand
Isl, 0OO) dollars per year.
We next visited the Training schoo
at Wausau and were pleasantly sur
priSed to find that there was a large
attendance there, consisting of q
boys and 30 girls in the schools OF
Agriculture and Domestic Science
They expect about % more students
within short time. The work here i:
being pushed in thorough manne
and is showing up good results.
We interviewed a number of bust
ness men. all of whom are well satisfied
with the work being done by thes,
schools and the results that are shown
by the graduates throughout the
country. There was no effect mad
J by the present superintendent whC
arrived last year to secure Student
so those who attend were amOns
those most needed The schools ar,
about to start butter making plan
on a small scale, they have consider
, able shrubb Try planted and the dem
onstrations made growing crops il