The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-02-18
attendance Yesterday and Today is
Large and Interest in Corn
Contest is Running
High.
RULES WHICH GOVERN
prof. A. D. Storms and w. P. Morri-
SON Were Principal Speakers
at Institute Wednesday
p. M. and Night.
fBy a Staff Correspondent

[By a Staff Correspondent
DONNELLSON, Iowa, Feb. 1S.-
The fourth annual meeting of the Lee
County Farmers Institute closed its
first day of the meeting last night
with gratifying success and although
moi SO many are in attendance this
wear on account of bad roads, the at
tendance is exceedingly large and the
affair decided success for those con-
cerned.
More persons are in attendance to-
dav than Yesterday and the days pro-
gram is an interesting one. Farmers
from all over the section are in at
tendance at the institute and decid-
ed interest is being shown both in the
Institute and corn show.
The evenings program opened with
song Down on the Farm" by the
Mount Pleasant quartet, composed OF
Messrs. Willetts, Anderson, Han
await and Willets. The participants
In the song were all four attired in
garb Indicative of the common, pros
perous every day American farmer,
all wearing the broad felt field hats,
with red bandanas about their necks
and wearing overalls and jackets. The
quartet when appearing on the plat
form was greeted with round of ap-
pladse from the exceedingly large
audience and when their part had
been completed were given hearty ap-
plause by all. The music given by
and their part of the evenings pro
gram was one of the most enjoyed
by the many who attended. Each OF
the members the quartet carried
one of the lighter implements, com
monty seen on the farm, the little
brown jug, pitchfork, a rake and =
hoe. AS an enchore Cause I'd Moth
ing Else to do" was sung.
Hon. w. P. Morrison.
Hon. Joe Fry who had charge Of the
evenings program then introduced
Hon. W. P. Morrison, of College
Springs Iowa, who took for his sub
ject Successful Traits of Character
in Business Men"
In part he said: Every boy ant
girl who has no ambition to get aheat
IN the world, there is something sadl.
lacking in them. In my travel over thu
country, | am brought in contact will
breeders of fine stock. One man oil
20 head of hogs at $3.50 per heat
While another man in the same stat
OF Nebraska sold the same breed o
hogs Just as good at $50 per head
what was the difference-one man
word was good with the public and h
could command good price, while tn
other would cheat you if he could.
10 be good breeder and have SUI
cess in cattle you must do three thing
flrst love your cattle, second fee
them we'll and third make your wor
as good as gold and your stock wi
SCI
Farmer Burns was brought up on
farm and took out door exercises o
The farm. That is the reason h
tnrew Hackenschmidt at the age {
ior,y-slx years. he never used liquo
or tobacco. That was the reason h
was so successful in his line of bus
ness. The man who uses liquor
handicapped, the railroads and othe
businesses do not want them.
Two years ago in Keokuk county
man said that the boy who raised til
pest ten ears OF corn he would gil
prize and to the girls prize for tt
pest in domestics. I had to do tt
Judging, but it got the best of me c
account of having to eat all the brea
aha cakes baked by the girls.
superintendent Given of the Roc
Island railroad at Des Moines is
5000 example of the young man WI
succeeded in the world, starting in
section boss and working his way ,
" ms present position.
Ames college in this state is fiji
institution and many of our young
poys are taking advantage of the CT
lege.
When the cattle don't pay and v
come home from market our wiv
neip us out many times with the
chicken money" yet we growl abo
their chickens.
what is the bes: stock to raise I
ene farm, cattle, pigs, sheep? n
Wits and boys are the best stock th
can be raised on the farm. had