The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1909-01-14
Great Farmers Meeting at Co.
Iumdia.

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The Missouri farmer who was pres
emit at the Farmers Week" meet
ing held at Columbia last week un-
der direction OF the Missouri State
Board OF Agriculture is the only one
who can properly appreciate the
profit and pleasure that Ii is posi-
BILE TO get out OF such meeting. The
attendance exceeded 1000 and the
men and women who came from the
many Missouri farm homes went
back better satisfied with their occu.
pations, more enthusiastic as TO
their work and more hopeful for the
future. Important as was the ac-
tual instruction to be had, the en-
thusiasm and the broader, better,
brighter outlook which the visitor
carried home Is OF vastly more I'm
portsnce. Then this meeting is just
the place for Missouri farmers to
meet-for the cotton grower, the or
chardist, the corn king, the stock
raiser, the poultry isncier and men
from all the widely separated dis.
tricts Of Missouri to get acquainted.
This meeting and exchange OF Ideas
Is an education within itself, then
there is added value OF friendships
formed.
At the Farmers Week meeting the
Missouri live stock breeders, sheep
breeders, corn growers, dairymen.
swine breeders, horticulturalists, but.
ter and cheese makers, road work.
ers, bee keepers, and home makers
we're all represented, the various as
sociations holding separate meetings
In addition to the large general meet.
ings, which were participated In by
many men OF national reputation,
including such eminent workers as
Hon. W. NJ. Hays, assistant secre-
tary United States Department OF
Agriculture; DR.. W. j. Spillman OF
Washington, D. c.; Prof. e. A. Zavitz,
OF Guelph, Ontario, and many 9th.
ers.
There was feast OF good things,
and throughout the entire meeting
the keynote was better things for the
Missouri farmer and the Missouri
farmers family. The Home Makers
Conference was one OF the very best
features Of the weeks program.
Among speakers was Miss Martha
Van Rensselaer,, Of the Department
Of Home Economies, Cornell Univer.
sity, New York, who spoke on "What
ths State May do for the Farmers
Wife," She declared that the great.
est woman In all history is the Mis-.
souri, farmers wife who finds time to
attend to the household duties and
to bring up q family Of boys and
girls In the proper way. "Men and
women" said Miss Van Rensselaer,,
should work together for the con.
veniences OF the farm home" She
gave 1t as her opinion that the best
right that can be given to Q woman
Is to give her the intelligence that
will make her an ideal wife and moth.
er, for there Is no higher calling civ.
en- to woman than to learn how to |
keep home" Every dollar" said
she, shat the Missouri legislature
can be induced to give to betterment |
of homes will be we'll expended"
Rural school questions, with spec
ial reference to the teaching OF sgri-
culture, were discussed at length and |
consolidation OF districts urged by |
many In order that the country boy
and girl may have educational ad.
vantages equal to those afforded
the city child.
There were papers, discussions and
addresses on almost every subject in
which the Missouri farmer Is inter.
ested. The program was, In so far
as possible, q "show me" one, with
demonstrations, stock and grain
judging, dairy, apple and corn shows,
DR.. ]. W. Connawsy gave a demon.
stration In the methods OF the con.
troll Of hog cholera, after a talk on
the control OF the disease. This, like
other features, is Of vital interest to
Missouri farmers.
Missouri Farmers Week has be.
come the big educational gathering
NJ tho vaap for Miaaourd fapmnyo and