The Oskaloosa herald., 1909-12-16
AWARDS MADE AT
SHORT COURSE
Premiums In Several Classes Have
Been Completed.
ED ANDERSON FIRST ON CORN
The Bread and Butter Classes Have
Many Competitors, As Also Has
the Fruit, Honey and
Pickles Glass.
ED ANDERSON FIRST ON CORN
(From Mondays Daily)

The delegation from Ames. consist
ing of nearly dozen professors and
assistants, arrived with two car loads
Gus Short Course in Agriculture and
Domestic Science. being held all this
week under the direction of the Ex-
tension Department OF the State Agri-
cultural college.
Prof p G. Holden. OF world renown
as corn expert, will have charge of
the grain judging classes; Prof. r. X.
Bliss of the live stock judging classes.
and Miss Meals S. Knowles, of the
Domestic Science work
Places Of Meeting.
Domestic Science classes in the
basement of the Christian church.
Live stock judging at McClure's
Auto Garage
Corn and grain Judging over street
car waiting room.
Exhibits of grain and vegetables at
Schee's Auto Garage.
Afternoon lectures at 4 o'clock in
court room.
ENCHiH9 rStIdStiOto.
Four evening attractions have been
announced as follows:
Wednesday evening in Grand opera
house-Concert by Iowa Brigade
Band.
Thursday at 2:30 p. m.-Lecture by
D. Ward King. the Road Drag man.
Thursday evening in Court Room
Lecture by Prof B. H. Hubbard, of
Ames, one of the leading students of
political economy, and especially that
phase pertaining to farm life, in the
State OF Iowa His subject will be of
a popular nature and every one,
whether resident of city or, country
should hear him. q
Friday night at Court Room-Prize
Spelling Match open to all.
Afternoon Lectures.
The first lecture is to be given this
afternoon at 4 o'clock by Prof. Hold
en-. on Farmers Organizations, en-
phasizing the social. intellectual and
moral development that can be accom-
p'ished. Tomorrow afternoon Prof.
Bliss will lecture, probably on the sub
Ject of Feeds and Feeding" There
will be lecture each afternoon at
this hour in the court room.
The Live Stock.
Among the many exhibits brought
down from Ames for the Short Course
are some specimens of live stock
which are worthy of more mention
than any other feature of the work.
There is being shown in the live
stock classes in the Mcclure Garage.
one of the very best specimens of
beef animals in the orld.-"Winnie
Of Meadowbrook. Polled Angus
COW which from the time she was a
calf until four years old never took
less than second prize, and has been
entered in all of the leading shows in
America. She is an animal of extra
ordinary qualities and will be studied
in detail during the week. There are
also white Short-Horn and Polled
Angus steers, and Holstein and Jersey
dairy cows. Among the sheep there
is Shropshire eve which stood in
the winning pen in the international
stock show in Chicago this season in
competition with all sections of the
continent. There are several sheep,
including representatives of the
Southdown, Hampshire, Oxford and
Leicester. There is also a two-year-
old Percheron stallion Of good quail
ity.
Exhibit Car.
An exhibit car. furnished by the
Burlington Ry. Co., is side-tricked at
the Rock Island depot ard will be Wis
tied by all the grain and stock judg
ing classes and special arrangements
will also be made to have it open at
convenient hougs so that the school
children may be taken through and
derive benefit from the educational
! features it contains. In IL are differ
ent food stuffs for feeding stock, sam
pes OF soils Of different types found
in Iowa. different grades OF grain, al
falfa, grasses, etc, a travelling library
and numerous charts.
Girls Glasses.
| Miss Knowles, in charge of that de-
partment, has announced that classes
will be organized in Domestic Sci
ence for girls. to be conducted from
4 to 8 O'Clock each afternoon. A fee
OF 80 cents for the week will be
charged, with Is cents for single adj
missions. These classes VIII be
open, however, for ticket holders in
the Short Course.
First General Meeting.
The Short Course was formally OPP
ened by President Thos. Soseman. at
1880 o'clock this morning. at the
(. general Introductory meeting in the
court room. Talks were made by
Miss Knowles. Prof. Bliss and Prof.