Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-12-04
Z. N. STEINER IN ADDRESS AT IN
sTITUTE DECLARES WOOL PRO-
DUcING ANIMAL. MORE. PROFIT
ABLE THAN OTHERS.
S E S $40 N S ARE
LARGELY ATTENDED
PROF. G. r. BLISS AND PROF. G. r.
TRoEGER OF STATE AaRIcuL-
TuRAL COLLEGE OF AMES TALK
ON IMPORTANT TOPICS.

Sheep were referred to as savings
banks for the farmers of Wapello
county at the morning session of the
Institute today in the Commercial col
lege building. E. N. Sterner was the
advocate of the wool bearing animal,
and he started in from the start to
convert to his belief all the farmers
within his hearing. Among the other
we'll known speakers who addressed
the farmers today were Prof. G. r.
Bliss and Prof l.. e. Troeger of Ames
college, who spoke on Farm Crops"
and Animal Industry"
Despite the bad weather, which
makes worse the bad roads leading in
to this city, the attendance at today's
session is large.
While the attendance at the morn
ing session was not large, the crowd
OF men and women present this aft
arnoon shows conclusively that Wap-
clio county farmers must have a lar
ger hall in which to hold their meet
Ings in the future. Every available
seat was occupied and standing space
around the room was taken UP.
Morning Session.
The morning session was called to
order by the president, Frank Gephart,
who announced the committees on res
plutions and nomination which will
make their reports tomorrow. The
following were appointed to places on
the two committees:
Resolutions-Frank Whitcomb, N.
o. johnson and G. F. Mast.
Nominating-Lincoln Dimmitt, G. W..
Shepherd, John NJ McElroy, L. New
duist and George w. Evans.
The first paper on the morning pro-
gram was given by E. N. Sterner en-
titled "Does it Pay to Raise Sheep"
Mr.. Sterner, who is an extensive sheep
raiser, believes 1t does. He stated that
sheep are savings banks and they were
equally as valuable as other kinds Of
live stock. He discouraged the idea
Of some Of the farmers who were in
clined to think that Iowa land was too
costly to raise sheep upon and he
went on to show how as much money
was realized from the wool of the
sheep and lambs. He gave figures to
show how the sheep were equally as
valuable to the farmer as hogs, cattle
and horses and did not demand as
much care as the animals mentioned.
AS fertilizer of the soil where they
travelled, Mr.. Sterner stated that sheep
did better work than any manure
spreader manufactured. The diseases
of the other live stock, such as tuber-
culosis in cattle and trichina in hogs
caused an increased demand for NUT
ton, and the price obtained from the
sale of sheep was sufficient to pay a
nice dividend. In closing he stated that
wool was being used more and more in
the manufacture of wearing apparel
and wool was now demanding the
highest price in the last forty years
Other sheep raisers participated in
the discussion and their ideas were
similar to those of Mr.. Sterner.
Miss Rita Evans favored the audi
snce with soprano solo and the
young lady received much applause.
Bliss Gives Address.
Prof. G. R. Bliss of the extension
department of the State Agricultural
college Of Ames was the next speaker
on the morning program. His tall
was confined to farm crops and frui
growing He explained to the farmers
The proper way to SOW potatoes ana
other farm crops and he dealt thor
oughly on the fruit growing business
He declared that Iowa should be the
biggest apple growing state in the
union If the farmers would not neglec
this part of farm work.
Prof. Bliss used a series of diagrams
along with his address to fully explain
10 the audience the thought which h
wished to express deeply in thei
minds. He did not complete his ad
dress until after dinner and he spen
the remainder of the afternoon judg
Ing the corn exhibits.
The Farmer as Producer.
One of the features of the Afternoon
program was the address by Prof.
b. Troeger another member of the ex
tension department of the State Agri
cultural college at Ames. Economy o
Animal Production" was the subjec
Of his talk. In opening his address
Prof. Troeger declared that the farm
er was the greatest and most import
ant producer in the United States. Th
greatest problem Of the farmer is t
produce cheaply and he must give til
cheapneSS of production as much at