Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-02-08
URGE ATTENDANCE
State Farmers Institute at Ed
wardsviIIe, Feb. 1924 Be-
ing Boosted.
SPECIAL RATES ON ROADS
Leading Students of Agriculture from
Several States Will Lead in
Discussions.

The 10Th annual meeting of the I'LL
nois Farmers institute and department
of household science will be held in
Edwardsville Tuesday, Wednesday and
Thursday, Feb. %, % and "a. A strong
effort is being made to secure large
attendance. Reduced fares on rail-
roads have been arranged for and the
state is bling literally covered with
bandbills and other literature designed
to call attention to the meeting. In
the handbills circulated reasons why
the average farmer should attend are
given, as follows:
There never was a time in the his
tory of this country when the con-
sumption of farm products so nearly
equaled the volume of production. You
will never again see cheap corn,
cheap meat and cheap poultry. Why?
Because we now have more consumers
than producers.
There is to be. in the very near fu-
ture, a struggle for land and the food
it will produce. such as the world has
never yet beheld. Our hope is in i'm
proved agriculture; in conservation of
y
closer study of the problems of pro-
duction
Belongs to People.
THE Illinois Farmers institute be-
longs to the people. 1t is a public in
stitution in which every citizen may
have a voice and a vote without formal
ity. It's object is to disseminate use
full information, encourage deeper
study of the business of farming, help
to grow better crops, raise better stock,
increase the fertility of soil, and to Sc
cure better highways over which to
market the products.
IF you know all you need to know
about these important matters, you
should be public-spirited enough to al
tend the meetings and take part in the
that others, not so for
tunate. may have the benefit of your
knowledge and profit by adopting your
names of some of the men and women
who will lead the discussions during
this great meet:
Governor Charles s. Deneen; Pro-
lessor Charles E Thorne, director of
the Ohio experiment station; L. w.
Page, director U. S. Office of good
roads; A. N. Johnson. state highway
engineer; Miss Harriet Rinaker; Pro
lessor H. G. Russell; DR.. Eugene Dav-
EXPORT; Miss NJ S. Tye, Washington
hospital, St. Louis, Mo-; Frank II. Hall;
Mrs Nellie Kedzie Jones; DR.. S. A.
Forbes; DR.. Cyril G. Hopkins; Profes-
sor ]. c. Blair; Professor o. d. Cen |
ter; Frank l. Mann; George F. Tul- |
ock; Francis G. Blair; Professor D. o. |
Barto; w S. Perrine Professor ]. w: |
Lloyd; Miss Ruth Conibear; Professor
H. w. Mumford; Professor w. J. Fra
ger; DR.. J. NJ Wright; DR.. A. T. Pc
-ers: D. T. Heinrich; Mrs. Grace G.
Durand; Professor L. D. Hall; Profess |
sor w. c. Coffey; William Dietrich; |
Miss Bertha Miller; Mrs Orville T. |
Bright: Mrs. Margaret NJ Bangs, and |
many others.
For Others Than Farmers.
Farmers, merchants and profession I
al men and the wives and daughters, |
all are welcome, and will find much of |
interest and profit in these meetings. |
A little money invested in railroad |
fare and hotel bills may return ten /
times the cost in the gain of a single |
new idea or method pertaining to your
business"