Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1910-01-26
FARMERS WIVES AT
STATE UNIVERSITY
SPECIAL COURSES BEGIN FEB
RuARY s-DAIRY INTERESTS
PARAMOUNT.
SPECIAL STUDY OF HOME PROB
TENSIONS TO STUDY
GRASSES.


small boys between the ages OF 10
and is years. will open at the Uni
yersity of Wisconsin college Of agri-
culture on February and extend, &C
cording to the individual course,
from five TO ten days. In this man
ner the university provides a means
for every man and woman in the rural
districts of the state who finds it i'm
possible to attend the regular univer-
sity courses during the year. to OPP
tain assistance in the solution of the
particular problems of their oecupa-
lions.
Dairy Interests Paramount.
The production, care and use of
milk will not only be treated specific.
ally in the five-days course for dairy
men and cheese factory operators
and managers. February SIP, ana the
ten-days course for Swiss cheese man
ufacturers, February SIS, but it will
also be the principal topic of discus
sion at the ten-days farmers course,
when many of the addresses delivered
will bear on. the ventilation of dairy
buildings, the feeding of cows. the
control of bovine tuberculosis, the re.
lation of the dairy industry to farm
fertility, and general business metz
DDS on the dairy farm.
State Veterinarian d. B. Clark will
conduct an examination February Is
of those who wish TO test cattle for
tuberculosis, and with Dean H. L Rus
sell of the college of agriculture will
deliver several lectures on tuberculo-
sis. with a postmortem demonstration
of the effects of the disease on Febru.
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Noted Speakers.
Beside the lectures in the farmers
course by members OF the college fac
ulty on general farming topics, such
as grains and forage crops, horticul-
iture. live stock breeding, feeding and
judging, soil fertility and drainage,
there will be addresses by Professor
T. L. Hacker. University of Mime
sofa; Joseph E Wing, Chicago; S. A.
! Knapp. U. S. department of agricul-
ture; DR.. c. G. Hopkins, University OF
Illinois. and f. r. Crane. Dunn Coun-
ty School of Agriculture.
The Recognition Exercises on the
evening of February Is, at which tes-
timonials will be presented TO men
who have rendered prominent serv-
ices III the development OF scientific
agriculture, will he marked by a spe-
cial address by Superintendent T. A.
Harvey of Stout institute. Menomo.
ME, on Education Tor the Farm BOY.
Practical Dairy Work.
Both in the ten-days course for
Swiss cheese makers, where the stu
dents will practice the Babcock test,
casein test, and others, and in the
iiye-days dairy course. where there
will be addresses by Professors e. X.
Slater and r. l. Hacker of the Uni
versity of Minnesota, and j. @. En-
cry, state food and dairy commission
er for Wisconsin,, special emphasis
will be laid on the practical side OF
instruction. Exercises will be given
in cream ripening, churning, working
butter, testing milk, cream and but
ter, and the use of the various me
chanical devices in the dairy school
Since the monthly butter and cheese
scoring exhibition will be held Feb
ruary IL, during the courses for
dairymen and cheese makers, oppor.
tunity win he given to study the
methods pursued in inc scoring.
| Special Study Of Home Problems.
The Home and the Child will &c
the special topi cot discussion given
most emphasis in the ten-days WON
ems course IN home economies, when
such problems will be considered ais
the proper food for growing children,
the feeding problems of infancy, bal
aneed rafions. ventilation ard sam.
tatioD. the care and food of the del
room, and the education Of young
girls. Among the speakers secured
for the course are Anna Tjarrows, Co
lumbia university, New York; Nellie
/ ti0bhSs OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES College,
and Professor Abby L. Mariatt OF the
University Of Wisconsin department
Of home economics, all of whom are
recognized authorities on their spe-
cial subjects.
Small Boys to Judge Grains.
To inspire the small boys OF the
state with an interest in agricultural
study and an amb. ion 10 fit them
selves for the best types Of farm
worl, The university this year offers a
fivedays course in corn and grain
| Judging for boys from 10 to fe years
of age. to be held February s-12. All
boys who won scholarships at the
county fair grain contests his year
WIN have their entire expenses in
Madison paid by the college. and the
course wiz be free to other boys, who
viii, however. have their board and
room to pay.
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