The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-12-30
STATE COLLEGE.
Special TO THE CITIZEN.


Saturday marked the close of the
fifth annual session of Farmers
Week at the Pennsylvania State Col
lege. The session showed a marked
increase in the number of farmers
who attended the lectures over form
er years. In all about 500 farmers
from Sc counties of the state were
present. The county having the
highest number of representatives in
attendance was Washington and next
in order came Bradford.
There were over one hundred lee
ures on different phases of the ag-
ricultural problems and four lectures
going on each hour in as many diff
ferent rooms of the Agricultural and
Dairy Building. OF special interest
to those interested in fruit culture
was the display of apples, dressed,
poultry and eggs in one of the rooms
of the Agricultural Building. 1t
showed the good fruit which the
| farmers of Penn state" can produce
and showed the interest taken by
each in seeing who could raise the
best" No prizes were offered, but
! in the corn exhibition, in the room
adjoining, there were prizes offered
! for the best specimens of the varie-
ties on exhibition. The first prize
! for the best Yellow Dent went to
Pusey Cloud, Kennett Square; sec
ond: Bayard Bros, Wyalusing;
White Dent: e. G. Cloud and Bro,
Kennett Square; second. Samuel
Faust, Obolisk, Pa. Flint corn: J. w.
| Moore, Bethlehem; second: Harry
Rockell, Clinton. White Cap Dent:
j. A. Beck, White Deer; second: j.
B. Merry. Safe College.
The grand sweepstalks went to
Pusey Cloud and the Grand Champ
! ion Ear prize was won by Bayard
Pros, Wyalusing.
Altogether there was some very
nice corn shown.
Each evening at s o'clock there
would he a speech or lecture on some
subject, many of them illustrated
with lantern slides. OF great inter-
est to all was the lecture by Prof. T.
]. Mairs on the "Correspondence
| Courses and Methods of Conducting
which began in rather small way
over twelve years ago with only
a few enrolled and growing to what
it has to-day, with an enrolment of
5000 and employing several clerks
to examine and grade lessons, etc.
He showed in plain, concise manner
how farmer or any one could in
crease his knowledge of agriculture
by taking a course and studying at
odd or spare hours, it not being
necessary to intefere with other
work. No tuition is necessary, the
student only having to buy text
books and examination papers.
Some interesting subjects on Sat
urday were Growing Wheat" s. L.
Faust; Irrigation of Vegetables, "
Prof. Watt; "Plant Breeding" J. b.
Hill and Dairy Barn CONSTRUCTION, ,"
Prof. Van Norman. The last includ-
ed talk on the up-to-date methods
of sanitation and ventilation which
! are so often neglected in putting up
barns. Also many little conyeniences
were pointed out to be kept in mind
in planning the structure so as to be
handy. This lecture was in the Dairy
Building and was followed by an
ice cream" lecture by Prof Van
Norman and an Ice Cream Demon
stration" by f. p. Knoll. After
hearing the classification of the vari-
GUS frozen dishes and the formulas
for their successful manufacture, the
visitors repaired to the creamery
laboratory where Mr.. Knoll demon
strated the actual process of making
the product, from the mixing of the
cream and flavor, freezing, to pack
ing in cans, preparatory to shipment
or for local consumption. After
freezing the cream, the visitors were
each given fair sample to see the
good results produced by mixing the
salt and ice in the right proportions
for the freezing, mixture and adding
the right amount of flavor to the
cream, etc.
Saturday forenoon marked the con-
clusion of the successful week and
most of the farmers departed for
their homes to get there in time to
spend Xmas, while a few preferred
to spend the coming day in town
with friends, to sample the hospital,
ity and also to taste the roast turkey
of State College.