Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-12-12
The Il /. INSTITUTE
ENDED TODAY
THREE DAYS SESSION BY THE
WAPELLo COUNTY FARMERS 1;
s CLOSED SATURDAY.
AWARDS WERE MADE

ums Distributed Today aIks
Feature the Program-Was
Successful Institute.
The closing day Of the Farmers In
stitute was made q busy one and the
finish did+not comebss,tntil late Sat
urday when the various products ex-
hihited were auctioned off to the high
est bidder In thegbidding lively
time was had as some of the premi-
UNI winners were sought after by the
farmers who wished to improve their
own production by the success OF
their neighbors A talk on the con.
servation OF the soil by Prof. Steven
son Of Ames was the closing speech OF
the mems program and furnished
food for thought to the assembled
farmers. 5
| The women had = program of their
own. this morning that perhaps was
greater in interest if numbers present
and attentiveness is criterion, than
any other feature OF the programs
given during the institute. The
school children from the various rural
schools were the features of the morn
ing program and the parents and re-
latives of the pupils were there IN
force. The various selections, must
cal and recitative were Of high CHAR
acter and merited the abundant ap-
plause they received. Miss Emma Nye
made a short talk on rural schools,
and paper by Mrs. David Jay on the
betterment of home life proved OF
pleasing interest Is the closing num-
Der of the wcmen's part of the pro-
gram for today.
Good School Display.
No small part of the institute was
the school exhibits on display, and
in this department it can be said that
the annual recurrence of the institute
shows an improvement in the charac-
ter of exhibits and specimens of work
that commends the schools OF the rur-
al districts to the people who send
their children to them. The advanc-
ed character OF the work ana in par
ucular that of the, primary grades Is
quite commendable and what might
have been thought needless waste OF
time and energy few years ago, has
proven to be one of the best examples
of what the younger children can do
in their training for more advanced
studies that come afterward. A pref
ty general exhibit of school work that
takes in most Of the grades taught has
been on display, and the map work is
one of the studies featured in the ex-
hibits The Judging took place this
morning. ID. Il, - e,
Friday Afternoon.
, Short talks on better breeds of cat.
tie, dairy herds and others was the
subject of number of speakers Fri
day afternoon in which consider
able interest was aroused. Following
this talk on silos and their construc-
ton was made by Prof. g. r.. Bliss Of
Ames who told the farmers much use
fuls knowledge about the value of sill
age and the way to go about making
silos. Later in the afternoon Prof.
Bliss having finished the judging of
told the people why he gave the sew,
eral premium winners their rating and
told the dement's of some of the ex-
hibits that failed of premium. The
explanations were OF considerable in,
terest and afforded the listeners some
insight to the judging Of products Of
the farm, In that the various phases Of
the articles exhibited were gone into
with much detail. This part of the
afternoon program was not concluded
until after.4 O'clock. Owing to the ar
rangements being made but yesterday
morning for the night opening of the
institute to afford Ottumwans a
chance to view the exhibits, number
of lanterns were provided as means
of lighting the room. Short talks
on cattle breeds were made by Chas.
Mast and David Jay, both Of whom
showed thorough acquaintance with
the subject.
M Women Hear Talks.
The women's department was also
very busy yesterday and a talk on
domestic science for the benefit of the
women was delivered by Miss Gather
inc MacKay OF Ames who dealt in bal.
anced rations and, food values as
theme for discoursing. Miss NJ. Will
son of the domestic science depart
ment of the high school spoke on
meats and soups and why domestic
science Is taught in public schools,
Thursday afternoon. The various
premiums were awarded in the wom-
ems department during the early part
of the afternoon. Lunch and coffee
was served by the ladies yesterday
and today. and sum was thus accu-
INFLATED that will aid in meeting
the expenses the department has in
CURED in the institute
The following are the winners of
premiums in the women's department
OF the institute:
Butter.
; First premium to Mrs. w. B.
Morrison, Eldon.
t3 Second premium-$2 to Mrs. Stella
Mcdowell, Agency. .
8. Third premium-$1 to Mrs. Z. +.
Mast, Ottumwa.
Special premium on butter-$5 CIV
en- to Mrs. E. w. Johnson, Hedrick.
Bread.
d First premium-$2 to Mrs. Walker
Proud, Ottumwa.
i Second premium-$1 to Mrs. Cleft
Giltner, Ottumwa.
Special premium from Gold Coin.
flour, a sack to Mrs. Frank D. Baker,
Ottumwa, and sack of Pilsbury