Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-02-06
SOIL STUDY is A
FEATURE OF MEET
National and State Experts to
Address Illinois Farmers
Institute at Ottawa.
CONTINUES THREE DAYS
Annual Gathering of Department of
Household Science TO Be Held
on Same Dates.

interest IN the 10Th annual meeting
Of the Illinois Farmers institute. to
be held in the armory at Ottawa Feb.
p, % and %. inclusive. grows as the
Information in regard to what is being
offered TO all classes of citizens reach
es them through the publication of the
program and other information con
corning the meeting.
program of special value has been
prepared and il now remains for the
farmers to get the most good out of II
by a large attendance, by asking ques-
tons, and by offering information in
the discussions. The institute is the
place 70 get your farm problems solv-
ed and to help other farmers solve
their problems.
There is no question about the real
benefit of the institute; il is well worth
while for the farmer to sacrifice some
thing 10 attend. But he must think
about it before hand plan to go, and
actually get there" if he is to reap
the benefit II is for business; for
studying the business of the farm; Il
is a brief farm school. Practical farm
experience and the latest and best thar
science knows about farming will be
told there by men who know, and who
have made a special study of these
things.
SOIL EXPERIMENT RESULTS.
DR. Cyril G. Hopkins, soil specialist
and head of the agronomy department
of the college of agriculture, will speak
at the afternoon session on the 2lst
In all his soil investigation and adj
dresses DIR. Hopkins stands most en-
phatically for system of farming that
may be permanently maintained. He
works for the largest crop and the
greatest profit for it, but never stops
with these results, holding as the sill
greater essential that the land shall be
so farmed that it is growing a little
better. a little richer. all the time, in
stead Of becoming little poorer eacn
year In showing how this must be
done, he exposes the fallacy of many
common notions of the day and gives
sound instruction of untold value 10
the present and coming generation of
farmers.
\ valuable feature of DR.. Hopkins
address at this time will be a review
of he soil experiment work in Illinois.
Following Dr.. hopkins, Frank |.
Mann of Gilman will tell of results OF
scientific soil treatment on his home
farm Mr.. Mann is a student a think
er. and has been practicing methods
advocated by the scientists for a nun
Der Of years. He had some valuable
results which any practical farmer
MINT have were he to follow the
methods plainly taught by tho results
obtained or the experiment fields in
various parts of the state.
TALK on ANIMAL HI SBANDRY.
Professor II. W. Numford, head of
the animal husbandry department. Uni
versity of Illinois, will speak on Beef
Production From the Standpoint Of the
Experimental while Phil 5. Haner
chairman OF the Illinois state live stock
commission. will discuss the topic,
Feeding for Profit" Mr.. Haner is one
Of the most practical men in Illinois.
lie has been in the cattle feeding bus
mess for long tern of years. 1t will
be worth while 70 hear what he has to
say on this subject
Dr.. Woods Hutchinson Of New York
city. the renowned platform orator, au-
thor and entertainer. will deliver a
most practical lecture Tuesday even
ing on the subject OF Health: The
Farmers Best Crop" DR.. Hutchinson
has been at the forefront of the fgh,
which is taking city boards Of health
out of the hands of professional poll
ticians and putting them into the hands
of practical physicians Or. Hutchin
son is humorist and entertainer Of no
mean ability. and the beauty Of his
lectures are that they are like those OF
William Hawley Smith, humorous. yet
each paragraph contains a lesson in t .
that goes straight home to the bearer
and gives food for thought for months
TO come.
HOT SEHOLD SCIENCE, TOO.
On the same dates and in the same .
city the 18th annual meeting Of the .
dapartu1puf Of houEahoId scipuce Hi .