The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-02-05
Hundreds of Tickets Sold
Saturday and Success Of
Event Now Is of a Positive
Quantity.
DOMESTIC SCIENCE
INTERESTS WOMEN
Departments in Poultry, Ag-
riculture, Dairying, ETC.,
Draw Hundreds Begins
Monday, Afternoon.


All day Saturday the farmers of this
vicinity, who came to the city for tho
weekend buying in larger numbers
than is usual for this time of year,
fiocked to the Commercial club rooms
where tickets for the Short Course
and Corn school are on sale, and also
sought out the various committeeman
who have tickets for distribution, and
from the sales which resulted. it
seems there can be no doubt but that
the hopes of the school officials will
be realized when the instruction and
demonstrations begin on Monday with
an enrolment of between $500 and
1000.
Many subscriptions for tickets were
received by mail in response TO let
ters sent broadcast over the Sixth
district and portions of Ohio. and
while it was impossible to determine
the exact enrolment Saturday even
ing it was believed at that time to be
in excess of 1000. The days results
were just in accordance with the
statements of the school officials that
the securing of tickets would be de-
ferred until the last possible moment
and then rush would ensue. A
large number of tickets are expected
| to be disposed of on Monday morning
when the registration of students will
take place.
The counties expected to furnish
the greater portion of the enrolment
iare Wayne, Randolph. Henry. Fay
cite. Union and Franklin in Indiana.
and Preble and Darke county in
| Ohio
| While the Short Course and Corn
| School is primariay and principally
| for the farmers of this section. it is
also believed that many residents of
Richmond and surrounding towns will
take advantage of the opportunities
offered and large membership OF
i persons of this class is anticipated.
Especially in the domestic science
courses is this expected to be the
case The women of the city along
with the housewives of the rural vi
cinity have taken an active interest
in the plans for the course, which il
believed will prove one of the most
popular, entertaining and valuable
from an instructive standpoint Of any
! in the school.
The prizes to be awarded for the
corn exhibits on Saturday were placed
in the Leeds building, where the en-
tries will be on display. and the large
room was put in condition to receive
the corn from the farmers which will
begin arriving on Monday. Onicials
of the corn show hope to have more
than 100 exhibits of corn. From the
/ interest. manifested by the farmers
and their declarations of intention to
enter for the competitive prizes, it
seems that this number at least will
be secured.
To Auction Prize Corn.
In order that the expense OF the
lprizes, which are among the most
valuable ever offered at any exhibit
Of this nature in the county, may be
met, the corn which is placed on ex-
hibit will be sold at the close of the
school to the highest bidder. Some
complaint was at first made TO this
by the farmers. bur upon explanation
that this was necessary in order that
ithey might be given the opportunity
Iof hearing authoritative lectures and
iexpert demonstrations regarding the
most modern Developments in scienfi-
fic agriculture. their acauiescence was
Forthcoming. II is hoped TO obtain
from s. to SIS bushel for the prize
winning corn ard also for the other
exhibits 1t was pointed out by the
school officials that IL the farmer re-
tanned his entry it would be of little
syalue to him as he can secure the best
seed corn in the country at from $1.5g
TO So a bushel. and by donating his
exhibit he could contribute Immensely
to the support OF the school which ia
designed particularly for his benefit.
1 Prof G. l. Christie OF the Purdue un-
iversify, who will be at the head of
the school, will arrive in this city this
afternoon, accompanied by corps OF
instructors from the experiment sta
stion ard car load of exhibits accord
ing to advices received BIZ the local
committee last evening Prof Chris
!, tie in his communication was very en-.
thusiastic over the outlook, declaring
more headway had been made in tbs
arrangements for the school here thar
L in any other school in which he has
been connected during the cores
!, iponding time.
For Horticulture Work.
The trees to be used in the horti-
! culture demonstrations, given by IL
w Richards, arrived in the city yes
J terday and we're taken to the court
house where this course of the school
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