The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-02-07
Enrolment at District Short
Course Increased to Great
Extent by Ones Arriving
Today.
BIG ATTENDANCE AT
ALL THE LECTURES
Address on Hog Breeding
Proved Exceptionally In
teresting-Address on Do
mestic Science.

Instead of conforming to their own
notions as to what qualities should
be developed in the hog breeders
should conform to the wants of the
packer, d. o. Thompson told hog men
this morning when he appeared be-
fore the Sixth District Short Course
at the Coliseum in a discussion ON
Judging fat hogs.
Thompson explained that the pack
ers are the buyers and know what
they want. He said that ideal of the
breeder and packer were sometimes
not the same for various reasons. The
Champion Barrow" stock was used I'm
illustrating this morning. Thompson
is being assisted by J. +. Prigg Of
Daleville. president of the Indiana
Breeders association.
Farmers from all over Wayne and
neighboring Ohio and Indiana coun-
ties began to arrive in numbers to-
day and the enrolment was greatly In
creased.
Horticultural Work.
In the horticultural section this
propagation for the farmer was dis
cussed by Mr.. Richards. He stated
that while it is not advisable for the
| farmer to try and propagate all Of
the plants that he wishes to grow. It
is often desirable to know how TO
graft and bud and how to make cut
tings OF his various bush fruits. The
question of budded vs.. grated fruit
was brought up as we'll as that Ut
budded peaches vs.. Seeding trees. Mr..
Richards maintained that Ii mattered
very little whether tree was budded
or grated. That is a question he said
for the nursery man to decide. The
farmer is interested in healthy tree
and II he gets that he does not care
how it was propagated.
Poultry. Work.
In the poultry section Mr.. Otis
Crane took up the work OF Judging
Fancy Poultry. Score cards were
passed around and the morning hours
were spent in explaining the meaning
of the different terms The reasons
for each cut on the score card was
shown by Mr.. Crane. In the after
noon chickens which had been fur
nished by the local committee were
judged and scored by the students ac-
cording to the mornings instruction.
Mr.. Crane then scored each chicken
and the scores were compared and tho
difference explained.
| Corn Work.
In the corn section the work con-
sisted of explanation Of the Indiana
score card. BY means OF large bromi-
ides hung across the room q perfect
ear and an imperfect ear were shown
to the students. Each student was
asked to take an ear Of corn and fol-
low the instructions given and score,
the ear of corn. Good and bad tips
animals Of no particular breeding In
large. and small butts. straight rowed
kernels as well AZ long and short ears
were shown and their relative advan-
tages explained This work 10 under
the direction OF Prof. G. /. Christie
and he IL assisted by Prof. G. NJ.
Frier, assistant superintendent Of ag-
ricultural extension, and r. G. Palm.
who grew the worlds best ear of corn
which took the Kellogg trophy at the
national corn exposition.
i Dairy Work.
The dairy work was conducted in
the Coliseum by Prof. Perry Crane OF
the Purdue experiment station. Dairy
score cards for dairy cattle were pass
! ed ont and each point explained.
II Prof. Crane said in part:
In judging dairy COWS. there is at
least two standpoints that the sub
ject may be taken up from. One where
we deal with pure bred stock and the
. other where we deal with grades. Or
, this line of work We have two impor.
tant points to hold In mind. First the
dairy type and second the breed type.
The breed type really includes the
: dairy type, but Also means more. In
judging pure bred stock 40 il the
practice at shows, fairs and other
competitions the animals are divided
into classes according to age and sex.
All animals in each class are then
, judged az they stand and not accord.
. ing to what might be the case were
they OF different ages. In the judging
proper, the Judge does not score each
animal by means OF a score card and
then place the animal first that scores
: the highest. as II sometimes practic.
/. ed in poultry shows. but the show ring
Judge places the animals first by com
parison. He must have his ideal fixed
| in mind and this il Arst established