Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-03-14
THE FARMERS COURSE
A Very Profitable Meeting The At
tendance Very Good.

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satisfied with its success. 1t was
very well advertised and for that rea-
son the attendance was much better
than many had expected. The farm
erS who came were we'll satisfied with
the course and manifested an interest
by asking questions of the speakers.
On the opening day six topics were
handled by Profs. +. r. Crane and E..
}. Delwiche, while for the women
Miss Lutte StearnS and Miss Emma
Conley supplied the program. These
covered a wide range-the building
OF silos, grain improvement, the max
ing of ensilage, the growing of alfalfa,
the splicing of ropes, the training of
a boy, recreation for the farmers
family, etc. The principle address
was given in the evening by Prof,
iCrane-"The Training of the Boy"
This was listened to by a large aud
ience. The professor offered some
very good advice, but it was advice
that will never be carried out by
families in general. The program for
Wednesday and Thursday were ex-
teDsive in character and we have not
the room to give each number men
ton. The ones which drew the larg-
est audiences were those given in the
evening by ProfS. Alexander and
| Marlatt. These were of interest to
everyone in general, and for that rea-
son we will give them special mention.
Talks on agriculture have lost the
dryneSS which characterized them
years ago, for now lantern views
take a prominent part in them. They
enliven interest, and by their use
speaker can better illustrate the
points he wishes TO establish.
In the basement of the court house
was an interesting exhibit of farm
produce which was visited by many
people. Some of the samples were
even better than was shown at the
county fair last fall. The prizes Civ
en- out by our merchants were of such
a substantial nature that the farmers
were repaid for their trouble.
The success of this course will do
much in furthering manifestation
of greater attention toward future
courses, should they be given, which
is likely. We understand that the
state college of agriculture will endeav-
or to give them yearly in localities
where there are county schools of
benefit to the farmers and the schools.
! LECTURE ON SCOTLAND.
On Wednesday evening Prof. A. S.
Alexander of Madison, delivered his
| illustrated lecture, '"The Farming
and Live Stock Of Scotland" the
lecture being given in the opera
house, and the building was crowded.
Mr.. AleXander's talk was very much
| enjoyed, but there was one marring
| feature. A lot of kids of the yap
variety-the kind that wear pan
cake lids on the backs of their atticS
and smoke cigarettes that smell like
rendering plants, were allowed to
enter, These young gorillas kept up
an incessant noise OF whisperingS and
gigglings and running out and in, un-
til grown people got disgusted. The
same conditions prevailed at the
court house Thursday evening.
Mr.. Alexander, as his name woplds
imply, is Scotchman, and was born
in part of the country he described.
| Unfortunately he is cripple, and is
| forced to sit down when talking
He tells his story in understandable
| language, without the use of rhetori-
cal pyrotechnicS, which makes the
lecture popular.
At the beginning Mrs. JOS. Coates
sang two Scotch ballads, and was ac-
companied on the piano by Miss
Louise Stuhlfauth. The ballads
were 1.-THE Bluebell of Scotland" and
| "Annie Laurie" At the close Mrs.
Coates sang "Auld Lang Syne."
| 'These songs warm Scotchman's
| heart as America warns an Ameri-
cans" said the speaker. ''Yet /
think the Americans heart is the
| la nf fyun In no
will welcome to their shores the ma
tives of all other climes must have a
responsive heart indeed" The
Scotch people are noted for several
| things, the speaker Said-expert
farmers and stock raisers, intelligence
and reverence. The first is taught
to the rising generation by the older
| people, who have spent their lives in
tilling the soil. Even after a man
has retired from active toll, his advice
is sought by younger people. The
young men and women are taught to
take pride in their work, and every
detail is entered into with precision
born of experience. TAere is no
spirit of unrest and a desire to get
into city occupations, as is manifested
here. When a boy and girl is old
| enough to understand their parents
they are taught that they must Sc
cure an education and read the bible
| Their advantages of course are linn
tied, and when boy goes to a uni
yerSity, it usually means that the
neighbors of his community have
''chipped in" to pay his tuition.
| Pictures of typical Scotch homes
were shown. These were not preten-
| tious affairs, but neat and clean, and
| in striking contrast with the farm
homes of America. The yards were
not Uttered with farm utensils, wood
piles, old junk and stable refuse, but
were surrounded with vines and
flowers, and the buildings nicely
whitewaShed.
BY an intelligent tilling of the soil
the Scotch get far larger crops OFF
land which has been utilized for
| hundreds of years than we do off vir-
gin soil. With some crops the ratio
is almost as three is to one. Fertil-
izers which should 90 onto our own
lands are shipped abroad and pur-
chased in great quantity by the
Scotch people. A large part of their
crops is shipped to and sold in other
countries for seed, because it is pure
bred, in fact everything raised on the
island-crops, live stock, even to dogs
is pure bred
What struck the audience forcibly
in viewing the pictures was the ex-
cellent horses used over there, and
this was later explained. The Clydes-
dale horse is native of the country.
and his strain is kept up and never
| allowed to deterioTate: conSequently
no scrub horses are found. The same
is true in the breeding Of all ami
mails. Scotland furnishes more breeds
| of cattle-milk and beef-than any
other country on the globe. The
strain Of blood has run for hundreds
of years. Beautiful specimens of
ShorthornS, Aberdeen Angus. Ayr
shires, Galloway, and Several breeds