The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-02-08
Enrolment of 500 Up to Date
But One Thousand Pupils
Required to Meet the Ex-
penses.
EXPECT ATTENDANCE
TO HIT THIS MARK
Corn King" Clorc, Champ
ion of United States. to
Lecture Tonight--Work Of !
School Today.

Unless heavy influx of farmers
into this city for the Farmers Short
Course and Corn School occurs to-
morrow and Saturday, there is a great
probability that the necessary num-
ber OF tickets to place the course on
a self-sustaining basis will not be dis
posed of. The total registration to
date is approximately 500. of which
more than 100 resulted from one day
tickets, selling at twenty-five cent?. .
These were sold today.
AS each day has shown a marked
increase in the registration over sh0 /,
one previous. the ofYicials OF tho /
school are hopeful that tomorrow and
Saturday an exceedingly large attend.
ance increase will be made which will
be sufficient TO net enough money to
meet all expense. As estimated by
| the officials it is necessary that ap-
proximately 1000 course tickets be
sold. netting $1,000, or about 1000
course and single tickets together.
netting together the same amount, to
raise enough money Tor the expense
of the school.
Keen Interest Taken.
| The interes: among the students
seems to be increasing greatly with
the progress of the instruction. The
corn school being held upon the Soc
ond floor of the old Business College.
North Eleventh and B streets, cont.n-
10 Hrax inro to- fNff ha stu,
dents. Instruction is given in ths
scoring and judging of corn and in
the methods necessary to produce tho
results desired.
1 This evening l.. p. Clore, Corn
King" will lecture at the Coliseum
Much interest in the first evening
lecture of the Farmers Short Course
delivered at the Coliseum last even
ing by Prof. G. |. Christie on "Agri-
cultural Education was manifested
by the crowd in attendance.
Prof. Christie's subject, touching OH
the problem confronting the farmer
of today in the home, on the farm. AMI
in farm life and the solutions offered
by education was of vital Importance
and the large number OF Sixth district
farmers followed him closely through
out.
The rise in practical and scientific
farming was briefly traced by Prof.
Christie beginning with the depart
ment of agriculture in the early six
ties when it was under the control o.
the department of war. He told of
the growth from that time until tho
establishment of separate bureau
and the beginning of appropriations
by states for the erection OF agricult-
ural schools and colleges Out OF
these he said developed experiment
stations, which he declared. have
been of the utmost value to the farm
ers.
Along with the growth of agricult-
ural education and correlative, Prof.
Christie traced the development OF the
farmer from comparative obscurity to
II a position of Importance and affuence
This was made possible he said by
the course In agriculture offered and
by the work of the experiment sta
tions.
Herd Improvement
The first lecture on "Wednesday
morning in the Coliseum was on the
subject of Herd Improvement" by
Perry Crane. He said in considering
the dairy business farmers should
first look over the proposition and
see what benefits are to be derived
from this line of work They should
consider not only immediate profits
to be derived but also the maintain
ance of our soil fertility. which can be
maintained in no better way than by
live stock, farming and the dairy bus
mess is one of the very best branches.
In order that the best results and tho
, greatest profits be derived 1t is inn
portant that one has herd Of econ
omicaI producers. Strictly dairy COWS
should be used If we expect best re-
turns from the dairy business One
need not invest in an expensive herd
of pure bred stock but invest in a
: pure bred sire and grade UP, keeping
stock from only good producers which
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