The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1912-10-18
BIG MEETING
MONDAY NIGHT
Arrangements Made For Talks by
Agricultural Experts

! the visit here of the South Shore Ag'
. ricultural Special that is scheduled Il
arrive tomorrow.
The special is sent out by the Soatf
Shore for the purpose of instructine
, farmers and advance the live stock in.
dustry. The train started it's tour al
the 500 on Monday and Pref. Geller
cally received all along the line.
The special consists of seven cars
made up at the Michigan Agricultural
College under the direction of e. W.
MacPherran, land commissioner. Ii
consists of a livestock car. "A poultry
car, two day coaches for lecture rooms
and a sleeping and dining car for the
accommodation of the staff in attend
ance.
| Program For Visit.
The special will arrive i'm Chassell
FOR Houghton after a short stop. 1t
iwill be run onto a siding at the Am
: phidrome and will be open TO visitors
during the evening. on Sunday the
| train Will be open TO visitors from
2 TO II noon. Sunday afternoon there
will be lectures at the Suomi College
/ IN Hancock. ]. II. Jasberg presiding.
Talks will be given by Profs Ieffry
/ Linton and Raven.
Sunday evening the train will go TO
Calumet. Monday morning the train
will be open to the inspection of Calu-
met people at o'clock. The stop in
/ Calumet will be a brief one as the
| train is scheduled to return To Han.
cock and be at the South Shore depot
in Hancock at 1896. The car will be
brought back 10 Houghtcn at o'clocl,
and will be open 10 visitors here
until 5.
At o'clock there will be a meeting
at the Amphidrome, J. II. Rice presid.
/, Ing. The address at the meeting will
be as follows.
Agricultural Educational Factor
For Better Farming in the Upper Pen
insula" John \. Doelle.
Upper Peninsula Soils and Their
Management With Reference to Larger
Yields and Permanent Agriculture
Professor j. A. JeTry.
Reef. Cattle. Sheep and SWING
Professor w. r. Raven.
DAIRY Cattle and Equipment"-Mr
II. 6. Carr.
orchard. Garden and Fruit Crops"
Leo NJ. Geismar
To Address School STUDENTS
Arrangements have heen made for
the school children 10 see the exhibits
and listen to the lectures. The seventh
and eighth grade children will be
taken 10 the train Monday ard given
chance 10 look over TIE exhibits and
hear the talks Of the experts. One of
Supt. Doeiles priEoinal aims in shap-
ing the curriculum Of the Houghton
schools is % make IL as practical as
possible, and progress along agricul-
tural Lines is welcomed by him.
Supt LaRowe also nas made ar
rangements 10 have some of the
Speakers come to the Hancock high
school and an address will be delivered
10 the students at the opening of school
Moniay morning.
Fine Exhibits Comma.
Prof. Geller is greatly. pleased with
the class Of exhibits that are coming
IN the special As the tariff is purely
An educational one the exhibits are
such as arc best adapted To this dis
trict. The exhibits in the stock car
are:
Beef cattle-Aberdeen Angus, Here
ford and Shorthorn.
Dairy cattle-Holstein. Jersey and
Guernsey.
Sheep-Rambolets or French Meri-
noes Hampshires, Shropshires, West
eu Great
Hogs-Yorkshire SOW Cweight 200
pounds Duroc Jersey. Chester White,
Poland China, Berkshire.
The poultry car contains several
pens NJ the types thought to be hes,
adapted to the northern peninsula.
The grain car contains several kinds
Of grains, grasses and cereals that
could he proftably grown in the up
per peninsula. A special exhibit of
potatoes. tomatoes and corn grown in
the upper peninsula is also included.
A Colony cf SQUIRRELS.
Supt. Doelle has decided to adopt a
novel plan for teaching the Houghton
rhilder gontleness and courtesy. This
plan e. TO bring colony of gray
SQUIRRELS hcre, Keep them in the schoo.
rooms during the winter and tl.cn to
release them in Forest Hill cemetery
In the spring so that eventually they
Rill spread all through Houghtop. and
u protected by law and sentiment
against molestation VIII become as
tame and playful AS the squirrels in
Madison and Ann Arbor the homes OF
he universities of Wisconsin and
Michigan.
The woods IN the neehborhood Of
the cemetery abound in natural SPUR
rel food and the little animals Will
have no difficulty in taking care of
themselves. The reason for waiting
until spring TO release the animals is
that they might siarve TO death this