The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1912-02-01
Meeting is Surprising All Previous
Gatherings Of Its Kind.
POSSIBILITIES OF THE ALFALFA
Colt Exhibit Will be Made Perman.
ent Feature and Will be Enlars-
ed Upon---Meeting viii be
. sgtie Gated in Near Future.
(From Mondays Daily

through the week. iuuNatOhS 49,
toward the best attendance and wild
est interest of any OF the courses.
Secretary Francis F. Everett was
on hand early this morning and estab
Hshed himself in the business Office
az the Schee building, No. 222-224
High avenue west. Here are located
the displays of corn, vegetables, fruits
seeds and general grain exhibits
Secretary and assistants We're en-
gagged all morning in making entries
Over thirty names had been register
ed in the entry lists at twelve O'Clock
and the exhibitors are making entries
in many classes, more so than al
any previous meeting. Entries do not
close until twelve o'clock noon to-
morrow - Tuesday-and the officers
are expecting a larger entry list, with
corresponding increase in exhibits and
competition, than ever before in the
history of the Institute work in Ma
haska county. Old attendants at the
Institute are pleased at the prospect
of a big meeting. While the major
ity of the "old stanl-bys," the men
and women who have made Mahaska
County Farmers Institute what it IS
today, are to be seen again this seas
on. many new attendants are noted
and they are from all parts of the
county, denoting a deeper interest and
a greater desire to participate in the
advantages of the course.
Monday forenoon was given over
wholly to preliminaries,-to the es'
tablishment of headquarters at the
Schee building, TO the organization OF
the classes, which was accomplished
for both mems and women's depart
ments at the Mahaska county court
house; TO the receiving OF exhibits,
assignment of space and arrangement
of the show at the Schee building on
High avenue west; to the making
ready for the classes in Domestic Sci
ence, sessions of which are being held
in the basement Of the Central Meth
Odist Episcopal church, and 10 the
making ready for the class work OF
the Short Course. Lectures and class
work will have accommodation in the
Red Men hall, over the Thomas d
Holmes implement house, No. 223
High avenue west. Class accommO-
dations are across the street from the
Schee building, and the convenience
of the nearness TO exhibits is gener.
ally appreciated. Stock judging and
shows will take place at the Don Nc
CIure garage, A avenue east and End
street, where favorable accommoda-
tions are to be enjoyed.
President ]. G. Lyle and his as'
sistant and associate Otticer, Albert
Rinden, OF the Institute and Short
Course organization, were engaged In
a general way early in the day in
making an early start with the ma
chinery OF the program. Time for
the opening of the booster" meeting
at the court house, for the purpose OF
outlining the work Of the course and
the organization of classes had been
set for ten o'clock. Lateness OF
trains and unfavorable conditions OF
the roads caused delay in the arrival
of members and attendants and the
hour was somewhat later when order
was called for and the instructors in
troduced. Attendance increased as
the noon hour approached, but a host
OF those intending 10 be in town for
the entire course will not be able 10
reach the city before the morning OF
the second day. All departments will
be larger and better this season than
in previous years and both leaders
and instructors are encouraged in the
belief that the week is to witness
satisfactory and unusual work in ev-
cry division. Poweshiek and Jasper
counties united last week in the work
OF the Short Course at Grinnell,
where the work was little short of re-
narkable. Grinnell and Oskaloosa
have been rivals to some extent in
the excellence of work, degree of in
terest and general tone of the Short
Course. Vice President Albert Rim
den OF the Mahaska Course was in
attendance at the Grinnell Course,
taking notes for comparison. Francis
F. Everett, secretary of the Mahaska
school. who has been at Grinnell in
other years, was unable to attend this
year on account OF confinement at
home with an liberated tooth. He is
fortunate in being able TO be out this
week and to be with his own Insti'
tute work.
Addresses by members OF the Short
Course corps Of instructors were Civ
en- careful attention at the booster
meeting at the court house. State
ments and explanations were made By
Prof.IiR. X. Bliss, instructor in ami
mai hnsbandry, and his assistant. X
A. Cave, by Joe Naylor and Miss
Neale s. Novels told something Of
what she expected TO accomplish In
The department OF Domestic Science.
Not long since. Domestic Scienc'
was an unheard OF idea. The though
that successful home making anC
home keeping and promoting NIGH
be made a study had not been ad