Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-01-04
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BEAUTY or RURAL OlsrRlcr4
Dean curtiss Puts Question Up to
Farmers and Amss Short ceurss-
Pamme' Tells Ti'I.rs Of Sol, That
Woods Cost stat. 31soooooo Per
Ysar-Ail Can Be Eradieatsd.
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Special to Times Republican.
Ames. Jan. 4.-The Iowa farmer may
not know that 1t is uptto him and his
fellow agriculturists in other states to
check the enormous outflow of $780,
100000 year which American tourists
spend abroad while sightseeing, but it
is, according to Dean Charles F. Cur
tiss of 1owa's agricultural college.
1.-The problems Of inducing Ameri-
cans to see America first" said Dean
Curtiss to an audience Of more than
600 progressive Iowa farmers at the col
lege short course, "is largely a rural
life problem"
"The average tourist does not go
abroad again and again to see the Eu
ropean cities nor the mountains, rivers
and lakes; European cities have no ad
vantages over our own, and our own
natural scenery is as fine as any in the
world. He is attracted to Europe be-
cause Of the, beauties of its rural dis
tricts.
Those who are organizing to stop
the flow of American money abroad
say that our people spend s5O0,00o,00O
every year in foreign travel. They
won't save this enormous sum for AM
erica until two things are done: First,
the rural districts and their homes
beautif1ed, and second, the rural high
ways improved"
Loss Thru Weeds.
The occasion Of these statements was
the rural Improvement mass meeting
Of the short course students. Follow
ing Dean Curtiss, Prof. A. T. Erwin
discussed rural landscape gardening,
Illustrating his talk with many inter-
esting views, some Of them of the "be-
fore and after" type. Following this,
Prof. Z. H. Pammel, whom Dean Cur
tiss introduced as the man who knows
more about weeds than any other
Iowan, had practical talk on farm
weeds. Professor Erwin held up for
condemnation the farmer who allows
his house and barn yards to become
cluttered up with rubbish and weeds,
and especially the man who allows
some plug tobacco advertisement to be
painted all over the conspicuous side
OF his barn, III you're going to use your
buildings for advertising. advertise
your own stuff" he said. paint the
name Of your farm on your buildings
and tell what you have to sell. Don't
help some distant corporation to adver-
tise its nostrums..' He also pointed out
the error of stingy school grounds
without play facilities for rural school
children.
Professor Pammel said that the
weeds in Iowa cost the farmers Of the
state not less than. s15. 100000 year.
and Drobablysa good deal more. There
isn't single weed that grows" he said,
that can not be eradicated by persist
ent and careful cultivation, and most Of
them yield readily" Professor Pammel
also said that Wisconsin prides itself
on keeping it's rural districts freer
from weeds than Iowa. I'VE are max
ing progress in eliminating weeds" he
added. "The Iowa pure seed law Is
helping and the man who buys seeds
of Iowa seedsmen is quite sure to get
reasonably good seed. II he Is I'm doubt,
let him send a seed sample to the COL
lege and we will test it for him with
out charge"