Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1912-02-08
FARMERS MOVABLE scn0oI
a Most Interesting Course of Instruc.
tion Being Given the Farmers
IN this Section this Week.

ing knowledge that will enable them
10 operate their farms more suc-
cessfully and economically was
evlnced by the large number that
attended the opening session Mon.
day morning, and the increased At
tendance and marked interest that
has been thus far manifested Con
trary 10 former custom the tuition
lee was abolished and those attend
ing were privileged to contribute ~
they felt disposed toward the neces-
Sary expense of conducting the
school.
Dean Carlyle was necessarily de-
tanned away on account of illness IN
his family but his place ON the pro-
gram was filled by L. J. Iddings
professor OF agriculture, whose talks
and demonstrations were much en-
joyed by all.
AT the morning session Monday
.. Z. Gregg spoke on the dairy COW
Having had i0ycars experience with
DAIRY COWS and almost as many in
institute work, he considered the
farm IN general a. HE ideal home
life and urged that the farmer pei
away from living ont of cans and
packages. The five essential points
he considered in dairy COW were;
lst, back just behind shoulder
taperlng, a blood does not 90 there
to make beef, but goes to the south
west corner, as he terms the udder.
To make milk.
2nd, large body, requiring large
and long intcstines for circulation.
3rd, holes i'll the abdomen, al
least two or three on each side. Ia
aid in circulation.
18th, udder well placed, square,
evenly balanced
9TH, large eye, showing vigor and
strong constitution.
Mr.. Gregg does not 60 50 much
on thormlghbreds, he simply wants
the Cow. I'm the afternoon he
passed judgment upon a large num-
her of COWS which had been brought
in and paid a high compliment to
this locality by asserting that there
was not poor COW among them.
In the afternoon Prof. lddlngs
gave a talk ON feed, explaining the
necessity of balanced ration, and
considered our alfalfa as one of the
best of feeds. As 10 the relative
strength of potatoes and carrots as
compared 10 grain, he stated that 1
pounds of the former or pounds of
the latter was equal to pound of
grain for feeding purposes.
On Monday evening DIR. James
Mae. .ean, president Of the tniver-
sity Of Idaho, delivered Il most in
teresting lecture, taking for his sub
ject The Opportunities Presented
by Country Life. " He recited the
fact that according to the census re-
turns the stream of population from
the country to the cities was in
creasing instead Of diminishing as
many had thought and hoped, and
should this increase he maintained |
il would only he Il short time until
practically half Of our people would
be city dwellers.
Among all the nations Of the
earth America has been prominent
~ the land of opportunity. The
Golden West is golden because IT
holds golden opportunities, and the
transcontinental trains are crowded
every spring with people who are
eager To see and settle in the west.
The four principal opportunities the
speaker enumerated rs lst, the OPP
of acquiring health and
strength; 2nd, the opportunity oi
sufficient livelihood IN
an industry that is attractive ~ IT
self; 3rd, the opportunity OF OBJ
tanning an education that is broader
than books and more beneficial than
any other sort of education; ith,
the opportunity of founding a home
with its resultant happiness. All