Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1912-11-27
SHORT COURSE SOON
Agricultural School for Winneshiek
County Next Week.
CONDUCTED BY STATE
AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE
Week of Instruction in Agricultural
and Domestic Science Worth
Thousands to Our
People.


tural Short Course, which some Of
our people have been working to
bring about for two years past, will
be held in Decorah all next week,
from Monday to Saturday, and prom
ises to attract large numbers of peo-
pie both from the city and county.
The Short Course is a weeks in
struction in agricultural and domes-
tic science, provided under the laws
of Iowa by the state agricultural col
lege forces at Ames, and the profess
sors from this college will bring with
them for the purpose of illustration
two car loads of prize stock and farm
products.
The program for the Course and
the list of premiums were printed in
these columns last week. The course
will open on Monday morning at ten
o'clock. The classes in stock judg-
ing will be held on the ground floor
of the Marsh building, corner Water
and Mechanic streets, and the corn
and grain classes on the second floor.
The corn show will be given at the
Engbretson building, corner Water
and River streets, and the domestic
science classes will be held at the
new Elks Home, formerly Unity
church, cor. Main and River streets.
The evening entertainments, prob
ably four in number, will be held at
the Grand opera house. There will
be classes for men and women, and
for boys and girls, the latter at four
o o'clock in the afternoon. The eve
ming entertainments will include lee
lures by the Ames professors, ad-
dresses by prominent Decorahians
and others. and on Friday night there
will be a county spelling contest, in
charge of superintendent Sigurd
Rogue. Eight musical organizations
will contribute to the various pro-
grams throughout the week. A liber-
al list of prizes, aggregating about
one thousand dollars. win be given
for the corn show, farm products and
in domestic science
Prof. Bass arrived from Ames last
night and will remain here, taking
charge of the arrangements. Ten
more professors will come from the
agricultural college and be here all
next week.
A big citizens booster meeting will
be held on Monday night, to which
every citizen Of Decorah and vicinity
is invited.
Everything possible will be done by
the citizens of Decorah to make the
course of real value to everyone who
attends it. 1t is the first opportunity
of the kind presented to the people
of Winneshiek county for scientific
study of agriculture and domestic
science by state authorities, and there
ought to be not less than a thousand
enrolled in the classes. 1t will pay
everyone who attends many times
over. 1t will be the best Investment
you can make. We can hardly under
stand how the farmers of the county
can afford to miss it. Winneshiek
county will be made richer and bet
ter by it. Let's make it great gath
ering of our own people. all working
together for the common good. each
striving to learn something that wilr-
make ourselves and our neighbors
better farmers, better citizens. Come
in and stay throughout the week If
you can, but if not, arrange to attend
at least part of the classes.