Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1912-01-24
he was going to raise next year. Il
the answer would beHlOO acres the


he was going to raise next year. n
the answer would be 100 acres thu
banker would say all right, you cal
have as much money as you want
The following year when the cottol
was brought to the mill the banker
followed him down. and perhaps {
dry goods merchant fand they tool
their share out OF the money thu
cotton would bring and the farmer
got the remainder and felt sat:sfiet
with it. In recent years the farm
ers OF that county have put some o.
their land into corn, and 1t is found
th-,t they can raise from 81 to 81
bushels d corn to the acre, and II
some places they are raising corn a:
The rate Of 100 bushels to the acre
out the people OF the south were nev
er willing to do it until they were
compelled to. 4.
He said he was frank to- say thai
IL he had a farm in. this section, OF
the s Atrv the first thing he
.he couEu Wel
seed, and would SOW at l.a.~.t Of
the land to clover for feeding .pur
poses. He urged all the farmers Of
his section to sew at least one acre
i their land in sweet clover.
Mr.. w. f. Croskey and Mr.. w. J.
Davis, very, ably discussed "Co-opera
i've Creameries, Organization and
Management. Mr., w. A. eRutlege
81 Des Modnes then read a very In
5eresting paper on Farmers Mutual
insurance.
The Misses Gail Bronson and
Mae Jones delivered Rotations in
! very pleasing manner.
The committee on, selection Of OF,
ticers and resolutions was announc.
.aa by President A. E., Mead as fol
.ows: Wv. Childs, Charles Ed
.nunds, and Mrs. Evah Sabin.
The members OF the committee on
resolutions were Mrs. Frank Law.
renee, FEED Durey and Ms. G
L.. johnson.
Thursday Evening.
Mr.. A. NJ. Cloud gave an exceed
;ngly interesting talk on How Can
We Handle With Profit Delaware
county Farm Lands at" Their High
Prices After Mr.. Clouds talk H,
:. Van Pelt Of Waterloo thorough
" discussed the subject OF Dairy
ing"
Friday Morning.
(. Friday was ladies, day and the
aorning session was opened with an
instrumental duet by Misses Dorothy
Brown and Nellie Scott. 3 Fl.
Mrs. Bays OF Ames then. gave g
discussion on domestic science, say
ing that domestic science as a study
takes up those things relating u
the home, the management Of the
home, and Che social duties connect
ed with the home, and is absolute'
y necessary for keeping the body n II
heath, and should be given. g grea,
4leal of attention, and ought to pc
.iyen the first place, because what
he body demands. we must give II
III order to keep it UP. She very
thoroughly discussed the different
Classes e foods. NJ
Friday Afternoon.
Misses Mae Jones and Letha HUT
SON opened the afternoon program
with an instrumental duet, after
which Mrs. Frank Lawrence read
he resolutions OF thanks which were
adopted by the committee. Mrs. r
w. Thrill then read a paper De
scribing a trip to Panama, which
proved very interesting as we'll as
instructive.
Mrs. E. w. Williams favored tne
Institute with a vocal SOLO sin Ael
usual pleasing manner. 4,
REGULATIONS were delivered by
Misses Laura Blair and Lucy Ros DIN
son and were greatly enjoyed by adj
The Institute was then favored with
an instrumental duet by Misses
Gladys sabin and Alice Wolcott. Miss
Clara Childs then read q paper on
.Conveniences for the Farm Home,
which was followed by one hour dem
onstration in cooking by Mrs. Bays.
At a business meeting Of the In
stttute the following officers were
chosen for the coming. year: A. ~
Mead, president; Frank SLY, score
.ary; F. X. Grier. vice president;
Fred Munson, treasurer