Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1913-02-04
Dean Hauser Discusses the Growing
Of oats-The Hog Problem
by Prof. o'Donnell.
MEETING WILL CLOSE TODAY
The Prize Winners-Week's Work
in Short Course Comes
to an End Today.
(From Saturdays Daily.)

Dean Hauser took up the growing
OF oats from the profit standpoint
yesterday morning. The state rec
ords show that most farmers. have
4 been growing oats at loss of an
average of IA cents per acre. The
Dean recommended several things
that If followed would make the
growing of oats profit instead of a
loss. Fan the seed so as to get out
the small and weak berries; treat
the seed with formaldyhide; thor
oughly prepare the seed bed by disk
4 ing, cutting up the stalks, and be
sure to get the seed bed in good con-
dition, for many times the seed will
be over corn shuck, or corn root,
or something that would prevent the
cat from growing; sow with drill.
Lots of men try to get the seed bed
in condition by using dull disk,
and here he commended the black
smith by telling them that the disk
should be sharpened now and not
wait until the ground is in condition
to work and then have the black
smith tell them that they would
have to wait three or four days I'M
til he could get to their disk. Sharp
en- that disk now was advice well
given.
Prof O'Donnell took up the hog
problem from the butcher standpoint
in the forenoon and from the breed
err standpoint in the afternoon. He
had the hest class of hogs from a
breeders standpoint yesterday after
noon that has been furnished to him
for class work this winter. The To-
cal committee are to be compliment
ed on the quality of horses and hogs
that the students here have been
privileged to study.
Prof. Emil Y. Cable handled the
silo work with a masters hand yes
terday afternoon. He took up the
vi SlloS anu oicWcu
why they were good, or why they
We're poor He gave figures on the
stave, the concrete, the block and
the brick silo. He took up the mat
ter from the kind, the cost, durabil-
ity, and difficulty of construction.
He gave an idea of how to test the
material, and how to put it togeth-
err He had lot of blocks, reinforc-
ed steel, and mixed up some mortar
and showed how to lay the blocks A
lot of the men had brought in sam
pies OF silage and he told how tol
tell the good from the poor silage.
This proved to be one of the best
demonstrations of the week
The last work in farm crops was
the termination test that had been
started Monday morning. Each stu
dent put six kernels from each ear
that he worked with in the rag
doll" test and these rag dolls were
unrolled and the men had chance
to see how accurate they were in
guessing whether the corn would
grow or not The test told the diff
ference
The last two sessions of the do
nestle science class of the short
course were perhaps the most inter-
esting of all the series At the morn
ing session the entire time was CIV
en- to plans for company dinners. |
Menus of foods that can be prepar-
ed before serving time, were enum-
Grated. This will relieve the hostess
of care at the last moment An un-I
usual number of practical demon
strations followed. These included
potato pears, nut and fruit salad,
marshmallow pudding, and cream
crisps. An additional recipe for
cookies was also given in the morn
ing.
The afternoon lesson was entirely
from the charts, and vital and In
teresting subjects were discussed.
The woman's daily program of "a
hours, factors in good health, bodily,
mental. and moral qualities, were
considered. In connection with the
chart lesson on 1.-THE true educa-
ton" Mrs. Campbell very emphatic
ally asserted, Give me the boy and
the girl who work their way through
college. They know what it costs
They appreciate the value of an ed.
ucation. Nothing can better develop
the essential mental qualities OF
painstaking patience. perseverance,
courage. tact. concentrati ton" Mrs.
Camnhall smoke with much faalinp