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establishments, supervised By the
state, have made the province fam
ous for It's superb live stock.
On Monday We departed for Heidel-
burg where we spent part Of the day
seeing some Of the historical pisces
Of interest. We left on an early train
Tuesday for Frankfurt whore We
spent the day studying the savinss
and land bank and the union Of the
societies. A sub-com-
mittee went BY auto to visit one Of
the seventy-six domestic science
schools of Germany. This school hes
Tor its superintendent . sister Of the
vice counsel for Germany located In
All the work from pre-
pairing the ground, sowing the grain,
the crops, milking the cows
up to the finest home making is done
by the girls. There we're seventy
girls at this school, many Of whom
per preparing for teachers. others to
take up the duties Of housewife. Here
they consider It q disgrace II . girl
going to be married does not know
all about Housekeeping and managing
the business affairs of the estate.
We left Frankfurt late In the after
noon for Weisbaten where we visit
ID . land bank and . savings bank
our labors about 8 p. n. Az
ter dinner We visited . Kurehouse
which vas built BY the city q . cost
,f S1,75o.o00oo. Here al pubic gath
erings are held and during the sum.
mer months . concert 10 given every
night. Quite . little revenue Is do
rived from the baths and . special
az which all visitors are required to
pay.
! On Wednesday we went to Hatten.
helm where we visited the public
These schools are very
in their work especially In
.eaching patriotism and religion.
Some large vineyards and wine eel.
lars located in an old monestary were
next on our hosts program.
This was Q very strsnuous day.
We visited two more towns. One by
he name Of Geissnheim where We
sook lunch. I really think It was
named; It should have been
.SQueeseheim" for they wanted to
charge US even for common water.
because some of the party wouldn't
AXE Rhine wine or Munchener Bier.
A very fins horticultural college is
ocated at this place and It was q
very great pleasure to be shown
through the gardens and note the
work they are doing. The landscape
gardening 10 very nae. ;
From here We took the steamer on
he Rhine to Bisrbricl. then the troll.
ey to wsisbadsn whore We arrived
It II o'clock, very tired.
We arose early next morning re-
.urned to Beibrick. took the steamer
o Koblsus where We had lunch, then
We went to the homo Of Water Reiffei-
,en, the founder Of the great system
If cooperative finance which bears
ais name. This system Of co-opera-
ION has done much for Germany and
he other European countries where It
las been adopted
The trip up the Rhine BY boat was
,ery interesting; We passed by many
historic castles and battle grounds.
It was 20 cold that It was
very unpleasant to be on deck.
A subcommittee of ave Of Us left
or Bonn In the Province of the Rhine
o study the work of the agricultural
college and the experimental farm
ocated near there.
We spent Friday visiting these In.
two cooperative creamer.
90. q bank organised and run by farm.
,rs.
Here again is an experimental farm
hat more than pays Its way, and.-it
surely is doing very good work. The
.arm consists Of 500 acres and the
crops thereon were excellent. The
plots showing the different systems
,f fertilization did not need an In
Esrpreter to translate them for they
upoke for themselves.
We have an auto and covered about
uixty miles during the day but We did
not 600 . single poor farm. They
would all average up to our best
carms. These farmers follow the
teachings Of their scientists and have
proAted wonderfully.
The Province Of the Rhine which 10
about - big % two Of our counties,
hes forty-six short course agricultur-
n schools which are open i've mouths
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