Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1913-02-28
The SHORT COURSE
INSTITUTE HAS BEEN VERY sue:
CESSFUL THUS FAR-GREAT
INTEREST IS SHOWN

INTEREST Is SHOWN
The Farmers Short Course began
Monday morning at which, time the
classes for the week were organized.
F. B. McLearn, dairy expert and 9.
E. Brown, corn, grain and potato ex-
pert from Elk River, Griffith Richards
of the Wisconsin university agricul.
tural extention department and }. s.
Klinka of the local schools were the
instructors present for the opening Gay
of the course.
Although the attendance at Mon
days classes was not what had been
expected the attendance has been
growing each day and. by Thursday had
reached good size. Mr.. Montgomery,
the horse specialist, who was to have
been here, sent word Tuesday he would
be unable to come. ~
The premiums will be awarded Sat.
urday afternoon. Some excellent
premiums in small grains and farm
produce Of all varieties have been en-
tered and the exhibits are fine speci-
mems.
Monday afternoon talks were given
by C. E.. Brown on the rotation OF
crops and farm management and by F.
B. McLearn on the Importance Of the
dairy business and the impossibility OF
it's being overdone in this country.
Tuesday morning the class was taken
to the agricultural rooms at the high
school where study OF corn was made
Some time was spent in judging corr
and members who were present at Mon
J., %1o avon lron
interest in the work on corn. In the
afternoon the class was divided into
two sections, one part going to the
high school where they worked on corn
the other remaining at the court house
where they were addressed by F. B
McLearn.
The sections were then changed ani
at $3.50 the entire class returned to the
court house with the teachers attend
ing the institute and q talk was give1
by Mr.. Brown.
F. B. McLearn Of the e1tention de
partment of the Minnesota university
talked on "Ensilage and Silos" Tues
day afternoon at the court rooms. HI
explained the economical value Of silagt
as a food, stating that it could b.
fed to advantage to all cattle and thai
it's use was not limited to any par
ticular kind Of cattle. Corn must b.
thoroughly mature when cut for silag'
and it is necessary to remove at least
two inches from the surface of the en-
silage each day in order to keep from
spelling. He enumerated the points
which are necessary in good silo, say
ing that it must be air tight, per
manent and one which would allow tn
minimum amount Of freezing. He sait
that from thirty to forty pounds o1
ensilage per day to each cow wouli
bring the best results.
Wednesday Mr.. McLearn spoke OF
"Dairying in Morrison County, - "Th
Feeding and Care Of Dairy Calves
"The Keeping Of Herd Records" ant
on the "Dairy Cow Test Association ,
G. E. Brown spoke on the importance
Of selecting potatoes for seed and thi
usual neglect Of the farmers in theil
selection. He also talked on the potat,
diseases.
No horse expert could be secured fo
Thursday morning and it was necessary
to eliminate the study Of draft horse
and the judging Of them from the pro
gram. Instead, talk was given by F
B. McLearn on animal tuberculosis. An
other part Of Thursdays program wa
talk on hogs, their feeding and car
by MI. Mcclure of the Grand Rapid
experiment station.
Chas. Forbes, state division engineer
gave an interesting talk On good road
Thursday afternoon. Mr.. Forbes show
ed some excellent slides portraying tn
macadam, concrete and the grave
roads in the state and some in Europ
and the right and wrong method O
road construction. He referred to tn,
concrete road as the last word in roa'
, making and stated that cooperation
! among the farmers and the residents >
F., each county was very necessar:1 IL tn
building Of "an efficient and perman
ent system Of highways.