Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1913-10-29
SHORT COURSES IN IOWA.
Ames Professors Will Carry Scien-
tific knowledge to Half Million
People This Season.

The agricultural extension work
of Iowa State college promises to
break all records during the pres
ent year, not merely in Iowa, but
elsewhere. Director w. j. Kenne-
dy expects that his staff of more
than so men and women will take
the work of the college out to more
than half a million people as against
$50, 900 last year, and about half
that number the year before.
Through our many lines of activi-
ty," says Director Kennedy, 1--WE
will reach not less than half mil
lion men and women, boys and
girls, and we will enter every coun-
ty in the state and almost every
community, in some way or other"
when l say this l mean that our
lecturers and demonstrators will
come into direct contact with that
many people. / am not counting
those we reach by means of our
publications and correspondence"
In planning the short course sea-
son, Director Kennedy set out to
reach most OF the counties of the
state. He will more than succeed in
that. There are prospects now that
the extension department will hold
125 short courses of all kinds, in
80 different counties, only 10 short
of the 80 counties. Already SO of
these courses have been booked;
the remaining 80 or 40 will be
booked within the next few weeks.
A year ago Director Kennedy de-
clared that within three years time
he wanted to hold short course
within miles of every farmer in
the state; with another year like
this, that aim will be attained. OF
the SO short courses already book
ed, SO are full week short courses;
As are special home economic
courses, and IL are 3-day courses.
These courses cover every line of
work that pertains to rural life. 1t
deals with the nome life and home
management; with the community
social life; with the questions of or
ganization and cooperation, with the
schools, with live stock sanitation
and health, and, of course, with bet
ter agriculture in all its phases, ami
NAL husbandry, soils, farm crops,
agricultural engineering, horticul
ture, poultry, dairying and truck
gardening. Twenty-eight men and
women are engaged in short course
work, while some 80 others are to
do work as special lectureDs and
demonstrators. The instruction in
live stock diseases is new this year,
but the three veterinary extension
experts are doing effective work in
the fight against hog cholera.
The work in horticulture is being
effectively conducted; in the fruit
growing districts of the state it
will deal especially with orcharding;
in other suitable localities it will
put emphasis on truck gardening
and potato growing. Likewise en-
phasis is put on dairying in commu-
mites that want it and poultry ex-
perts will be available wherever
wanted. The school work this year
is better organized than ever and
will touch every rural community
in the state.
The full week short courses will
be conducted by three crews of lee
turers on the following dates and
in these communities.
Dec. 1-6-Wapello, Eddyville and
Ankeney.
Dec. S-l5-Bloomfield, DEBORAH and
Toledo.
Dec. 15-20-Cresco, Marshalltown
and Lamont.
Dec. 29-Jan. 3--,Elkadcr, Winterset
and Greenfield.
Jan. 5-10-Bellevue, Panora and
Onawa.
Jan. 12-17-Oelwein, Dallas Center
and Gowrie.
Jan. 19-24-LaPorte City, Knox
vile and Jolley.
Jan. 26-3l-Nashua, Council Bluffs
and Rolfe.
Feb. 2-7-St. Ansgar, Logan and
ERADICATE.
Feb. 9-14-Buffalo Center, Denison
and FIT. Dodge.
Feb. 16-2l-Emmetsbu Glidden
and Epworth.
Feb. 23-2S-Humboldt PocahOntas
and Springville.
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the longitude of Washington and
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