The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-01-08

conditions and the nature of the sea-
son.
Dr. NJ H. Reynolds, professor of
veterinary medicine at the Minnesota
university, made the closing address
of the morning. He emphasized the
value of state live stock sanitary con-
troll. Politics he said should not be
mixed with state live stock sanitation.
Among the speakers late Tuesday
were DR. George Mosher. chairman of
the medical milk commission of Kan
sas City. w. L. Nelson, assistant sec
rotary. of the state board of agricul-
ture of Missouri. and w. S. Corsa of
Whitehall, ILL.,, one of the biggest
horsemen of the country.
The one address on the program for
this afternoon was Horse Breeding"
by Frank B. Graham, president Gra-
ham Scientific Breeding school of Kan
sas City. Mo- Adjournment took place
at O'Clock.
Members of the Kansas state board
of agriculture answered to roll call late
this afternoon. The first regular ses-
sion of the board will be held at 7:30
o'clock tonight in Representative hall.
The general public is invited.
The Kansas Farmer has invited the
members of the Kansas Improved
Stock Breeders association and the
members of the state board of agri-
culture to banquet at the EIks' club
at 9 O'Clock.
The board of agriculture program for
tonight and Thursday follows:
Address of Welcome. Gov. w. r.
Stubs; Address of Welcome or behalf
of City and County, James A. Trout
man; Response. Pres. I. L. Diesem
Economic Rations in Pork Production,
w. p Snyder, superintendent expert
ment substation, North Platte, Neb.:
The Decline in Acre Yield of Kansas
Crops; Its Cause and Remedy, J.. e.
Call, associate professor in soils, Kan
sas State Agricultural College. Man
haitian.
Thursday. January 9.-Morning SEES
sion.-9:30 o'clock.-The Place for Beef
Cattle in Kansas, W. A. Cochel, pro-
fessor of animal husbandry, Kansas
State Agricultural College. Manhattan;
Type versus Breed, James w. Wilson.
director agricultural experiment sta
ton. Bookings. S. Oak.
Afternoon session.-1:30 o'clock
Some Factors in the High Cost of Liv-
ing. Frank w. Blackmar, University of
Kansas, Lawrence: The Study of Gen
etics in our Agricultural Colleges, John
Detlefsen, University of Illinois. Ur-
bana.
Evening session.-7:3o o'clock.-Of
Making Many Books There is No End,
Miss Carrie NJ. Watson, librarian
Spooner Library, University of Kansas,
Lawrence; Education of Farm Life,
Pres. Samuel Avery. University of Ne
braska, Lincoln.
StOcsmen Elected Officers.
Officers of the Kansas Improved
Stock Breeders association elected this
are as follows: President,
H. w. McAfee, Topeka; vice president,
T. H. Terry of Bavaria; secretary
treasurer, l. D. Graham, Topeka;
executive committee, DR.. d. o. Wolf,
Ottawa; George B. Ross. Sterling; E.
W. Rankin Topeka c. S. Nevius,
ChileS, and Pearl Padgett, Beloit.
A resolution was passed urging the
of Henry J. Waters,
president of the state Agricultural col
lege, as secretary of agriculture. An
other resolution recommends J. NJ.
Rodgers of Mitchell county to appoint
ment to the position of state live stock
i: spector. The association expressed
of the plan to have one
board of regents for the three educa-
tional institutions of the state The
Topeka newspapers were thanked for
the publication of the reports of the
sessions.