Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1914-01-07
SECRETARY MERRY
| APPEALS TO FARMERS
FARMERS OF DELAwARE AND
ADJOINING COUNTIES OFFER.
60 EXCEPTIONAL !. TALENT 7. i ]
ELABORATE Plan. FOR SESSIONS :
stat. off'ei.,. and Instructor. from
low. stat. col'.se, Among !.
speakers. S5
ELABORATE PLANS FOR SESSIONS
Farmers Of Delaware County:

Farmers Of Delaware County: e. II
Your secretary has given OF hi
time and energy to make this Insti
tute one Of the most practical and in
structive of all the many Institutes
and Farmers Conventions ever hel.
In the county. How well We have sue
ceeded will depend largely on how
well the institute is attended.
Speakers cannot be at their bes
when audiences are small and appar
emily dis;nterested. VIII you moi
look over the program carefully and
note the variety Of subjects to be
discussed, and the character, Of the
instructors? To secure dozen
noted speakers for a County Insti.
tute IS not an easy matter These
speakers can command from $50 to
500 per lecture and yet they have
consented to come to us without
cost to the Institute other than their
actual expenses. How can we show
our appreciation Of such generosity ?
There is but ono way; attend the
Institute. Attend, every session II
possible. Do you want to inquire
which will be the best session? They
arc all 50 good, we cannot easily
make a distinction. II there is any
choice in the six sessions, We are
personally prejudiced in favor Of
the first. Why? The reason Is thiss
President Pearson OF the Agricul.
tural college at Ames, now known as
the Iowa State College, is to speak
at the first session at 10 "A. NJ,
Wednesday, January 21st. President
Pearson is intellectually big man;
representing q big state institution.
Some years ago, the writer escort
ed VIM. E. Curtiss, the noted cor-
respondent Of the Chicago Record
Herald. through northern Iowa stop
ping at Ames. Mr.. Curtiss was en-
Enthusiastically received BY the teach
ers and students Of the college. He
visited the many buildings, address.
ed the different departments and at
ter We had concluded our visit and
were jogging along on the. train, Mr.:
Curtiss turned in his seat and said;
do you know. Captain Merry, that
with one exception. Iowa has the.
best agricultural College in the
world:' l naturally replied that we
were not quite willing to make even
a single exception. Yes said
he, Copenhagen, Denmark, has q
college that in some respects Is bet
ter than yours Z It is quite possible
that our college at 8Ames, with all of
its new appliances. new methods, and
new management, has forged ahead
OF Copenhagen and now ranks first
among the agricultural Colleges of
the world. Is not this something Of
which the farmers OF Delaware Coun-
" should be proud and ought we
not rejoice that an opportunity is
offered us OF meeting and hearing the
presiding officer Of this great Iowa
Some Of your children
and grandchildren and great grand :
grandchildren will be. among those
who: in the future will graduate from
this school as !, farmers, mechanics,
engineers or artisans. You naturally
want to know all you can about this
school. No one is SO well qualified
to tell the story as President Pear
son Make q note Of this and be on
hand at 9:45 A. NJ. Wednesday, Jan.
21st.
Z But someone says we live so far
from Manchester, we cannot get
there SO early. This makes US smile.
TO one brought up in town or in the
city. the excuse might seem plaus-
lble, but not to one whose early
life was spent on the farm. We
know that every. one Of you have !.
breakfast by $3.50 and If you are
:wenty miles away, you can reach
lere by $3.50 and be in your seats at
,:45 at the. opening session Of the
institute. One or two have inquir-
ID why We did not hold evening ses-
'ions. The answer Is that two ses-
lions per day Is plenty. Farmers can
10 their chores in the morning be-
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