The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-01-14

horses. cattle and sheep that carry away |
the highest prizes IN the leading |
stock shows Of the unite0 9tates -
scarcely les phen1anene1 -.
. paper ON Handling Beef Ca&tle on |
Divefsified Farm"
He said: The raising Of beef cat-
tie ON the farm = not = dream Of thel
something real something that can be
done right NOW and done IN 2 WAyi
that it VIII produce . good profit
The meeting. came to close tn.
afternoon altar necessary business neo
: spread and smoker 1t > O'clock ton1ene
8 ne re 81 e sSe Xansss
stock Breeders association. and the KAN
nas State Board of Agriculture
Governor HodGes' AddEes -.
entered the political arena. 10 to con-
Germ herself with the ethical thin11 OF
Hfe-the things that man has neglected
according to George II. HODGES. eov-
ernOr Of Kansas. who spoke Tueeoay
the Kansas improved Stock Breedefr
association in representative hall.
The speaker stated that formerly II
was considered by many men that
woman was not capable OF inteineenty
srasping political problems. but at the
same time the laws by making woman
Of legal age at Is intimated that woman
was just three pears smarter than man.
Governor Hodges said: I'm the future
our women will have great deal to DO
going to take up those questions that
should have been taken up long ago.
''You ladies must fortify yourselves
for your responsibilities. You win con-
Germ yourselves. I believe, about the
ethical things Of life which man has
neglected.
.sYou people pay the taxes and II
should be pleasure to you to send
your sons and daughters to the State
university. They viii be better FORTH
! Ned to meet every man and woman ON
a plane Of mental equality. Your boy
or girl who only goes through the
country school Is not fortified for life.
! Governor Hodges told of q visit to q
slaughter house and expressed himself
AZ being shocked at the manner in
which sheep and other live stock II
slaughtered He did not object to the
manner the steer IL killed-by a
most instantly-but he was of the opin-
ion that the throat cutting process en-
ployed in the slaughter of other animals
il anythtng but humane. Seems to
Tine" he said. there should be other
means Of taking the life Of an animal
4 that goes on the table,
/ Particular Interest to Women.
/ The meeting Tuesday night was OF
particular interest to the women. Mrs.
Aida Otis True Of Perry and Mrs. J.
ID. Corbett Of Topeka were on the pro-
gram. their subjects respectively being.
1.-The Farmers Greatest Problem" and
/ Rural Schools H. w. McAfee. pres
ident of the organization. gave an ad-
dress. He reviewed the stock and mar
ket conditions of the last year. DR.. A.
e. Holt of Manhattan, gave strone
address on Program for Reorganiza-
ton of q Rural Community" One OF
the pleasing features of the meeting
was the singing OF a quartet from the
& First English Lutheran church The
members of the quartet: Miss Selma
Foberg, Miss Marian McAfee, NJ. f.
MikeseI, and Leland McAfee. Miss
Lydia Emery officiated at the piano.
McAfee ON Weather Stories.
i According to President McAfee- the
lgreatest damage that Kansas suffered
in 1913 came through distorted weather
stories that were published in eastern
newspapers. He said:
while the year just closed has
been marked by some extremes in eli
; matte conditions and while indivfdualt
have suffered financial losses, it YET
remains true that Kansas Ii very TAI
!, away from pauperfsm, and the great.
; est damage she suffered in 1913 wa
through the newspapers. Kansas hal
J always suffered from sensationalisn
in the press. Our stormy weather Il
Icyclonic, our spring rains rival Noah't
: Hood. our grasshoppers which nibblt
around the edge of the alfalfa OF
grain field outrfval the Egyptian
plague Of locusts. This sensational
ism does not come from Kansas peo'
pie whose editors live here and know
the conditions, but from writer's who
when they look at Kansas events"
II HsHHa fSrnnfeuf Problem.
B Mrs. True. In speaking on 'Tht
Farmers Greatest Problem said:
IT, THE farmers greatest problem u
?! to keep his boys upon the farm
Children naturally love farm life.
is q keen pleasure to watch hvint
} best place for children. The farm
must not only give the American DO!
, a living but life. After all the grea
! problem il the man problem"
II Rural Schools Most Important.
Mrs. Corbett asserted that the hope o
, are adequately equipped: :.
, wording from that published in the print
Cd at Psos e. P1even Hss Of Scrub STOCK
, % speaker said that It must be recog
nssd y that the city h. rSe fns
! many sections Of the country for the mos
part do not own their own land. In Kan
sas between thirty and forty Per cent o
: the farmers till son which they do no
own. There should b better organisation
in the communities, according to tn
, speaker. Leaders with progressive idea
should Be SVEN . chance to uss thsa
Board Of Agricnltmro Begin Session.
Tho forty-tnird annual meeting OF IN
!. Kansas State Board OF Agriculture open
ed this afternoon 1t O'Clock with Z busi
~ ness session.
The feature OF the program win be tn
1 talk by e. W. Howe Of Atch1son, VIII
WIN tell, what Kansas Man saw ON
Z Trip to New Zealand, Australia, IN
= Africa" Mr.. Howe h original I'm mamie
Of handling d subject. While ON his WorI4
tour he saw things from = different angl
, from which the average traveller Wow