Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-02-06
CHILD PROBLEMS
SUBJECT FOR The
CLOSING SESSION
Educators on Final Program at
Rock Island County Farm
ers' Institute.
HAIL CHAMP CORN HUSKER
Scott County Crop Expert Tells What
Organization is Doing Across
the River.

7 '4-iNS VI NAiiulS H were tne topics
treated last evening a the closing
session OF the Rock Island county
farmers institute at Milan. Professor
Matthew O'Connell, principal of the
Milan schools, the first speaker. cut
his remarks short TO make a place on
the program for Miss Lou Harris,
county superintendent. He touched
only generally upon school problems.
depressing TO say a few words about
his first pupil, Gus Miller of Geneseo.
who happened to be the musical en-.
tertainer for the day.
Mr.. Miller performed both afternoon
and evening on the trombone, being
accompanied on the piano by Miss
Shaw. The trombone is not the only
musical instrument of which he is
master. but his musical accomplish
ments. enviabie as they are. were
! somewhat overshadowed by his rec
ord in another direction which il was
especially appropriate to exploit a:
farm institute. Mr.. Miller is Henry
! county's champion corn husker and
/ champion. as well, no doubt of the
I entire state. He has a record of pick
| ing and cribbing no less than 270
bushels in a single day and has on
several consecutive days picked 200
bushels or better. Affidavits to sup
port the statement were produced be-
fore the institute and Mr.. Miller was
given a mild ovation.
Miss Harris spoke OF the country
| schools as she has found them since
taking up the duties OF office some
weeks ago. She discussed methods of
discipline and gave an address which
was altogether helpful.
Mrs. w. B. Parker. superintendent
of the West End Settlement in Rock
Island, the last speaker, discussed
The Moral Training of Boys and
Girls" giving the lessons drawn from
broad experience in the work. At
the close OF the program the audience
rose and sang the first verse of
America" with trombone accompan-
niment by Mr. Miller.
Message from Scott County.
What Scott county, Iowa, is doing |
for the betterment of farm conditions !
through cooperation and the employ |
ment of a crop expert was told Rock |
Island county farmers yesterday aft |
ernoon by the expert himself, G. r. |
Bliss. His remarks ought to increase |
the desire in this county for the ser
vices of someone similarly qualified, |
giving impetus to a movement which |
is tagging.
Mr.. Bliss devoted most of his time /
to alfalfa, silos and hog cholera treat
ment, with a few words about potato
raising. There are 100 silos in the
county of Scott. he said, and many are
being added each year. The farm land
worth from 5000 TO $500 an acre more
live stock must be raised and it mus.
be better than the kind which the
farmers have been raising. To raise
more live stock there must be more
and better feed, hence the silo and
the introduction OF alfalfa. There are
now 20 fields of alfalfa in the county.
some of them yielding as high as five
tons to the acre and selling in the
Davenport market at $50 per ton this
season.
The type OF silo varies, but more
and more in Scott county are coming
to the hollow tile silo made of burned
clay. These are durable and i'm
pervious to moisture and do not
swell when full and dry out and crack
when empty.
Favors Serum Treatment.
Last year was the first one in which
there had been any concerted effort I
10 have hogs inoculated with serum
for the treatment of cholera. OF course ,
many hog raisers had tried the serum {
before and many of them had decided
that IL was of no use. Mr.. Bliss stated .
he had found that IN man. cases the
serum which had been used was not
in fact, serum al all. He has great 8
faith in serum properly prepared and {
as a preventive. not aft. :
er the disease has been IN progress r
long ,
Hundreds OF thousands OF dollars s
worth or hogs were lost because the a
owners refused 10 use the serum or 4
waited too long. Many herds were Z
treated after there was no chance 10 Il,
save them. In all 300 herds were /,
treated in the county during the year +,
and 1s per cent OF the total died. or ),
probably 10000 animals which were
affected when the serum was given
3S per cent died. OF the hogs in af-
fected herds which were not treated y
30 per cen; died. OF the 100 herds
Of animals treated before any symp-
toms OF the disease but . per cent
died later. Some loss is likely 10 fol
ow the simultaneous treatment OF well n
Altogether 100000 worth OF e
hogs were saved in the county last z
-ear by the serum trea ment and this a
um might have been increased great e.