Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1914-01-28
1R, IOWA, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 28, 1914

land forceful speaker, and the farm
ers and student body we're afforded
a, real treat in his able address on
THE Iowa State College and its
Mission Gt-''.r
State Dairy Commissioner w. B
Barney addressed the audience. on
the opening day of the institute,
his subject being The Dairy Cow,
and Her Part in the Prosperity of
a Country" ..7 -:,, t,%s
The afternooEN program of Wed.
nesday was featured by an interest
ing address by A. Marston, dean of
engineering at Ames, and head of
the state highway commission. Mr..
Marston's address was looked for
ward to with keen interest because e
of the endless amount of discussion,
and much misunderstanding of the
recently enacted road laws of the
state. Mr.. Marston's address dealt
in the main with Iowa Public
Highways and the Laws Governing
the Same" Those who heard AIR.
Marston were well repaid for, COM
ing to the sessions, and all went
away with a better understanding
Of the laws governing the building
and maintaining of the highways Of
the state. The views showing the
methods Of road and bridge build
ing, which were thrown on the can
vass were especially instructive.
Following the very able address by
Mr. Marston interesting discussions
Of various subjects were engaged in
by number of prominent farmers.
On Thursday morning Dr.. R. w.
Stouder, the hog disease specialist
OF Iowa. addressed a full house, many
of the farmers and hog raisers show
ing a keen interest in the, subject
on which Mr.. Sntouder was adver-
tised to speak. Many of the farm
ers of the county had suffered heavy
loses during the year from hog chol-
era and other hog diseases DR..
Stouder proved himself master of
the subject of Diseases of Hogs.
Following Mr. Shoulders address
many Of the hog raisers prop0unded
Ques tions regarding the cure and
cry question asked Mr.. Stouder had
farmers asking for information. The
by DR.. StOuder, proved of real ben
j.
If Delaware county.
Another address of much interest
was that Of Prof. l.. H. Pammel, of I
he botanical department of the ag-
.iculturaT college at Ames.' Mr..
Pammel's subject was Weeds on
he Farm
: The first speaker of the after
noon on Thursday was Prof. w. J.
Kennedy. director OF the department
)s agricultural extension. Prof.
Kennedy is forceful speaker, and |
brought to the attention .of his hear
RS facts which have direct bear |
ng upon the high cost Of beef, and
agricultural products, Mr. Kennedy
submitted figures regarding the
Increase in population of the meat I
countries Of the world,
Is compared with the increase in
,eef cattle in these same countries.
According to figures submitted -aby
Prof. Kennedy, in only, two of the
neat producing states has the in
.rease in the production Of beef cat
.le4 kept Sss 81. pace with the In,
:rease in population: Mr. ]. Kennedy
S of the opinion that taking off
he duty on beef cattle will not
,ause a decline in prices to the
American beef cattle raisers. for
he reason that only a limited num-
Ter Of the meat producing countries
ave a surplus of beef cattle. Mr..
kennedy's address contained much
f real value to the farmers and
took raisers of the county,
J. w. Jarnigan, editor Of Iowa
'armer, Des Moines, delivered an
ntertaining address at the institute
N Thursday afternoon. Mr.. Jarni-
an was for many years editor OF
he weekly newspaper at Cedar Falls
Ie spoke Of the many details of the
York of the farm. especially the
york of the farmers wife. He made
I strong appeal to the farmers to
rovfde labor saving devices for the
ousewife, as we'll as labor saving
for the farmer and his
elp. Mr.. Jarnigan was literally ap-
lauded during the course Of his ad-
ress.
The question of sHealth" and san
.ation was ably discussed by DR..
luilfOrd H. Sumner, secretary Of
he state boar of health. and Dr.
!. E. Kepford, state lecturer for
he Iowa state board Of health, his .
ubject being tuberculosis. DR.. I,
umner spoke of the campaign be-
lg waged by the Iowa state board
{ health against disease, and fight
gainst preventable diseases which
re the cause of thousands of deaths
nat might be prevented. DR.. Sum
er emphasized the. necessity of
ure drinking water. pure food, and
ure air. Dr.. Kepford, who follow
d DR.. Sumner on the program, spoke
riefly on the subject of stuberculo-
is, and urged upon his hearers the
ecessity of properly ventilated
ONES, especially sleeping apart
rents. DR.. sKepford is an enthusia las:
c advocate of pure fresh air, and
; engaged in a campaign which has
or it's aim the eradication of that |
lsidious disease, tuberculosis. Many
the diseases which affIict the
umaan family at the present time,
ays DR.. Kepford, will be- stamped
ut in the not distant future. DR..
-epford spoke of the great care
lany good housewives take to pre- ;