The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1915-12-23
BIG EVENT FOR RURAL FOLKS.

Farmers and Home-Makers' Week at
.; State University, January 3-8.
!. One Of the features of Farmers and
Home Makers week at University
Farm, st. Paul, January to 8, 1916,
will be congress Of live stock breed
ers.
The breeders will come together in
the general meetings of the Minnesota
Live Stock Breeders association, on
Thursday, January 8, for the discus
sion Of large problems relating to live
stock. Probably President George E..
Vincent, of the University of Mime
sofa, will deliver an address of well
come. Z. II. Potter, president of the
Live Stock Breeders association, will
give response. w. A. Cochel of the
Kansas College of Agriculture, who
has had 20 years of experience in
feeding, will discuss feeding poor quail
ity fioughage to beef cattle. E. T.
Hoecker will talk on the cost of pro-
sducings beef, basing his talk upon OK
periments carried on for years at the
Minnesota Experiment Station. Geo.
McKerrow of Wisconsin, will talk of
pure bred live stock of the Northwest.
G. Watson French of Davenport, Iowa,
will probably discuss the foot and
mouth disease, and the appraisal of
pure bred animals. F. w. Merrill, a
well known dairy expert, is also on the
program. ..~.- ~"
The various auxiliary breeders as
sociations will hold their individual
meetings. The speakers at the meet
ing of swine breeders, Wednesday,
January 5, will be L. P. Martiny, one
of Wisconsin's most successful hog
breeders; R. c. Ashby of the Mime
sofa Experiment Station, on the value
of sef-feeders; and M. H. Reynolds,
also of the Minnesota Experiment Sta
ton, on diseases Of hogs:
At the meeting Of sheep breeders,
Wednesday, January s, George McKer-
row of Wisconsin, for IS years a sue
cessful breeder of sheep, will discuss
the feeding Of sheep for the show
ring and the market; and T. G.. Pat
terson Of the Minnesota Experiment
Station, will make a comparison of
cross breeds and grades.
At a meeting Of horse breeders, on
Wednesday, January s, if arrange
ments are carried out, A. E. Trow-
bridge, of the University of Missouri,
will talk on breeds; and DR.. Shores,
who has promoted the successful colt
shows at Lake City, will discuss colt
shows.
The star of the beef breeders meet
ing, Friday, January Z, will be John
Clay of Chicago, one of the largest
breeders of beef cattle in the United
States.
At the meeting Of Jersey breeders,
Friday, January z, NJ. D. Mum, pres
ident Of the American Jersey Cattle
club, and president Of the American
Society of Record associations, will
be one of the principal speakers. With
him on the program will be Hugh Van
Pelt, of Iowa. At the Holstein meet
ing, W. F. Schilling of Mortified, Min
nesota, and G. Watson French of Dav-
export, Iowa, both large breeders of
Holstein cattle, will speak. The pro-
gram for the Guernsey breeders meet
ing, Friday, January z, has not yet
been completed, but will be of the
same character as that Of the other
dairy breeders.
In addition to these meetings and
conference during Farmers and Home
Makers week, will be offered oppor-
tunity to hear lectures and demonstra-
tions on all Of the leading phases of
farming, especially as applied to Min
nesota;; and for the women Of Mime