Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1915-02-03
WAS PRODUCTIVE OF GOOD
YIROQUA FARM INSTITUTES
VERY SUCCESSFUL
Strong Instructors Gave Enlighten-
ment-Local Talent Joined
Two Other Meetings

ana rflQay last was well ATTENDED and
proved most beneficial and intensely
interesting. The severe weather of the
first day caused slow arrival of out of
town attendants, but for the afternoon
the high school assembly room was we'll
filled. The program as published was
generally adhered to and Mr.. Comings
lead with dairy cattle, care of heifers,
young calf, of such vital importance TO
the majority of local farmers.
Mr. Imrle followed on corn culture
and silos ana Mr.. McKerrow on sheep
industry. At the afternoon session
Mr.. lmrie took up soils, with stress on
fertilizers and rotation of crops, and
the improvement of public highways,
which Is now more than ever before
considered so fundamental, was dis
eussed by MIR Donaghey MIR. McKer-
row handled the topic of horse breeding
and those specially interested in the
theme considered his authority the high
est and explanations perfect. Prof.
Brown closed the session with an ad.
dress, dwelling upon the work of our
local high school for the farm boy and
girl.
A good crowd attended the evening
program, which was opened by the high
school orchestra, who were greeted
with loud applause, and delighted one
and all, DR.. Porter gave a twenty
minute talk upon his recent travels in
Scotland, describing the locality and
environments of the home of Robert
Burns, recreation for the listeners,
his subject being of such a different
trend than other numbers on the pro
gram. Professors Bishop and Smith
made short talks giving statistics of
their respective schools with reference
to rural students. Mr. Imrie gave the
main address of the evening upon i'm
proving home conditions of the commu-
nifty, which brought out the far reach
ing influence of many points, usually
considered unimportant. A double quar-
tet of the traiaing school rendered vo
cal selections, highly appreciated by
the audience.
On Friday morning men and women
were in int session and considered the
dairy and its details Miss Maxwell
Emphasized means of keeping boys and
girls on the farm In the afternoon
Mr. lmrie lead the consideration of bal
anced feeding of cows, srousing consid-
cradle enthusiasm, and Mr.. Comings
was full of the subject of Co operation
Of farmers, which, has long been neg
iected, but so far as has been practiced
has revolutionized the disposal of vsri-
Gus classes of farm products The clos
ing speech was By Judge Mahoney, and
after speaking of the duties of the bust
ness man toward the farmer and vice
versa he, too, made strong plea for
co operation as safeguard to the
farmer
The conductors expressed themselves
vel pleased with the attendance, good
int rest and apparent success of the
entire institute
Miss Nellie Maxwell of Neenah, gave
mary profitable hints in practical house
work and demonstrations in bread max :
ing, rev ways of cooking mutton, chick
en-, etc, One hundred and fifty ladies'
attended She dwelt upon the handy
arrangement of the kitchen as saver
~ time ard labor In the joint session
Miss Maxwell stated that farm home
may be fitted with water and sewer
age system. hot air furnace and a
good lighting system for less than the
Ford auto.
The institutes hold at Chaseburg and
LaFarge are reported to have been
complete successes from point of in
terest and attendance.
Well. that pesky grounding didn't
see his shadow.
The Mothers Alliance will meet at
the high school Monday afternoon at
four O'Clock.
There will be basket social at the
Smith school, two miles south of West
by, Saturday evening, February 6.
The finest and most complete line
of building materials in this section of
the state at the Nuzum Lumber Yard
-Towner's &c sale will continue un-
til Thursday night. Many new Articles
have been purchased especially for this
sale.
Mrs. Eli Reed left Monday for
Rhinelander to pass month with her
sister, Mrs. Will Morris, who is very
i'll.
We note mention in Wausau pa
per of beautiful piano solo rendered
at church entertainment in that city
by Miss Iona Slack.
There will be story hour Saturday
afternoon for the children of the third
and fourth grades, at the public library
in charge of Miss Eley.
In hard fought but gentlemanly
game, Viroqua basket ball team defeat
ed the Westby lads at the Opera house
Saturday night by score of IL to %.
An excursion will be run over the
Southeastern line to Lacrosse next
Tuesday for the benefit of those wish
ing to attend the annual meeting of
the cooperative packing plant at La
Crosse.
Thursday and Friday were the cold
est days of the season. Here mercury
dropped to 30 below, and it was colder
in other places. The wave of cold ap-
pears to have swept over the entire
country.
Now is the time to place your or
der for cement for you can buy AMI
haul it cheaper than at any other time
in the year. 1t keeps perfectly in any
dry place. Get the Atlas brand at the
Nuzum Yard.
Mrs. and Mrs. NJ. Weed of Spring
vile should be congratulated over the
advent of two grandchildren in one
week, as a con was born to Mr.. and
Mrs. John Wood. January Is, and a
daughter to Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. White
January 90
r. NJ. Towner is to be congratu-
lated on securing the agency for such
famous article as Edison's new diamond
disk photograph Many and delightful
are the comments # those who have
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