Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1915-06-29
Twenty Automobiles Make the Trip
Six Agricultural College
Experts Present. :.
A NUMBER OF FARMS VISITED.
Some Very Interesting Talks Are
Heard-A Profitable and
Satisfactory Event.

About twenty automobile loads of
interested people left The Wilson
about $50 o'clock yesterday morn
ing in company with a crew of six
Ames Agricultural College experts
for a tour of Hamilton county farms.
The tour which had been postponed
since June 18th on account of the
rainy weather at that time, occurred
on an ideal June day with sunshine
and a good strong breeze, with as
fine roads as there have been any
time this spring.
The first stop was made at the j.
H. Yungclas farm, six miles west,
where there was talk by one Of
the Ames men upon Cement Work
on the Farm. At the house there
was another talk, to the women, by
Mrs. Richardson, also of Ames, upon
Food Values. Leaving the Yungclas
farm, the next stop was made at the
L. S. Fairchild farm north of town,
where the men Of the party listened
to a discourse upon Grasses and the
women to one by Mrs. Richardson
upon Modern Conveniences in the
Farm Home. At some places neigh
bors living nearby gathered to listen
to the talks, although not all Of
them joined the tour to other farms.
The last stop before the lunch
hour was made at the Lubbert Lub-
bers farm, northeast of Webster
City. Here the talk was upon
Feeding Cattle and Horses"
Shortly before one o'clock the
party, which was reinforced by this
time to about twenty-five or thirty
automobiles, arrived at the F. A..
Huddlestun farm in the outskirts Of
south Webster City. Here upon the
superb lawn under the trees, two
long tables We're spread and coffee
was quickly made for the noon meal.
over one hundred sat down at the
tables, the chairs for the occasion
being generously furnished by the
Foster Furniture company. Direct
ly following the meal, the company
drew their chairs in q semi-circle
and listened to several short ad-
dresses. Mr.. Mcdonald of Ames
was the first speaker and Mrs. Rich
ardson followed him with short
talk upon Home Economics.
A Freeman-Tribune representa-
tive Joined the party shortly after
Mr.. Bittenberger began his talk up
Oh Poultry on the Farm. He said
that contrary to the wishes OF many
farmers, their wives insisted upon
raising chickens and that they us
TALLY made it pay. His talk was in
tensely interesting and covered ev-
cry phase of the chicken business.
He advocated the form of a chicken
house which is called the single
Monitor type, having a row of win
.dows high upon the front of the
house, and below that short slOp-
ing roof, below which is anothe"
row of windows, every other one of
which is muslin covered to let in the
air. With plenty of sunlight and
fresh air, the size of the chicken
home could be guaged by the
number of chickens to be kept dur
ing the year. The next feature to
which he called attention was tho
food and water for them. Disinfect-
ing the nests, care in the separation
of the flock that no eggs after the
first of June are allowed to be fer
tile-all these questions received
his attention. He claimed that sew
en- millions of dollars are lost an
nually in Iowa because of improper
care in the segregation of the hens
after the first of June. Questions
W ere dShtu anu dIiSNtI GU, anu ZIG
testimony of one farmer present
given, in which he called attention
to the fact that his wife usually kept
200 chickens during the winter;
that the chickens sold as increase
from this flock had amounted TO
.S1S6 in one year, and the eggs
counted as balancing the outlay AMI
expenditure on the entire flock OF
chickens This showed very clearly
whether or not chicken raising
could be made profitable.
At the conclusion of this address,
Rev. c. H. Kamphoefner, who ac-
'Companied the party, was called up
on for a few remarks, which were
in the main facetious, although he
admitted that he kept a few of the
chickens" in Webster City and was
therefore a chicken raiser.
Prof. Beardsford next addressed