Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-02-12
SHORT COURSE At HAMPTON.
Institute Proves One Of Most Benefi-
ciaI Of the Season.

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| Hampton, Feb. 12.-Wednesday's
! work at the short course now in prog
ress here began with the class In knots
and splicings suitable for hay rope.
and the boys showed much interest.
| It was followed with instruction along
! the line of engineering suitable for the
farm and farm building plans and
construction. Methods of storing and
testing seed corn followed. then came
the study of three draft mares before
the class and the placing Of them from
J the brood mare standpoint. In the
afternoon the subject of oats claimed
| attention, and prevention Of smut and
| improvements in the crop We're dis
cussed. Four weanling colts were in
class in the afternoon for study and
placing as draft types, and last OF the
| day was study in hog feeding ana
raising, with some discussion of hog
ging down the corn.
| Thursday morning the work opened
, with the class studying different knots
and their uses. and next came study
! of fruit culture in place Of wheat as
! had been announced.
! Before a class that numbered almost
| fifty, discussion of the fat hog type
was taken up with four fine specimens
| before the students, which were graded
| and reasons given. Mr.. Hart stated
that cross breeds may do for the first
generation, but not afterwards. Elk
ternal parasites do infest hogs and
may be combatted by oilers or
cement hog wallow with water and Oil.
Young blue grass makes a good pas
ture for hogs. but alfalfa is an all
summer feed for them.
Fo1 no Ia
! afternoon. and was declared to be one
of the best crops for Iowa farmers. T.
is high in protein, one seeding will
last for many years and is not heaVy
drain on land fertility.
! The stock Judging class had before
! it four Thoroughbred barrows of the
Duroc Jersey breed, that had been on
| the road seventy five days but had
| gained an average of one and two
| thirds pounds per day. since being out.
| Their rations have been cold water,
| corn and tankage. A talk on proper
methods of using cement on the farm
followed.
Those in charge Of the course here
declare that it is one of the best they
have had this season, and they are
pleased at the interest and attendance.
Considering that this is the first here
the success is very marked.
The interest that has been aroused
here in the short course during the
week can be measured by the ease with
which guarantee Of enough tickets
for next year were sold. Friday after
noon the question was called. and
within an hour close to 200 tickets were
contracted. More than 100 were sold in
punches of five and the balance was
easily made up. The domestic science
branch OF the work was very liberal in
the number contracted.
The new organization was perfected
with the choosing Of the following as
the officers:
Observation-Disclosures Atkinson.
Vice president-George Artley.
Secretary-Arthur Mallory.
Treasurer-Frank Beed
TIE spelling contest that was ar
ranged as one Of the closing events of
the short course attracted a good audi
ence at the Windsor theater Friday
evening and the contestants who had
registered numbered close to sixty.
The words were pronounced by SUI
perintendent Hodges Of the Hansell
consolidated school, and the Judges
were Rev. George H. Nicol, Rev. Jamey
ThOrson and Rev. l. L. Baumgartner
all of Hampton. The winners were:
First Kenneth Ferris: second, Muir
lei Henderson; third, Mrs. w. F. Nolte;
fourth, Lillian Wallace; fifth, Mrs.
James Bootz: sixth. Russell Stevens:
seventh, Bessie Ufford; eighth, Helen
Oehlert: ninth. Mrs. J. w. Schwleger
Liberal prizes had been offered by
local business institutions and these
were augmented by special prizes until
the winners were well repaid for their
work. The cash premiums amounted
to $43 and in addition, four flags were
among the prizes awarded.