Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1916-05-06
COUNTY SCHOOL NEWS
Prepared by
Miss Della Emunson, Co. Supt. of Schools
and Miss Agnes Boyington, Sup. Teacher.
Prepared by
Seed Corn should BE Tested.

ana MISS agnes BOyington, sup. IedcneI'
Seed Corn Should BE Tested.
The wet season of 1915 made much
of the corn unfit. 1t will not grow and
produce good corn. The governor Of
Wisconsin has asked the farmers to
guard this $50, 900, 900 annual crop, for
it means SO much to the state. 1t
means much 20 the dairy industry and
to the pork MAJ net. LII every farming
district the leading men should get all
their neighbors to agree to plant no
seed corn which has not stood the test
and shown it has life enough in it to
make a good crop. There is danger,
too, that seed corn will be sold in
states with "A climate not suited to
that kind of seed. The wise farmer
who buys seed corn knows where it
was raised and what may be expected
OF it in his climate. The World s
Chronicle.
Several Of the rural schools in Iron
county have tested the corn for the
parents of the pupils attending the
schools. At Quincy the boys have
made testing boxes in their manual
training work and then tested any
seeds sent by farmers.
At the Rein school each child brought
seeds from home which he is testing
by the three methods; rag-doll tester,
saw dust box tester and by planting
in boxes of soil. There is great inter-
est shown and each child is anxious
to learn whose seed terminates the
best
"The Supervising Teacher system,
which has been 80 successful an eX-
pertinent in the state of Wisconsin,
has been adopted by Pennsylvania
and New Jersey on a state wide basis.
1t is probable that many other states
will follow the example of these three
states, and, as one Wisconsin official
said make Of every rural school nor
NAL school. - Educational News
Bulletin.
A long contemplated revision of the
Wisconsin common school manual is
taking place. 1t is not as yet certain
when this annual will be issued but
members Of he department feel CON
iideut that, when completed, it will
be great Improvement upon all for
mer editions
Out Of d, 800 rural schools in the
state of Wisconsin 80 enroll five or
fewer pupils; 100 enroll from six to
ten pupils; and 1868 enroll from eley-
en- TO twenty pupils This means that
3G per cent of the schools in the state
enroll twenty or less pupils What an
argument this fact supplies for con
solldati0n.
Arbor and Bird Day was observed
in many of the schools throughout the
county last week. Four trees were
planted at the Weber school. AT the
Rein school the girls cleaned the
building and raked the school yard
while the boys selected trees in the
woods, brought them to the school
and transpanted them on the grounds.
The county superintendent of schools
for Iron county is to act as one of the
judges at the annual State Graded
School Contest for Ashland county TO
be held in Odanah Oh Friday, May u,
The upper class in the Saxon state
graded school has selected "A class pin.
Each member is proudly wearing it in
a conspicuous place, 1t is enameled
IN purple and gold which are the class
ColorS
Every school is busy reviewing the
years work and preparing for final
examinations now. Four schools clos
ca last Friday and most of remaining
ones close during May