The Oskaloosa herald., 1916-01-20
Splendid Program is Carried Out
Thursday and To-day.

At the Thursday afternoon program
of the Farmers Institute at the Ma.
: sonic Opera House, the regular pro.
gram was again resumed without fur.
Their delay and quite large audience
was in attendance. Mrs. It. c. StedJom
served as chairman of the Literary
land musical program and Mrs. Robert
Hoyt was in charge of the part that
had to do with the results of the baby
show .,.. ...a
Miss Martha Fox rendered as vo.
cal solo, that quaint Scotch air, My
Laddie' and her resonant voice seem
ed to reach all parts of the house. II
was a most pleasing contribution. Miss
LeoTa Price proved that she was not
discouraged after her morning exper-
fence and also rendered as a vocal
solo, "Benderneer Stream" Miss Jen-
: ME Fry accompanied both selections.
DR.. Hinze Scott was to have spoken
on the subject of Better Babies"
but was obliged to return to Des
Moines and her talk was read by
Miss Rebecca De Cook, a nurse from
the Abbott hospital. 1t was a most
comprehensive paper. Miss Jennie
Fry and Mrs. G.. A. Williams render
ed fine piano duet Selections from
II Frovatore and Misses Etfie Holmes
and Florence Scott contributed vio-
lin and piano duet which was most
pleasing and acceptable.
Hon. A. M. De Voc Speaks.
At the close of the awarding OF
prizes and the exhibit on the plat
form, Hon. A. NJ. DeYoe, Of Des
Moines, the state superintendent of
education spoke On the subject Of
Consolidated Schools" Mr.. DeYoe
was to have spoken at the morning
session but was delayed in his arri-
val. He was at quite a disadvantage
in having to contend with the usual
confusion which is in evidence at a !
baby display of any kind, so that his
Introductory remarks were almost
lost in the ability of the audience TOT
hear A little later matters became
more quiet and he was heard with
considerable interest After rapid
review of the past work in the typi-
cal rural school with its limited
equipment, he indicated that a de-
cided change in public sentiment was
taking place in Iowa and that the
best in educational lines was being
demanded for the rural township and
luoJCdu vi liG youhe pCOpiS eSAh5 "
the cities to complete their educa-
ton, they were asking that the priv.
ileges of the city schools be brought
to the township. both in the matter
of studies and also in buildings and
equipment. At present there are
about 140 consolidated or township |
schools, with fine buildings and up ,
to.date equipment in the state OF
Iowa and each year the number |
grows. These buildings are also
used as the social centers of the
township and the plan is being used
with great pride by the people.
On Friday morning although not
commencing until nearly eleven
o'clock. the morning program was
more fortunate than that of Thurs
day. Harry r. Hicks, the vice presi-
dent of the Farmers Institute, served
as chairman and at the opening an
exceedingly enjoyable vocal duet was
rendered by Misses Helen Unsicker
and Blanche Young. The selection
was 80 That We Two Were Maying,"
with the accompaniment by Frederic
Knight Logan.
Prof. Cortello arrived in Oskaloosa
late on Thursday and after consulta-
ton with the officers of the Institute,
went on to his next engagement. The
most of the time on Friday morning
was taken by Prof. II. G. Barker of
Ames in a discussion on Feeds and
Feeding Dairy Herds" His talk was
amply illustrated by various charts
and the idea of his argument was to
secure the highest amount of produc-
ton from the lowest cost in feeding
and at the same time maintain the
normal physical condition Of the COW.
The special dairy farmer, or the
man who speciali2es in this depart
ment of farm work, can usually care
for himself, as he is generally trained
in this subject, but the average far
mer is the one who needs to fortify
and strengthen his knowledge and to
this class largely Prof. Barker talked
on Friday. His discussion was thor
oughly practical and was largely in
formal as questions were asked at
an ypoint by various farmers who
were present.
The subjects of How To Make
Dairy Herds Profitable" and Raising
Dairy Calves" were not taken up ow-
ing to the shortness of the hour.
While the attendance was not large, ,
the interest was keen and the time
was spent most profitably by those
who we're present. The session of
Friday afternoon at the Schee Garage
will close the sessions of the Insti-
tute.