The Lamar register., 1916-01-26

and their sons are invited to enter.
Town farmers will be tolerated. Free
discussion of all topics treated will be
promoted. Each class will constitute
a round table of farmers for inter
change of opinions and experiences.
Expect to learn as much or more from
the class as from the teacher.
The Instructors
Mr.. f. E. Brown is a graduate of
the Cornell School of Agriculture, was
for some time county agriculturist and
conducted the short course classes last
year.
Mr.. Guy Gilbert is a graduate of
the Ames, Iowa, State School of Ag-
riculture and is a practical progress
i've young farmer whose home is near
Lamar.
Miss Bess Chappell, who will con-
duct a special class in cooking for
farm boys is a graduate of the South
Dakota State College, and is at the
head of the Household Economics de-
partment of the high school.
be conducted by a specially trained
team of institute workers from the
State Agricultural College. The short
course is conducted in the afternoons
only, 1:15 to 3:15 o'clock. There will
be many special features, such as
demonstration trips, lectures by visit
ing experts, etc. This will be the
finest agricultural course given in
Colorado outside of the State Agricul-
tural College. Set aside the three
weeks, February 7-26 and arrange to
attend.
H. w. Campbell, dry farming pio-
neer, is secured for a two days en-
gagement during Farmers Week.
Last year Mr.. Campbell, the pioneer
experimenter in dry farming methods,
was engaged to give one day to the
program sof Farmers Week but miss
ed his train at Kansas City and can
celled his date. This year, the COM
mittee has secured an iron clad guar
antee that Mr.. Campbell will arrive
in Lamar on Monday evening, Febru
ary q, and that he will give illustrat-
ed steriopticon lectures morning, af-
ternoon and evenings on Tuesday and
Wednesday, February % and %.
Since February /, 1915, over 1000
entries have been made in the Lamar
land office. This means that at least
1000 people besides the auditorium
full of people who were present last
year to hear him should be interested
in hearing this man who has had
more experience and more opportunity
for learning the secrets of successful
dry farming than any other man in
the west. Mr.. Campbell for the past
four years has been the travelling ag-
riculturist for the C. b. & Q. r. R.,
and has conducted experiments in the
dry land sections of Colorado, Kansas
and Nebraska under every possible
condition of soil and rainfall. These
experiments have been conducted by
some three hundred farmers on their
own farms, under exactly the same
farm conditions that confront every
other practical farmer of the same
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Mr.. Campbell, who for twenty years
or more has been acknowledged the
best posted man in dry farming meth
ods in this country. Mr.. Campbell has
lust published a book with numerous
illustrations showing the results of
these experiments and giving in de-
tail all the data connected with them.
This book is just off the press this
week and will be placed on sale for the
first time at the Lamar Farmers
Week. The high school auditorium
should be crowded to the limit during
every session that Mr.. Campbell is
here.
Mr.. Campbell is but one Of a num-
ber of big men who are scheduled to
address Farmers Week audiences.
Governor Carlson will be the honor
guest at the Prowers County Teachers
Association banquet, Friday at noon,
February 25, and will deliver an ad-
dress at the high school auditorium
Friday night, February 26. An invi-
tation is extended to any who may
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