Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-11-07
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or RURAL sEcTioNs

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The county superintendent section
OF the Iowa State Teachers ASsocia.
ton. in session at tho Slavery hotel
was addressed by DR.. G. C. creclnans
president Of tho Ontario Agricultural
college. Guelph. Ont, on tho subject,
"Some Suggestions For Improving the
Rural School curricula".
DR.. Creelman advocated the lntr0-
duction Of the school fall fair, which
has produced good results In Canada.
At these fairs. the work OF boys In az.
riculture during the summer Is. judged,
oratorical contests are held and other
interesting features are a part Of tho
program.
AS 95 per cent OF the people In the
United States and Canada do all their
own housework, then II seems stupid
that the people have not long since rts-
en- and demanded that the art and SCI
ence Of the household be made compul-
sorry by every board OF trustees In tho
country" said DIR. Creeman.
For 500 equipment may be pro-
cured and used in q one-roomed school
so that every girl may receive useful
instruction In cooking and sewing and
laundry work. She wants only q start.
the rest she will get at homo by con-
slant and careful practice.
1.-The lack OF attention to this kind Of
education OF our girls is enough 10
make suffragets of all Of our thought
full women" .fis.
Merchants Helped by County Agent.
Four years have demonstrated the
feasibility and need OF the county agent
work In Scott county. Thru his con-
slant devotion to his duties and the re-
suits achieved thereby. q. u Bliss has
become known to nearly everyone. Tho
work has resulted in Increased pro-
duction. better marketing facilities and
improved quality OF produce Tor the
farmer. For the city man these same
things mean a lower cost Of living and
a more wholesome food supply.
During the past four years the de-
velopment of some Of the special in
terests. includiny increased acreage Of
spraying Of orchards. vaccination OF
hogs for cholera, increase In number OF
silos, and increase in number of men
who are selecting their seed corn early.
ETC., has added approximately $1.3l0,-
$50 to the gross receipts from Scott
county farms. This estimate Is very
conservative. The work OF the Farm
Improvement League has cost only |
per cent OF that amount. Is not such
work good investment Tor so small
share Of our public funds? Ut will
put the work Of the league on a per-
manent basis.
Among the business men OF Daven-
port who have written to Ray Nye-
master. chairman of the campaign
committee OF the league. approving Of
the question OF levying a tax for the
maintenance OF the league are Mayor,
John Berwald, Postmaster Fred h.
Sharon. e p. Adler. publisher OF the
Times. G. F. Baker OF the state board
OF education. Attorney A. Il. Carroll.
NJ. j. Parker. OF the NJ. u Parker COM
pany. Max u. Ochs. real estate dealer.
George M. Bechtel. Of the Bechtel
Company, w. c. Hayward. OF the Dav-
export Ladder Company. ID. George
B. Maxwell. Ed Tallmon, OF fHeesch.
Carstens & Talbmon. L. b. Hayward.
lumber dealer. F. ]. Kuppinger, real
estate dealer. John A. Feeney. grocer.
and Drs. q. E. Decker and Carl Hin-
richs.
Carroll Farmer Second Burbank.
John Betdler. a prominent farmer
near Carroll. has achieved something
OF Luther Burbank reputation IL
years past with his crosses Of corn.
having last year perfected his cele-
brated red. white and blue" variety.
which was funny looking stun to say
the least This was made by scientif-
ically mixing red white and blue seed.
and the effect was rather startling.
This year. however, Mr.. Beidler has
gone himself one better by crossing the
star spangled banner stuff with plain
yellow corn, and the result looks very
much like Roosevelt's description OF
Wilson's Mexican policy. The red.
white and blue kernels are very fre-
quent, as are the pure yellow, but in
between arc about fifty seven different
shades Of those colors and with them
brown. purple, orange. lavender aud
some tones closely approaching black.
Mr. Beidler says that he planted
about an acre OF this corn on hog
lot. to itself. and that this acre yielded
about sixty bushels. Tho corn Is all Of
good quality. we'll filled out, hard and
firm and looks to be very acceptable
variety for planting. The ground on
which It was grown was not as good as
that on which some OF the standard
varieties made a smaller yield.
Encouraging Rye Cultivation.
The tendency in the last few years
toward the spread Of rye culture in
the United States has led the depart
ment Of agriculture to issue a treatise
on. the subject which has Just been
published and is being distributed To
farmers asking for It. The United
States last year produced It's record
crop OF rye. harvesting 10000 900 bush
els. American production In only 4
per cent Of the worlds production. The
department experts point out that
there are many excellent reasons FOR