South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-02-18
OPENING SESSION
HELD BY FARMERS
New Carlisle Institute Attracts
Many With Its Varied
Three Day Program.

A valuable program was enjoyed
at the first session OF the New Car
Isle Farmers institute held Thurs
day afternoon at the New Carlisle
high school There was only the
one session held in the afternoon
and the attendance was not large.
A program Of general interest has
been prepared for today and tOmor-
row and the expectation is that the
auditorium OF the high school will
be filled for the sessions of these
two days
\ free luncheon will be served
this noon by the girls of the do
nestle science classes of the high
school. In addition 10 the lectures
during the forenoon and afternoon
there will be music by tAe pupils OF
the schools. The speakers during
the forenoon will be Frank Kindig.
assistant state entomologist, and A.
w Demise. field man for the Ger
man Kali works The former will
speak on How 10 Care for Your
Home Orchard" and the latter on
How TO Grow LARGE Yields of Po-
tatOes' In the afternoon Mr. KIN
dig will speak on How and When
10 spray" A general discussion will
follow each of these talks
To show seed Treatment.
ON saturday morning Mr.. Demise
viii speak on How and When to
spray 10 Protect the Potato crop
from Blight and Insect Pests
There viii be a discussion of the
subject followed by demonstrations
in treating seed oats for smut. treat
ing seed potatoes for scab and in
Oculating soy beans seed. These
demonstrations will he carried out
by the agricultural class of the New
Carlisle high school. In the after
noon County Agent Bordner viii
speak on Fitting the Better Farm
Practice Into the Rotation Sys-
tenn" 1t is expected 10 hold even
ing programs on each Of these days
Special programs have been pre-
pared for the women. This morn
ing there will be a talk by Miss
Lulu Williams of Rolling Prairie
on The Home Healthful. Mrs
Edith Reese will lecture on the sub
jet Of bread making in the after
noon and Miss Bernice Yoder will
lecture on The Conservation Of the
Farmers Wife" Saturday after
noon Miss Josephine Williams will
lecture on the subject Worry" Mrs
Hal Williams on Care of Babies"
and Miss Lulu Williams on "Edu-
eating the Girl for the Home" The
lecture Thursday afternoon for the
women was by Mrs J. Emery on
Parcels Post" There was also
demonstrations conducted by Miss
Alice Fern Ullery in the uses of
canned goods.
The lecture for the men Thurs
day afternoon was by Prest Nc
Connell Of the state stallion enroll
ment board, on the subject
Horses" Two pure bred Belgian
mares. furnished by Marion Switzer
were displayed on the stage Of the
school auditorium and Mr.. McCOn-
nell demonstrated on these animals
the points involved in judging draft
horses.
The lecture was followed closely
particularly by the boys in the au-
dience inasmuch as it had been an
nounced by County Agent Bordner
that the boy, between the age Of y
and is years, who did the best
Judging at the next interstate fair
would secure as a prize a free trip
to the short course at Purdue in
January. The speaker not only ex-
planned in detail how 10 tell the
good points of a horse. but he gave
his reasons for thinking that the
raising OF high grade draft horses
was soon TO become the most re-
munerative line for the stock raiser