Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1917-11-29
INSTITUTES To Be
HELD IN DECEMBER
Plans Perfected for the Thirty
Second Consecutive Series
of Meetings.
ARE TO BE TWO-DAY AFFAIRS
Splendid List Of Speakers Provided
Annual Course in Home Training
70 Be Provided for the
Women.

MadisOn.-The Wisconsin farmers
institute will open its tIiirty-secOnd an
nual series of meetings in the northern
part of the state during the week of
December 4 to Z. The list of cOnduc-
tors includes f. c. Jacobs Elk Mound =;
w. {. Bradley, Hudson; H. W. Girls
void, West Salem; John Imri and Da-
Vid lmri, Roberts; w. Ii. Clark, Rice
Lake. WOmen'S meetings will be held
IN connection with several of the first
institutes, and Miss Nellie Maxwell,
Neenah, and Mrs. G. E. Hatch, Green
Bay, will have charge.
The institutes are twO-day affairs,
with special reference to sheep and
swine raising, dairying and questions
OF spring seeding To assist in the
promotion of wider interest in sheep
husbandry for the cut-over farms,
Superintendent Z. l.. Luther has Sc
cured the help of Assemblyman w.
Woodard,' Bloomer, a successful Chip
peWa county flOcEmaster.
Dates for Institutes.
Institutes will be held as follows:
December 4-5-WaShburn. bayfield,
county; Wilson, st. CroiX county :;
Stockholm, Pepin county; Spl'inghrook,
Waehburn county; Pennington, Polk
county; Grantsburg, Burnett county.
December 6-7-Bayfield, Bayfield,
county; Baldwin, ST. CroiX county !;
W0umandec. Buffalo county; Hay
ward, Sawyer county; Centuria, Polk
county; Danbury, Burnett county.
December 11-12-Mountain, Oconto
county; Zachow, Shawmo county
Pembine, Marinette county; Klondike
Oconto county; Maribel, Manitowoc
county; Wolf Creek. Polk county.
December 13-14-Gillett, Oconto
county; Cecil, ShawanO county; Dun
bar, Marinette county; Lena, Oconto
county; ROSiere, KeWaunee county /;
Evergreen, Polk county.
Placing hired help on farms where
labor was badly needed to save crops
from waste, assisting farmers to make
application for federal farm loan
funds or CanvaSsing rural districts in
the interests of the second Liberty
bond issue-such were some Ct the
more prominent activities of WiScOn-
sins 26 county agricultural repreSn-
tativeS last month.
These farm minute men and Paul
Rcveres" of the modern agricultural
world have engaged in Il varied num-
ber Of tasks, all intended to be of di-
rect help to food production and con-
servatiOn.
Inspect Army Horses.
According to the monthly progress
report Just filed at Washington. d. G.,
by the headquarters office at the col
lege of agriculture, University of
Wisconsin, the states regular county
men have also done such things as
these:
Inspected army horses for the gov
ernment buyers-helped with local
defense council meetings-made Spe-
Cial efforts to increase seedlings of
winter wheat and rye-visited and ad-
vised amateur gardeners regarding the
harvesting and storage of vegetables
-assisted federal officials in apprais-
ing farms Of parties applying for loans
from federal farm loan banks-Organ-
izing local forces to gather seed corn
assisting at county fairs and eXhi-
bitions-helping in military relief
work-and assisting in young peoples
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