Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1917-07-26
Is the result England sees her mis-

by sending teachers behind the trench
es to hold classes. If the war is of
short duration and it going to be over
within six months why abolish all of
our isntitutions of learning. If on
the other hand there is a possibility
that the war is going to continue for
two or three years, there never was
time in the history of man when the
work Of institutions of learning can
be utilized to better advantage than
they can be under the present condi-
tons. The only possibility of going
out to win is thru the application of
science to our industrial efforts.
The success of Germany is turned
on her educational enterprises and the
worst thing that can be done is for
US to sacrifice and throw that to the
winds of the best educational work.
Our schools must be maintained. ANY
father or mother who has a boy or girl
| they can not afford to debar that child
from getting as good an education as
they can have. want to urge upon
everyone of you the necessity of Civ
ing the most careful attention to this
problem because it is the rebuilding
of this nation after this world strug-
gle is over"
The afternoon program was divided
| into tyuo coo+iorc o,oo g. IL. - -~......-
and one for the men. Miss Branegan
of the Home Economics Department
gave a demonstration and discussed
with the women the drying and pre-
serving of food stuffs which are grown
ordinarily on the farm or in the back
lot. vegetables in order to be of
economic use must be preserved" said
Miss Branegan. No drying is done at
the present time in fact, this method
Of preserving foodstuffs has become
lost art in the last few years. Dur
ing the last decade the canning of food
stutfs IN sealed tins has been the me-
thod, but owing to the advanced price
of tins, it makes the preserving of
fruits rather expensive and almost
prohibitive in some cases. 1t is there
fore necessary from financial point
of view to resort to methods of less
expense in order to preserve not only
fruits but also vegetables"
"Peas should be canned when
young" continued Miss Branegan.
before the sugars are changed to
starch" The cold pack method was
then illustrated by Miss Brannegan.
Dried Corn and peas are just as nu-
tritious and just as palatable," as if
the vegetables are canned" Miss
Branegan then discussed the three
methods of drying vegetables, one, the
sun-dried, another by means of racks
placed over stoves and the third by
means of gas or electrical sources Of
heat. Her demonstration was listen
ed to very attentively, judging by the
number Of questions asked by the
ladies present. Miss Branegan had
with her a complete file of bulletins
and other printed matter bearing on
| the question under discussion. These
were left with the Experiment Station
and if any one interested in this phase
OF work wishes to obtain the same,
they may do so by calling up the Ex-
pertinent Station.
Mr.. Halpin, the head Of the Poultry
Department followed Miss Branegan
and pointed out to the visitors the i'm
portance of keeping fowls whose lay
ing qualities are well known. Mr..
Halpin had with him some birds from
the Poultry Department whose records
are well knownof their best laying
hens and only breed from the best
hens. Mr.. Halpin also told of methods
of discriminating the vermin and the
Importance Of this kind of work es-
Ipecially during the hot summer months
when these pests bother the chickens
more than they do other seasons of
the year.
The farmer section were taken in
hand by Mr.. F. L. Musbach and E. ].
Delwiche and went over the farm in
specting the crops grown on the Sta
ton Farm. One of the important
things which interested the men was
the varieties of fall wheat grown on
the farm. For the last five years the
Station has been experimenting with
wheat both spring and fall varieties.
Thus far the fall wheat has proven
decidedly better than the spring va
rieties. One of the best fall wheats
grown now on the farm is Kharhauf
2O8. This wheat has been grown for
a number of years and yielded an av-
erage upward of 80 bushel per acre.
Spring wheats thus far have not been
a success owing largely to the blang
rust which makes disastrous inroads
ION the spring wheat which comes lat
er than the fall wheat. Fall rye is
another crop that has been grown and
it was urged upon farmers to grow
to greater extent. Both these crops
have been uniformly splendid yields
on the soil type similar to that found
in the Marshfeld vicinity. Field peas
is another crop that showed up splen-
Gidly