The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-02-11

While the warm weather and thaw,
! together with much cloudy weather
/ has somewhat interfered with the
attendance at the first circuit of the
short course, held at Adrian, Hamil
ton, Plymouth and Augusta, Februory
5-S, the speakers were all present
! and the attendance was good, each
| injecting being entsusiastic, and show.
I ing that the farmers and their wives.
7 together with their city friends, are
eager and anxious to enjoy the OPP
portunity Of attending a short course,
where information of vital import,
ance not only to the individual but
F.! to the nation as we'll was being dis
! pensed.
! The second circuit begins February
F., IL, continuing through the 18th, and
will be held at Warsaw, Elva ston, La
! Harpe, and Appanoose, four days at
I each place, with many speakers OF
| interest
| Senator C. c. Pervier, of Sheffield,
! H.. is well known to many of our
| farmers. In October he was on the
institute program for four days in
Hancock county, and since that date
has been devoting all OF his time to
the pork production campaign, and
Tie lSdSOll ludI uS 10 appear lh6 I'll
the program so soon after visiting
our county is that the few people who
heard his message then were so
much impressed that they believed it
ought to reach more of Our farmers
His talks will be along the line of
livestock production with particular
emphasis on swine production.
Mr.. A. ID. Burlington of the farm
management department of the uni
versity of Illinois will talk on farm
management and the Keeping OF
Farm Accounts Every man who
took one of the Farm Account books
that were distributed through the
Hancock county farm bureau last
February and March, should plan to
attend one of these me etings. Ar
rangements have been made for Mr..
Burlington to spend as much time as
possible before the meetings in the
morning and again in the evening,
following the afternoon meeting, in
going over the books to help on any
points in question and in making out
summaries. Mr.. Burlington will have
supply of books with him and in
the afternoon meeting will go over
in detail the keeping of the records.
helping those who want to do so to,
start their own records.
John c. Mics, of Fairbury, Illinois,
is another man with whom our people
are well acquainted. He has been on
our short course circuits for the past
two years and was at Appanoose and
Warsaw last year. That Is the reason
why those in charge at these two
pear again this year. On his 800
acre farm at Fairbury. Mr.. Mics has
clearly demonstrated the value of the
illinois System of Permanent Fer
tility" He has charts showing crop
rotation, treatment and yields for the
last ten or twelve years and will
fully explain the system he has so
successfully followed.
Mrs. Jennie G.. Barlow who was
with us last week, will again appear
on the second circuit. Mrs. Barlow
is member of the supplementary
staff Of the home economics depart
ment of the university of Illinois,
who is cooperating in this work be-
cause Of the present emergency. Her
topics are National Defense" and
"Women's Share in the Nations
Task
J. H. Lloyd, who has done such
successful work among our farmers
for the past years, will be at each
and talk on the subjects of
THE War Program for Increased
and New Projects for
the Farm Bureau He will show
pictures which are of interest in con-
nection with the work. which will |
make It more easily unders TODD and
interesting.
The local board of Hancock county |
has issued a call for a number Of
county's drafted men to ap.
pear for physical examinations on |
Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, /