The Holt County sentinel., 1918-02-15
County School Notes.

| a very busy and profitable week was
spent by the superintendent in the
Training School Of Vitalizing Agricul-
ture in our Rural Schools. held IN
lMaryville, February 40. Five spl,n-
did Young women who are teaching in
Holt county accompanied the super.
lintendcnt. Our school was composed
VI Dr. T.. q. Holden. Of the lntcrra.
tional Harvester Co.. Of Chicago; his
daughter, Miss Helen; MIR. and Mrs.
Carroll. Mrs. i.ura Markicy, Mr.. i. j.
Walker. state inspector Of rural
schools: six county superintendent
Mr. Bert Cooper, of Nodaway: Miss
,ortr de Thompson. Of Atchison: Miss
Sutton. Of Harrison: Miss liraincrd, oi
Gundy: Mrs. Early, Of Worth, and
Mrs. Murphy, Of Holt. Agriculture Is
being taught in five schools Of each
of these three counticS-llolt, Nod
away and Atchison-thcse counties
lhaving been selected by the state sup
crintendent last spring 90 start this
important work. The teachers in each
Of these three counties who had been
selected by their respective county
lsupcrintendents were also present. The
sessions began nj 500 o'clock in the
morning and lasted until $500 in the
evening: there was usually night
session. also, lasting from 1880 until
| q o'clock.
Mrs. Lura Marley. who is n splcn-
lid educator. will be- in our county.
February 1923, 10 spend the time IN
the schools where the study Of agricul-
turc H. being vitalizcd. She will be in
Woods school on Monday, Feb. Is:
Marion, on Tuesday: Blair on Wednes-
day: Dale Center and Ross Grove on
Thursday. and Minnesota Valley on
Friday. On Wednesday night there
will be an agriculture program in
which the pupils Of Blair. Woods ami
Marion schools will participate. The
county superintendent will be there
with her ballopticon. and Mrs. Mark.
ley will make one Of her splendid nd.
dresses. A similar program will be-
given at the Dale Center school house
II by the pupils Of Dale Center, Ross
Grove and Minnesota Valley.
! am asking that the teachers and
patrons Of all ncighboring schools
make an effort 60 attend these pro.
grars--Wcdncsday night. Feb. 20. nj
Woods school house, AID Friday night
Feb. -. at Dale Center school house.
The mos, important thing Ia the farm.
cr jus, at this time that | can think
of viii be- gone through with thor.
oughly--that ~ testing seed corn. A
pupil from each school will give n
demonstration which will hc 80 simple
that every one will be- made to realize
the very serious situation which faces
the farmers this year. Seed corn Il
the worst that We have had for TWEEN
| ~ years: indeed scarcity Of seed corn
| threatens the 1918 corn cpop. We
must not import seed unless Absolutely
4 necessary: We must not cut down tn,
acreage. for We must have corn "a
produce meats and fats for our sol
dicrs. Really there IL nation wide
alarm about seed corn. The condi.
tion " the most critical that any Of us
can remember. The corn belt has sui.
fcrcd tremendous losses. A backward,
season. early September frosts, q cold
October and a warm, muggy Novem.
Der did the damage. As u result, the
first impulse will he to import seed
corn. Corn grown from seed brought
in from other localities will be- infer,
ior in yield and quality. and in man,
cases, total failure will follow. W.
must no, import seed corn until ",
tnin God In an, ,,y, nci.bhorhooJ
Rather thar On wi,hon, sccJ ;mnor,
!, I'm, GO, /, From, I,s, a. no,r hnns
ms noss,bIe. TbousanJs oT tests mnJ,
bv cxncrimc,, s,ations ,osts n,Jc i,
% s,n,cs he Tho .oyc,nmcn, nnJ ,ho
result horr. nm, I'm actual cynoric,cc
4 how tho J,,yo, az in,no,,;n, corr
Tho bom. grn~n cn,, IN .yary ,os,
on,vlrlJ"d tbc imno,tcd corn y, nm
average or % bushcls IN ,bn nero ,nJ
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mos, n,,a,ncs on,s mi ,yLoa, hn, ws
rnnno, imnor, sc,J corr ,nJ cx,c,,
IN gc, ma good results ns vc wonld g,,
from The corn yrown /, the immc,I
4 iotc ,ciybborhooJ I, vtIi Il. in,no,.
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bor food md Nancy IN Tho nconIo y,
this co,,n,,v ~ wc fo;i ,n rcnIi,n ,h.
imnor,nncc ~ ,hcso fact If von haw,
aid corn Icf, oycr C,,m yo,, ,;,,G cron
keen /, ror sceJ md 20, oyor, oar
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