Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-02-04
MORE THAN 5000 PEOPLE ATTEND
ANNUAL FARM AND HOME
WEEK At AMEs COLLEGE.
SOMETHING FoR~MEN,
WOMEN AND CHILDREN
Pre.idsr. Pst.y, Of Grain Growers a..
ISOLATION, Says Every Man is Fool
Who Fails to Test Every Ear OF Seed
corn--Mecul loush Head Grain Sec
ton For Coming Year.
,necio, to -Republlcan n.

Special to Times Republican.
Ames, Feb. 4.-"To win the war
that Is the big idea that possessed
everybody and everything at the great
farm and home week which has Just
some to a close at Iowa state College.
To win the war 5000 or more folks
came to Ames in spite Of storm ana
cold to learn how to produce more and
conserve better what is produced. 10
win the war, nearly 600 women from
all sections Of Iowa twice as many az
ever before attended short course at
Ames, spent whole week IN strenu-
GUS study Of home management Reo
Cross work and the like. To win the
war. $50 juniors, members of boys ana
girls clubs, came to learn ways ana
means of taking the places OF men ana
women swho have been called from
farm and home to meet the special
tasks of war times. To win the war
great audiences of as many as 1000
people thronged the mass meetings 10
hear the inspiring addresses of speak
ers of state and national reputation.
1T was wonderful farm and home
week." said Dean G. F. Curtiss. III
surpassed every other short course
held here. In other years men ana
women came to get information ana
help for their own immediate benefit.
This year they came. without exception
believe. VIZ patriotic purpose
OF learning something that would help
them to help their country and its al
lies in this crisis. They're going home
to do things they've never done be-
fore. Mark this, Iowa is going to show
the union new achievements on It's
farms and in its homes. all for the sue
cess and the glory Of the things for
which this nation stands
Literally. everything that the col
lege knows in agriculture, home, eco
nomics and engineering applying to
farm and home was placed at the dis
posal Of the short course students.
Hundreds of lectures, meetings and
were offered, and from
these men and women were free to
make any choice they chose. Biggest
interest for men centered in the main
lines Of agriculture, animal husbandry,
farm crops and soils. but farm en-
cheering, horticulture, gardening, bee
keeping, farm management, forestry
and agricultural education were not
far behind.
For the women interest conferred in
the demonstrations by Miss Anna
Barrows on food conservation, the
largest hall available not being large
enough for the many hundreds who
sought admission. Red Cross work
likewise caught interest especially Of
farm women. the instruction culmin-
ating in a whole afternoons round ta-
Bile on surgical dressings led by Mrs.
Helen Windsor of Des Moines.
One OF sthe meetings which attracted
special interest was the rural life con-
ference Of more than 100 rural minis
tiers and leaders. This winter confer
ence proved so popular that the dele
gates present requested unanimously
that it be continued in connection with
the winter short course in-addition to
the regular summer conference Of two
weeks.
Much interest was shown in the
meetings Of various farm organiza-
tons. Live stock breeding men, corn
growers, fruit and nursery associations,
women farm managers, the Iowa Agri-
cultural Experiment association, and
others met in separate bodies, pre-
scented programs arranged by their
own organizations transacted business
and elected officers. In connection
with the corn growers annual meet
ing, a corn show was held in which
over 1000 ears Of corn were entered,
as well as other small grains.
Should Test Seed.
Every man is a plague-on fool who
does not test every ear Of his seed
corn this year., declared J. H. Petty
Of Elliot, retiring president Of the Iowa
Corn and Small Grain Growers as
ISOLATION in a talk before the associa-
ton at its business melting.
That the seed corn situation is-criti-
cal in many parts Of the state was the
sentiment Of many Of the men present
at the meeting who told Of conditions
in their local communities. The as
ISOLATION unanimously adopted resol-
utions in support Of seed corn survey
and the campaign to be undertaken BY
Cn0 18TICultuIaA c4teuslon WV1AoAs "
Iowa state college.
officers Of the association Tor next
year were elected % follows: Fred 3.
McC ulioush, Hartwick. president: w.
r. Krixer, Eddyvfile, vice.presidsnt;
H. L. Etching, Ames, secretary; Paul
G. Taff, Ames treasurer; D. H. Zent.
mire, Ames, assistant secretary. Vice
presidents for the twelve districts of
the state elected In order were as FOL: