The Record-courier. [volume] (Gardnerville, Nev.) 1904-current, 1918-01-18
FARMERS WEEK
At UNIVERSITY

Considerable interest among farm
ers and live stock men throughout the
state Is eng taken in the farmer 5
week demonstrations and lectuI es
which will open next Monday morn
ing at the University of Nevada und-
er the auspices of the college of agri-
culture and The agrieu turla evtei.
sion division.
Though the program is not so ex-
tensive as last year, there are several
epeakers from other sections OF the
state scheduled to talk and a number
CT interesting demonstrations are be-
ing planned.
On the opening day " e. Scott
state leader in dairying, will give a
demonstration on the selection OF
dairy cattle and on the afternoon of
the same day, Prof. F. w. Wi son will
give a demonstration in judging live
stock at the university farm.
Drs. l.ockett and Jakeman will lee
ture on Disease Control in Dairy
Herds" at the dairy building Tuesday
morning, and in the afternoon Prof
r. w. Wilson will give an illustrated
ecture on Profitable Dairying with
Iigh Price Feed from the dairy herd
standpoint. George Wendt of Mason
will speak on the same subject and
: Il. Scott will talk on "Silos and
ilage Crops"
Wednesday will be farm crops day.
7. Il. Van Nagell. manager of the
riverside Mi | Company. will speak in
he morning on Increasing the
Fheat Production" and f. B. Headley
superintendent of the United States
experiment. farm at Fallon will follow
nth a talk on Sweet Glover" In
he afternoon Dean G. S. Knight and
rof. Peter Frandsen will ia k on
,otato culture and potato diseases.
On Thursday. which is farm live
itock day, Drs. Lockett and Records
Ill give a demonstration in the morn
ing on hog cholera at the experiment
tation farm Following this a dem
Jnstration of killing and government
Inspection OF emat will be given at
he Nevada Packing Cmnpany's plant
nder the direction of r. NJ. Chaplin,
manager of the company.
Thursday afternoon DR.. c. Foster,
of Simpson will speak on Farm
3heep" and r. NJ. Chaplin will give
a talk on the Developing the Ne
vada Hog Industry" J. w. Wilson
of Lyon county will talk on the
feeding and Handling of Hogs
Friday will be devoted to lectures
In land reclamation. S. e. Merrill viii
speak on Rec aiming of the Las
conclude the morning session with a
lecture on Irrigation Practices.
In the afternoon j. f. Richardson
panager of the Truckee Carson pro-
'ect, will tell how the government Is
aiding the settlers on the rec amation
projects. f. NJ Crenholm will con-
clude the afternoon meeting with a
talk on Land Leveling with Tractors
IN evening session will be held Fri
day at the Commercial C ub at which
g. A. Norcrcss, director of the exten
sion work, will talk on the "Outlooi
for Dry Farm Reclamation, and Har-
ry Campbell. dry farm expert of the
outhern Pacific company, will speaa
On DRY Farm Methods and Practices
The closing day of the meeting vii
'e devoted to range live stock and will
talk on "The University as a Factor
In | i've stock Improvement" c. T.
Farve forest supervisor of the Nc
vada national TO-
N il ustrated lecture on the work the
forestry is doing on the ranges.
In the afternoon c. T.. Fleming viii
speak on the Eradication of Poison
ous Range Plants" Drs. Mack and
ockett will talk on the Control OF
communicable Live Stock Diseases
and c. f. Farve will give an illustrat-
ed lecture on Range Management for
Grazing Conservation
Health. child welfare, home maxine
problems of rural women and women
in the war. will be taken up in the
Home Makers Week" program
which begins Tuesday afternoon and
ends Saturday, all sessions being
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