The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1919-08-13
FARMERS Meeting
TO CLOSE WITH THE
PROGRAM TONIGHT
Number Of Prominent Speakers on the
Program Of the Free Farmers
Cbautauqua at BeechwOod
Park-Tuesday's Program
Was Unusually Good.


Although there is not the amount |
of interest being displayed in the
Free Farmers Chautauqua being held
this week at Beechwood park that
probably should be taken by the farm
ers, q good number of people are TAX
ing advantage of these opportunities
to hear some Of the best posted men
and women in the state.
Tuesdays program was unusually
good and among the speakers were
Prof. c. w. Mathews, garden expert
of the State Experiment Station, Prof
Gronnert, of the Center University,
/ Danville, and Prof. V. o. Gilbert, State
Superintendent of Education of the
State of Kentucky.
Prof Mathews spoke of the import
ance of farm gardens and orchards.
fIe said that we had in Kentucky the
ideal location, midway between the
extremes of temperature for the rails
ing of fruits. He showed with how lit
tie trouble, grapes of many varieties
could be raised and so Of many other
fruits.
He advised the farmers not lay out
their gardens in little narrow squares,
as was necessary in city gardens ow-
ing to lack of space but to take six or
eight acres that there would be
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cultivate with horse. He said the
rows should be perfectly straight not
only for beauty but because they
could be closer worked with the mod
ern apparatus used in gardening.
Prof Gonnert of Centre College,
Danville spoke of the Importance of
Education and the Church to the pros
perity and true citizenship Of the
country.
He traced very eloquently the down
fall of nations that did not educate
and train their citizens in religion. He
said that Arizona his own state, of
about the size of Kentucky and very
like 1t in topography had three times
the assessed value of property with
in it. This though 1t is much young
er state. He attributed it to the great
er attention paid to education. He
gave a striking illustration Of the
value of the public school system, He
said he knew that the young Germans
of Wisconsin were patriotic. They
had volunteered easily and Wisvon-
son troops had distinguished them
selves in some Of the war drives. Their
parents sympathized with Germany
but the young people educated In our
public school had been trained to love
!. America, and were loyal Americans.
Mr.. Gilbert, Superintendent of the
Public Schools of Kentucky, made al
earnest entertaining talk on the value
I Of the rural schools and urged tina
] farmers take more interest in then
I for the sake of their children and thu
1 value of their property. He ridiculed
] in a good natured way, the moving o
! farmers to town to educate their chill
I dren, after letting their farms rul
down, when the same money put int,
] their home school would enable then
n to keep their own comfortable home
! and get really better education 70
their children in mind and body.
The programs for today are ais
very promising DR.. l. N. Witten
berg, the first full time Health Office
in the state of Kentucky, and mem
ber Of the State Board Of Health, vii
speak on the subject Health
Wealth" this afternoon and Miss Dor
Sonnenday. Home Economics Exper
will speak on "Home Making" Pro
w. 8. Anderson, of Kentucky Univer
sity will speak on Better Stock b
Better Breeding" The chautauqu
will be brought to close this even
ing by an address on Rural Relic
Work" by DR.. 8. e. Brewster, Of tn
American Red Cross, who has see
much service in Europe and who ha
had years Of experience in researc
work.
X The large chautauqua tent shoul
be filled both afternoon and evening