Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-12-30
cow To INCREASE
PROFITS OF FARMS
lloRE ECONOMICAL PRoDuC-
TON AND MARKETING THEME
OF AMEs SHORT COURSE.
FARMERS TO BE TOLD OF
RESULTS OF EXPERIMENTS
Years OF Investigations Of Experts to
BE Outlined at School For Farmers
to Be Conducted Next Week-Many
Prominent Speakers to Discuss
New Methods.
Special to Times Republican.

Ames. Dec. 30.--How to produce
farm crops and live stock more
economically and market them more
protitab ly-that will be the keynote
or Iowa's annual winter short course
at Ames. next week. Jan. to S. That
Is the big question that farmers
everywhere are asking. and every
resource of Iowa State College and
It's experiment stations. every new
and worth while result of their
years, OF investigation. will be put
fntoi the short course program ard
its hundred and more daily lee
lures and demonstrations in an eff
fort to answer 1t.
Besides the, short course will take
up. important home problems, espe-
csally those dealing with the care,
feeding and clothing of the children,
hecause recent Investigations show
that a large proportion of school
hoys and girls thruout Iowa are be-
ssslow the normal in nourishment and
health. A rural life program will take
uD the questions of more satisfac-
tory rural life.
Out of the thousands of expert
rnent and field tests of the expert
sln..,1t station has come much new
Information about crops and their
Encouragement and that will be fully
Mresented. A good many years of
snotbhle work in feeding has culmi-
nated In new methods OF handling
lsfttle. hogs and sheep. and they will
sbe demonstrated. Extensive soil sur
syeys ia many counties of Iowa have
shown What must be done to keep
Iowa soils economically productive
end they will be explained. A
thorough study of farm manage
anent and marketing has made pos
s'lsfe definite suggestions that will
81 rave the way to more profitable agri-
3feuft,re. The farm power question:
fha problem of labor saving equip
\ Inent, the, horse question. the ques
tons OF profitable orchards and gar
dens, the securing ct larger profits
from dairy herd and poultry flock
Tall these things and many others
will be considered in the course of
the week.
Many Noted Speakers.
In connection with the progrsn,,
many speakers of note have been
s.ecured to give assistance. Among
ssl hem are Washle Dismore. secretary
,gOf the Horse Association of AM
seiIcat; E. .. Ball. assistant secre-
avy sof agriculture and one of the
Test known authorities on plant
pests; A. H. z Carhart reationa1
en- ,ineer with the United States for
estryf service; Frank /. Mann, soils
expert and known as the "best farm
CT in Illinois," John Costing, vet
L Gran of nearly twenty wears of Iowa
short courses as meat demon
stlator; G.. n. Hoffer. Purdue Uni
\ versity, considered the best author
ity on corn root rot. E. L. Morris.
of the Kansas City grain Standard
D zation service; W. F. Priebe. form
CRY with the Hoover food admins
s-tration as poultry and egg ex-
pert, and w. A. Lippincott, Kansas
noted poultry authority; A. c. Arney,
< Minnesota experiment station seed
expert: e. v. Wilcox, bureau of farm
management. department. of agricul-
ture; w. G. Kaiser, of the Portland
Cement Association, who will talk
4 on concrete construction. for the
farm: ]. ". Coverdale, secretary
Anerifan Farm Bureau Federation.
BESIDES. many of the breed associa-
tons and the Iowa Corn Growers
association and other organizations
VII have separate programs with
prominent speakers
3;s Grain Show.
18th these features will come the
Y ANIMAL Iowa corn and small grain
snow. for some wears the greatest
show OF it's kind, and also a ham
and bacon show. The Iowa Conser-
Walton Association is scheduled to
1old its annual meeting also
Over 800 boys and girls are ex
pected for meeting OF the boys and
girls clubs, which will have q five
day program Of their own.
Added to these attractions will be
an opportunity to see the college
and study it's experimental work.