Phillips County herald., 1924-01-31
DAILY LECTURES ON
DIVERSIFIED FARMING
CREATING INTEREST
ATTENDANCE is SMALL BUT
INTERESTING DISCUSSIONS
TAKE PLACE DAILY

course in agriculture that is Diff
ferent Is the outstanding characteris-
tic of the sessions now running at the
Holyoke High School for the benefit
of practical farmers. 1t is different
because group Of farmers come to-
gether each afternoon and analyze
their difficulties and give one another
the benefit Of their experiences.
Then there are always two technical
trained men on hand to lend assia-
tance in that end fthe field. F. E
Brolliar head of the agricultural de-
partment of the high school, and r.
w. Ford, of the Agricultural College,
are in charge of the work.
The course being offered is on di.
versified farming. The object to be
attained is to work out with the far
mers, a system of farming for this
section which will put the farming
business on a more stabilized basis
than has existed in the past. 1t Is
the belief of the leaders of the work
that the farming industry of this
county can be made less hazardous
by increasing the sources of income
through dairy COWS. hogs, poultry and
additional crops.
The clasy is now working on what
they considA On ideal farming system
for half section of land. Monday
was spent in getting organized and
determining the nature of the course
which the farmers wanted Tuesday
the class took up dairying. Much in
terest was manifested in the possibil.
tiles for the dairy industry for this
section. = A-si --- 7'''-' Z
That the farm OF half section
should have II cows was the average
opinion of the group OF farmers pres-
ent. Some thought each farm should
have 20 cows, others placed the figure
as low rs s. the average was IA.
The next important item in the
dairying business which came up for
discussion was pasture. Many OF the
farmers present were successfully
growing sweet clover for pasture and
ii was decided that this type OF pas.
ture had been sufficiently proven TO
make its recommendation safe. Each
man was asked to tell in detail now
he secured his stand of clover aad the
results he has had with It as a pas.
ture. 1t was the opinion OF The men
who had had many years of oxper-
fence with sweet clover that Oae acre
would pasture a milk COW.
The problems OF the silo and the
feeding ration were taken up Wed.
nesday II was found that most Of
the men present had had very little
experience with feeding silage. For
the information of.the class Mr.. Ford
went into a detailed discussion OF the
place OF silage In the fe ding ration
Also a number OF balanced rations
were worked out based entirely on
the feeds available In this section.
Thursday viii be devoted to the
study OF hogs. Friday and Monday
Will be given over 20 poultry. These
two days will be as interesting to
the ladies' as the men and Superinten.
dent Robb extends an urgent invita-.
tion 20 the ladies' of the community
10 attend these poultry sessions along
with the men. MIR. Ford has a fine
set OF lantern slides ON poultry which
VIII be shown either Friday or Mon.
day.
The course will run for two weeks
and sessions Will be every afternoon
on school days from ? to $3.50 o'clock.
This work represents a most progress
siyc movement on the part OF or
high school 10 make the school serve
the entire community. and 20 make
Il reach the older people as well as
those OF high school age. Tho course
IL made possible through the co.opera.
ton OF the Vocational Department OF
the Colorado Agricultural College
who 10 furnishing an expert agricui.
tural man 10 assist the local agricui.
tural teacher.
Following are some Of the farmers
who have been attending tho meet.
ings and have taken an active part
In the discussions; Arthur spindler.
John cronauist. u. u. cronauist. @.
A. JydIn. A. y. Kuhnkc, H. Poo. Geo.
Glover Ralph Anderson. c. n Harte.
Fred Boriand. J. 8. Rouse. Edward