Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 52, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 March 1913 — FARMERS’ INSTITUTE NEXT SATURDAY [ARTICLE]

FARMERS’ INSTITUTE NEXT SATURDAY

Good Program and Able Instructors in Marion Township Meeting—To Organise Corn Citab. A feast for farmers has been prepared and will take place in Rensselaer next Saturday. It is an intellectual feast With lectures and discussions that should attract every farmer in the vicinity of this city. The program follows: This meeting will be held at the east court room, In Rensselaer, Saturday, March Bth, 1913. Professor J. C. Beavers is one of the soil experts and has given inueh attention to the study and improvements of soils in various sections of the country. Miss Roberta McNeill is a graduate of McDonald Institute, ot Guelph, Ontario, and has made a specialty of household economics. She is a teacher of wide experience, and having lived upon a farm, her knowledge is based on experience, and her home and school associations has brought her in close contact with the Fanners’ Institute work. She is familiar with the institute work for and by the farm woman of Ontario, Canada, as well as Indiana, where she now resides, being a member of the Extension Department of Purdue University. All men and wonfen residing on farms and Interested in the farmers’ work, should attend these meetings and hear these speakers, as well as the discussion by the members. A boys’ com club will be organized and the plan seeks to place the boys all over the county on an equal footing of opportunity. The quality of the corn will not be taken into consideration. It is judged mainly on the quantity, the following being the requirement: Each member farms an acre. When marketed the number of bushels counts 80 per cent, the cultivation and condition of the soil counts 10 per cent, and the cost of raising it per bushel counts 10 per cent. Boys who enter this contest and follow the rules set out for successful com cultivation will receive a benefit that will be worth much to them throughout their entire lives and every boy should enter. The competition is not limited to Marion township, but every lad in Jasper county is eligible to mem bershlp. Let the farmers show their progressive spirit and attend this meeting. The most successful farmer of today keeps abreast of the agricultural experiment work and the instructors are sure to help all who attend and to help make Jasper county a better corn county than ever before. Make Saturday a big day in Rensselaer and pack the east court room for all sessions.