Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 229, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 September 1914 — JASPER COUNTY TO HAVE SHORT COURSE [ARTICLE]

JASPER COUNTY TO HAVE SHORT COURSE

Organization Effected to Make Purdue Week One of Most Profitable Ever Conducted. Jasper county is going to have a Purdue farmers’ short course. As lias been stated in the columns of this paper before, the Purdue short course Which is going to be offered in Rensselaer for Jasper county, is one of about twenty offered during the winter in different parts of the state. The course is in charge of eight regular Purdue instructors, and they bring with them a Carload of apparatus and live stock. » - Rensselaer is supplying the accommodations for the course ’in the way of buildings, and the usual particular building to secure has been very courteously provided for by the Main Garage. Difficulty is usually experienced in securing a building for a live stock pavilion. Mr. Shafer, of the Main Garage, has generously provided for this. difficulty and the quarters for the other departments have all been provided with the possible exception of quarters for the dairy department. In the dairy department types of dairy cattle are shown, milk tested, butter making, etc., are carried on with keen interest. Another department particularly interesting to this county will be the poultry department, where the different breeds and their uses are shown and demonstrated. Models for housing and caring for poultry are to be shown and demonstrated by the men in charge and lectures and demonstrations will be given on the housing, car, feeding and rearing of old dnd young poultry.

Work of high order and much interest is tri be given in the horticulture department, where demonstrations and classes will be held upon vegetable gardening and care of orchards, spraying, pruning, etc. Perhaps the two largest departments of the course are the corn judging classes and the live stock judging classes. Two double classes will be held daily on corn judging and other crop judging and for the other department. Purdue is bringing a team of prize Belgian mares, fat cattle, hogs and sheep. It is probable that the short course will be given here the week following the live stock exposition in Chicago, the first week in December, and if so, some of Purdue’s prize-winning live stock (or some one’s else) from the exposition, will probably be shown here in the stock judging classes. The department off particular interest to the . ladies of the county is the domestic science department, in which classes in cooking and house management are held, A lady instructor from Purdue has charge of this work and has the reputation of offering a very interesting course in her line of Work. The ladies will also be invited into certain gardening and poultry lectures offered in the respective departments.;

Certain leading men from the different communities and townships of the county met Friday afternoon in the high school building and discussed the short course with Prof. Frier, otfdfurdue, who met with them there at 3:30. This meeting was the result of a canvass made of the county during August by Mr. Coe, of the Rensselaer high school, and other men of the county, and all were agreed that Jasper county needed and would welcome the opportunity. for a farmers’ short course. Full representation from over the county was not had at the meeting, principally because of corn silage cutting, but from most of these places letters or word was sent asking (for the short course. At the close of the meeting officers to take chargfy-ef the short course in Jasper county were chosen: president, J. Ira Ooe; secretary-measurer, Father Daniels; vice president, Rev. Postill; chairman of committee on advertising and printing, Chas. G. Spitler; chairman of committee on sale of tickets, Stephen Kohley; chairman of committee On home economics, Miss Ethel O. Dyer; chairman of committee on corn, Henry Paulus; and chairman of committee for accommodations and rooms, Superintendent C. R. Dean, all of Rensselaer.

The different committee chairmen are selecting the fest of their committees and things are being looked to to be pushed well, especially since the affair is such a desirable one to be brought to the county. More will be heard concerning the short course later, continuing in the present fine prospect (for big things for Jasper county.