Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 279, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 November 1914 — SHORT COURSE HAS BEEN CALLED OFF [ARTICLE]

SHORT COURSE HAS BEEN CALLED OFF

Foot and Mouth Disease Resulted in Cancellation of Plans For One in This City. ~ , The farmers’ short course which was being arranged for Jasper county and which gave indication of proving such a successful factor in the education of our fafm boys and girls and the grown-ups also along lines carried out at Purdue University has been called off, a condition deemed advisable in conse-

quence of the foot'and mouth disease. Prof. Ira Coe, agricultural instructor in the high school, had taken the necessary initial steps to make the course a splendid one and it is to be regretted that conditions have developed that will prevent it. The movement, however, has not been abandoned, but postponed until all danger of the spread of the foot and mouth disease has passed. The international live stock exposition .in Chicago was cancelled and it had been planned to bring to Rensselaer some of the stock exhibited by Purdue at the stock show. In addressing a letter to G. M. Frier, the associatehn charge of the short course and .xhibits, Prof. Coe had suggested a latefr date, possibly in February, but’.Prof. Frier’in replying said: “It would be utterly impossible at this tjme to say what we could do in February or any other time”

Continuing, Prof. Frier said: “You will notice in the Indianapolis Star of*Nov. 24th a report on further outbreaks of,the foot and mouth disease from other sources of infection. If it were not for this we could have probably planned for a few short courses later in the season. Now we do not know what to say except that we must be extremely careful and we must, cooperate in every way in freeing this state of the disease. Taking people and equipment from here and getting people together in considerable numbers at this time does not seem to be the wise thing to do at all. -We regret that so many localities are disappointed with reference to short courses but the foot and mouth disease could not be foreseen at the time we took up th#' short course matters. Whenever anything definite can be 'given you .concerning what we will do I shall be glad to write you.”