Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 4, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 January 1917 — Purdue Short Course to Attract Many Hundreds. [ARTICLE]

Purdue Short Course to Attract Many Hundreds.

More than 3,000 men and women from Indiana farms are expected to attend the Purdue short course Jan. 8-13, 1917. The program includes a number of innovations that wilt afford a week of instruction, entertainment and recreation that will surpass any previous attempts. Those in charge have a number of special features that cannot be announced until the week of the course. It is enough to state, however, that the instruction will cover all phases of farm and' home problems with special emphasis on the most important. The state corn show, one of the big educational features of the week, is open to Indiana farmers. Besides the five handsome trophies which will be awarded as sweepstakes premiums, over SBOO in cash is offered to the exhibitors. 1