Kankakee Valley Post, Volume 19, Number 29, DeMotte, Jasper County, 17 June 1949 — Ag Meeting At Purdue Aug. 2-4 [ARTICLE]

Ag Meeting At Purdue Aug. 2-4

Many Pertinent Questions Con-

ceming Farm Life To Be Discussed At Lake Summer Meet - What’s new in farm machinery? What prices and markets .can farmers expect in the next few years ? How can the part-time fanner live better? . a What’s new in- farm practices? How can farm communities have better health and greater safety ? Hoosier farm folk will discuss these and other topics of interest to rural people and farm communities at the second annual Summer Agriculture conference to be held at Purdue University August 2-4. A total registration of 10,000 is expected. At * the opening sessions of the conference on Tuesday morning, August 2, the farm folks will hear about better living standards to come to the farm and will see exhibits of the newest developments in agriculture. The morning program offers talks on “What’s Ahead in Farming,” a look ahead at the economic situation; “How to Live Better for Less,” a discussion of a better way of life for the part-time farmers; “What’s New in Farm Machinery,” and “Better Health and Greater Safety.” Discussions in the afternoon will center on community health services, farm policies on both local and national levels, prevention of farm fires, and progress in the drying of grain and hay. Pasture problems will be studied Wednesday morning when trips will be made to several University farms where pastures have been adapted for various kinds of livestock. Developments in feeds and feeding are topics scheduled for the afternoon. Many new and fascinating textiles, as well as trends in clothing designs, will be shown to homemakers who attend the first of the Indiana Home Economics Association sessions Wednesday morning. More than 1500 members of Hoosier county home economics choruses will gather on the campus for the annual contest and for the concert that evening which will climax the musical activities. Visitors will tour the new dairy farm center Thursday morning to see the two dairy barns, feeding bay, bull barn, cattle judging pavillion and the three silos.. A land clearing demonstration will be a second feature for Thurs-

day, when the rumble of bulldozers removing hedge fences and the roar of blasting as stomps and rocks are dislodged will be heard at the new electric experimental farm during the demonstration. , t ' ■"*” Tours to see the poultry breading work, sessions for beekeepers, and talks on new crop varieties will bring to a close the threeday summer conference, which is a short, shor course in rural living of value to any farm woman in Indiana.