Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 41, Number 14, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 October 1908 — A Taft Rally Side Trip. [ARTICLE]

A Taft Rally Side Trip.

Quite a number of people who attended the Taft rally at llet Friday spent part of the day at Purdue University. Among those who visited the agricultural e~.per meat station and the stock barns Mr. and Mrs. Eli Arnold, Mr. and Mrs. John R. Lewis, Mr. and Mrs. Horace Daniels, Newton Pumphrey, True Woodworth and the writer. Vaughn Woodworth, who is a student of the agricultural cour e, ac ed as guide. The show ring where the fat cattle were examined and graded by tie students was first visited, and one of the animals brought out was a short horn bull weighing 2,300 povn s, and which took 3d prize at the international stock show. He was examined by all the students, who _ were rej quired to write a description of him, in which all of the good qualities and all of the deficient ones were pointed

1 out After they had done this the' J instructor criticised the scoring of the students, and the work was very I interesting for spectators. Several of the fat steers were being put in condition for the Chicago fat stcck . show and there were some fine ani- ' mats of several different bi eeds. The dairy bam was also visited and the dairy stock inspected. It is largely Jersey, and each cow is given a separate test for the production of i butter fats. Several of the visitors also visited the butter making plant The hogs on the farm were rather inferior in appearance, but it is said there are several prize winners among them. They have Poland Chinas, Berkshires, Durocs and O. I. C’s. There is also a good flock of sheep on the farm.

Among the new buildings being erected this year is a mammoth one at the experiment station. It is almost completed and will be in use when the farmers’ short course takes place. This course last year was taken advantage of by about 1,000 Indiana farmers, who were fully repaid for their attendance. Several of the visitors at Purdue spent the- remainder of the afternoon visiting the various buildings there. Rensselaer always has several students at this school and most of the graduates from this place have been very successful. Purdue is certainly a great school and visitors to Lafayete should not fail to spend part of their time at the uni-ta-sity. Last year 15 and 25 cents a pound; this year 10 cents. Fancy California evaporated apricots, peaches and pears 10 cents a pound at John Eger's.