Short Course At State Agricultural College Attracts Wide Attendance
The 1907 short course at the Agricultural College drew a large, diverse group from across Iowa and several states. Students studied corn work, grain judging, horticulture, stock, dairying, and dairy processing with noted instructors, showcasing strong statewide engagement and advanced facilities.
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The
Agricultural College
Commonwealth of Iowa
Canada
Texas
Connecticut
Oregon
Pennsylvania
California
Missouri
Minnesota
Michigan
Illinois
Commonwealth
Correspondence School Tied to Agriculture Department
A speaker urges creating a correspondence school attached to the agriculture department to help mature workers gain basic agricultural knowledge. He argues the program would pay for itself through state wealth from improved farming and cites the Corn Growers Association seeking a small appropriation as part of this educational effort.
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Department of Agriculture
Corn Growers Association
Agricultural College
Cummins
Iowa Corn Growers Association
College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts
Iowa
President's Greeting to Short Course Students
The message notes no campus visitors but highlights inspiration from the thousand short course students. It describes campus life including chapel, lectures, and chimes, urging against scrubbing cattle or corn and stressing life as a duty beyond wealth.
Iowa Short Course Emphasizes Dairy Stock and Tuberculosis Risk
Reports from the Iowa Agricultural College describe daily lectures on live stock by Veterinary College faculty, with Dr McNeil warning of tuberculosis in milk and urging inspection and condemnation of infected animals. Governor Cummins commends the college and urges legislative support.
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Erait
John Gosling
Kansas City
Louis Young
Chicago
McNeil
Veterinary College
James Atkinson
Des Moines
Premium corn prizes by district and sweepstakes winners
The list details Class A and B premiums for best ears of corn across nine districts plus sweepstakes in the Northern Central Southern sections. Winners include George M. Allee Newell Victor Felter Washta Alonzo Harvey Ossian Edson Bennett Ames John Sundberg Whiting Homer Dye Oskaloosa Charles Ruebsam Ainesworth Kemp Burpee Success and others with prizes from $1 to $400 and items like engines and machinery.
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George M. Allee
Newell
Victor Felter
Washta
J. W. Eral
Pocahontas
H. L. Felter
Anston Nelson
Goldfield
D. McArthur
Mason City
Miller
Nelson
Magnus Hanson
Eagle Grove
Alonzo Harvey
Ossian
H. A. McCaffrey
Janesville
George C. Pashby
Cedar Falls
E. O. Wagner
West Union
Fuller & Johnson
Gisian
Musgrave
Geo. M. Allee
John Sundberg
Whiting
Paul C. Taff
Panora
John Parkinson
Bagley
Grant Chapman
Edison Bennett
Ames
O. Osborn
Maxwell
O. Lee
Cambridge
A. L
Ray Pierson
Silver City
A. Hilton
Malvern
Harry Morley
Gravity
G. H. White
Emerson
Homer Dye
Oskaloosa
Roe
E. EB. Morgan
Carlisle
Bone
Grand River
Charles Ruebsam
Ainesworth
J. C. Frame
Salem
Arthur Williams
Ottuma
Arthur Ruebsam
Kemp & Burpee
C. Roe
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Ene Rane As
Waios
Holden
Bowman
United States
Beach
Blair
St. Anne
Quebec
Green
Erwin
Baker
J. W. Jones
G. H. Dear
Missouri Valley
P. Spencer
Randolph
C. L. Watrous
Wesley Greene
W. C. Harrington
Williamsburg
Animal Husbandry Division
P. J. Donohoe
Holbrook
McLaughlin Brothers
Ellsworth & McNair
Tom
Edward VII
Highland Agricultural Society
Randall
Prof
McKay
Mr. Mortensen
Portland
Johnson and Odell
D. D. Pascal
DeWitt
Bennett Bros
I. 8
S. C
G. L. McKay
John Sollie
New Sweden
Minn
Bouska
Messrs. Horneman and
Langwill
Rasmussen
A. B. Storms
J. H. McNei
Dairy Department
W. H. Stevenson
J. B. Davripson
Dept. of Agricultural Engineering
L. H Paven
Department of Botany
Louis G. Michael
Mary F. Ravusen
Towa
S.A Braca
M. L. Bowman
Department of Farm Crops
P. G. Hoven
W. W. Bruner
Rolfe
Anton
France Warner
Geo
Pash
C. E. Buckman
Castalia
H. R. Plantz
Monarch
Miller S. Nelson
Pashby
John Finnegan
Morctieth
J. E. Powers
Persia
District 5
H. L. M. Bra
C. W. Hunter
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