The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-02-05

OF the Minnesota fed steer Clear Lake
Jute, there was quite murmur Of
dissatisfaction that state institutions
should be allowed to compete against
private enterprise. But why should
any one complain? II the experiment
stations will, by bulletins, tell us out
siders just how it. was done is 1t not
better and more beneficial to every
body, than 1t would be to confine it
entirely to private individuals who
make no reports? These shows, as
we'll as the Experiment Stations, are
or should be educational, first, last and
all the time and the mere prizes are
a secondary issue.
What herds and crows of them.
there We're! Great bulky drafters,
clean, housekeeping coaches, and wee
ponies fit for a baby's carriage. OAR
ker in color than they used to show;
but will the big blacks of today leave
their impress on our farm stock that
those white fellows of the early i'm
portations did? doubt it. But they,
were grand lot Of animals all right.
"A good horse is never bad color"
And how those strong, happy men
and women enjoyed them, marching
up and down the long stables all day.
and cheering them in the ring half the
night. When American men and
rays Of the last sunset will be shining
on the last man and horse on earth.
Talk about automobiles. Bah!
They may do for sonic tinker-who has
not got soul enough to feel the touch
and the spirit of the noblest animal
on earth. The cry that Shakespeare
put in the mouth of King Richard, is
still in the heart Of every American.
Though crowded back into what
some one called garrett" there
were plenty Of them there and all of
the very best The carload lots of
fat steers and feeders were not as
numerous as last year, some having
been slaughtered for Christmas beef
on account Of the postponement of the
show. But the best lots were evil
IDENTIFY saved, and what grand OBJ
ject lesson they were for the farm
ers and ranchmen of the west
; Will they heed the call, or will they
grunt, and sink back to sleep among
their scrubs" and "dogies?"
The first lesson that Chicago and
the show managers should heed, Is,
that the people will come all right,
just as long as they are we'll treated.
That wonderful pavilion that was said
to be big enough for years to come,
was full to overlooking nearly every
night; and If it can be enlarged to
nearly or quite twice its present size
it will be again filled and possibly
again overflowed.
The nightly parade with its music
and many attractions, must not only
be kept up but still farther enlarged.
The fat animal business, that is, ami
mails fit for slaughter, should be en-
larged as much as possible even at
the risk of decreasing the breeding
stock. And at least twice as much
transportation facilities between the
show and the city should be In some
way arranged by elevated railway or
otherwise. All these things will no
doubt be done, and If SO, the people,
the common farmers If you please,
should come and will come next year
and every year, and while noting and
needing the lessons of the show will
unite in making this pre-eminently
the greatest show on earth. And
don't forget to bring the girls along,
both old and young.
And mighty Chicago, show mana
gers and all, will do we'll to remember
in the future as in the past, that there
would be no Chicago, no show, no
anything, If it were not for the COM
mon farmer.