The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1907-12-27
Grass, Grain and Seeds Are 10
Make Up a Display.
Premiums viii Aggregate $500;
Dairy Interests Also.
The County Fairs Entitled TO a
Voice in The Meeting

| Minnesota farmers who are proud OF
the grains and grasses they raise will
have an opportunity to win premiums
at the annual meeting of the Mime
sofa State Agricultural society, which
will be held at the old capitol Jan.
Ii, ID and Ii. Premiums aggregat-
ing nearly $500 will be offered for the
best displays of seed corn, seed grains
and grass and clover seeds. This is a
new departure in connection with the
annual meeting
Exhibitors will be obliged to display
only ten ears of corn and one peck of
the different grass and grain seeds, SO
that they will not be put to any great
trouble to enter the competition. The
Minnesota Field Crop Breeders asso-
citation, one of the branches of the
society, is planning to have a large
exhibit of the different field crops.
This branch vii have the afternoon of
the second day of the Nonvention Jan.
Is. If exhibitors have not had their
displays in before the opening day
they will still be eligible to enter the
contest, for prizes will not be dis
tributed until Wednesday.
Some interesting papers and adj
dresses will be given at the meet
ings of the different branches. The
convention viii open Tuesday morn
ing, Jan. IA, with prayer by DIR. G..
H. Bridgeman,. president of Hamline
university. Governor John A. Johnson
will deliver the opening address. This
will be followed by, paper by Mrs.
W. NJ. Liggett on Scientific AgrieIsl,
ture." z,
Tuesday afternoon yin be a --des6tesf
to the dairy interests of the state,
in charge of L. X. Slater of the state
dairy and food department. There will
be several papers and addresses deal
ing with different features of the
dairy industry.
The state farmers Institutes will
have charge of the program in the
evening, under the supervision of Su-
perintendent A. ID. Wilson.
The live stock breeders of the state,
with Professor Andrew Boss in
charge, will have Wednesday morning
to themselves. At noon the meet
ing will adjourn to the state school
of agriculture where the Field Crop
Breeders association will give pro-
ora m in tho a ~ arnoop with prac;darf
Arthur Cooper in charge. Professor
j. II. Sheppard of the North Dakota
college of agriculture will read paper
on Grain Production" with a dis
cussion led by A. X. Bush. C. P.
Hartley of the United States depart
ment of agriculture will give paper
on Corn Culture" followed by dis
eussion led by Thomas Harborn. f..
II. Gibbs of Rose town will tell about
Growing Onions" discussion being led
by Arthur Cooper. f. NJ. Libby of
Robinsdale will deal with potatoes.
Vincent Bailey leading the discussion.
The evening program also will be
given at the farm school, the Live
Stock Breeders association being in
charge.
The Thursday sessions will be held
i'll the old capitol. President Il. +.
Nelson will deliver an address, and
the reports of the secretary and treas
nrer will be read A president, first
vice president, and second vice presi-
dent will be elected, as well as two
managers for three years to succeed
ID. s. Hall of Buffalo Lake and G. w.
Patterson of Worthington, whose
terms expire this year. C. NJ. Griggs
of st. Paul is now first vice presi-
dent and j. j. Furlong of Austin Sec
ond vice president.
Business meetings of the various
branches of the society viii be held in
the afternoon and officers elected.
1t is expected that there will be 200
to 800 delegates at the annual meet
ing Each county agricultural fair as
ISOLATION and each of the branches is
entitled to send three delegates. Where
there is no county fair the county
commissioners are entitled to send one
delegate. These meetings all will be
open to the public.