Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1908-10-15
APPROPRIATION
WELL EXPENDED
Report OF Supervisor Thos. Foster
on County Exhibit at Chippewa
Fair and Farmers Congress


county at the North Wisconsin State
Fair at Chippewa Falls, and later at
other points, was we'll expended IS shown
bv the following report OF Supervisor
Tom Foster, who collected the exhibit
and superintended it's arrangement at
the places where exhibited. At the
Farmers Congress at Madison it was
admired by farmers from all parts OF
the United States. A better man than
Mr. Foster for this line of work could
hardly have been found in the county.
His report follows:
Considering the interest taken in
the Rusk County exhibit of products
at the Northern Wisconsin State Fair,
September 14th to 18th, and the Far
mers' National Congress at Madison,
September oath to 30th, an account
of the trip and it's effects might be
of interest to the people OF RusK
county.
Starting from Bruce about eight
o'clock D. m. on Saturday, Sept. 18th,
with two teams heavily loaded, we
made seven miles of our journey tow
ard Chippewa Falls that night. Sun
day, on reaching the south line OF
the county a halt was called and
Journey afoot was taken east of the
road to the farm of Otto FOskOfsKl,
where we obtained hubbard squash
which for beauty and size attracted
attention at Chippewa Falls, Madison
and the Dane County Fair, and is
now on exhibit in Chicago as Rusk
county product. Monday We reached
the Northern Wisconsin Fair grounds
and entered the Rusk County Exhibit
with the secretary. Three men were
kent busy building a stand, unpacklng
and arranging the exhibit. The un-
packing alone was no small task con-
sidering that all vegetables were sep
arately wrapped in paper and all frult
in cotton batting to take it over its
Journey in the best shape possible.
The exhibit was complete and IN
place by ten o'clock the following
morning.
In the scoring of the county eX-
hibits. Rusk county led in fruit and
DOtatOes: but the hardest strife am
Ong the counties was for the first
place in design and arrangement OF
exhibit-Chippewa county having in
the background of their exhibit a
large map of Wisconsin made OF corn
showing Chippewa county in red corn.
Eau Claire county exhibit was thing
of beauty, her people having used
four loads of products in making 1t
complete, and winning on display VIII
ninety-eight points to her credit out
of a possible hundred, being followed
by Rusk county with ninety-seyen.
OF the thousands of people daily
in attendance. the inquiries were
many about homes in Rusk county
and the books on Rusk county found
their way into many peoples hands
who were interested for We did not
see a single copy cast away on the
grounds.
Among other good things, Rusk
county succeeded in having a cut OF
it's exhibit printed in the 'Twentleth
Century Farmer" which will reach
two hundred thousand homes.
Friday afternoon, the 18th OF Sep
tember. we started to pack the eXhlD-
it and shipped it for Madison at noon
the day following, trusting it would
reach it's journeys end the 22nd, but
in this we were disappointed; but we
gave the railroad officials and freight
agents rest neither night nor day un-
till they finally delivered the exhibit
to us at Madison in a special car IN
time for the Farmers Congress. In
this matter, the thanks of Rusk coun-
ty is due A D. Campbell, lmmlgra-
ton Commissioner, of Madison, VINO
was untiring in his efforts 90 see the
exhibit through on time.
At the College of Agriculture RusK
county had the proud distinction OF
being the center of attraction, and
among the first in many things. Her
apples outclassed anything from Min
nesota, Michigan or other counties OF
Wisconsin. The common remark am
ong a large number seeing the exhiD-
it was: why isn't it better to go to
Northern Wisconsin than to Canada!
That the exhibit was having an ef-
feet on the Congress of Farmers was
clearly shown, for JAG Speich OF La
dysmith, one of the visitors to the
Congress, had hardly entered Madl
son before he was questioned about
his county where the exhibit came
from.
One of the good effects of the ex
hibit at Madison will be that from
this on the Horticultural Society o1
Wisconsin will admit that Rusk cOun
ty can raise apples, and in its annual
report this winter, of which many
thousands of copies are printed reach
ing thousands of homes, cut OF the
Rusk County Exhibit will have {
place.
At the close of the Farmers Con
gress on September Goth, Rusk coun
ty joined with Bayfield, and Douglas