River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1910-12-15
Wise Onsin at the Land Show


at the Wisconsin exhibit at the big
Land Show in Chicago, excited uni
versal comment. Thousands of
people who passed this booth re-
marked upon its completeness, in
asmuch as there were shown samples
not only of farm products, but of
building stone, ores, natural woods,
Doth in the rough and finished,
graphite and samples from the can
neries, and the cheese factories.
Some of Wiscopsin's pure water
was shown i'll bottles and served
from a water cooler to those who
were thirsty.
The farm products having been
gathered together hastily were not
all that could be desired, and al
tho Wisconsin people might not feel
that they were not representative of
the state, in the eyes of those who
are not familiar with Wisconsin's
high grade products, they carried
the impression of excellence. The
shape and size of the booth pre-
vented an adequate display of the
products.s AS the Wisconsin ex-
hibit was the last one to secure
booth on the main floor it was nee
essary to take anything that could
be had rather than go up on the
balcony where the exhibit practical
ly would have been lost.
Friday, Dec. 2, was celebrated as
Wisconsin Day and brought to-
gether great many people, resi-
dents and former residents of the
state, as we'll as large number of
those who are seriously considering
a new location and are looking
toward Wisconsin.
Hon. James A. Frear, Secretary
of State presided, after being in
troduced by James T. Barber, the
President of the Association. Mr..
Frear made strong but brief ad-
dress setting forth the advantages
of Wisconsin. He quoted statistics
to show that it was the leading
dairy state, and that in actual value
per acre it's products excelled those
&c IN
such a crop as tobacco, which many
people did not know was grown in
Wisconsin, its yield per acre accord
ing to the Government Year Book
for 1908 was $11300, exceeding that
of Kentucky, North Carolina, Ten
nessee and Virginia.
Prof. R. A. Moore, of the Uni
versity of Wisconsin delivered a
very effective address on the growth
and culture of corn and other
grains, showing that with proper
seed selection and cultivation it
was possible to grow corn in the
Northern counties of Wisconsin
that gave larger yield per acre than
many of the we'll known corn dis
tricts of Illinois, Indiana and
Iowa, Prof. Moore told of many
Individual instances of successful
farmers. He also referred to the
fact that the College of Agriculture
which started few years ago with
seven students now has over twenty
two hundred.
Hon. George McKerrow, Presi-
dent of the State Board of Agricul-
ture, and we'll known live stock
breeder, told of Wisconsin's high
position in the stock industry.
Hon. w. H. Mylrea of Wausau,
formerly Attorney General, spoke
briefly on the development of the
Northern part of the state. He told
of it's original settlement, mostly
| by Germans and Scandinavians,
and of their early struggles in what
was then a wilderness, but are now
living in peace and prosperity in a
region crossed by many railroads
and dotted by cities and towns,
with all modern conveniences, in
Guiding good roads, telephones and
rural mail deliveries.
Some finely colored stereopticon
pictures of the farms and cities of