Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-12-15
WISCONSIN At
THE LAND SHOW

The variety Of products displayed
at the Wisconsin exhibit at the big
Land Show in Chicago, excited uni
yersal comment. Thousands of peo-
pie who passed this booth remarked
upon it's completeness, inasmuch as
there were shown samples not only of
farm porducts, but of building stone,
ores, natural woods, both in the
rough and finished, graphite and
samples from the cannerfes, and
the cheese factories. Some of Wis
consins pur ewater was shown In
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 altho,
Wisconsin people might not feel that
they were not representatives of the
state, in the eyes of those who are
not familiar with Wisconsin's high
grade products, they carried the i'm
preston Of excellence. The shape
and size Of the booth prevented an
adequate display of the products. AS
the Wisconsin exhibit was the last
one to secure a booth on the main
floor it was necessary to take any
thing that could be had rather than &c
upon the balcony where the exhibit
practically would have been lost
Friday, December End, was cele-
brated as Wisconsin Day and brought
together great many people, resi-
dents and former residents of the
state, as well as large number of
those who are seriously considering
a new location and are looking to
ward Wisconsin
Hon. James A. Frear, Secretary of
State presided, after being introduced
by James T. Barber, the president
of the Association. Mr.. Frear made
a strong but brief address 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 pro-
ducts excelled those of many known
sections. Even in such a crop as
tobacco, which many people did not
know was grown in Wisconsin, it's
yield per acre according to the Gov
ernment Year Book for 1908 was $113
exceeding that of Kentucky, North
Carolina, Tennessee and Virginia.
Prof R. A. Moore, of the Universe
ty Of Wisconsin delivered a very eff
fectiye address on the growth and Gu
ture of corn and other grains show
ing that with proper seed selection
and cultivation it was possible to
grow corn in the Northern counties
OF Wisconsin that gave laregr yield
per acre than many of the we'll known
corn districts of Illinois, Indiana and
Iowa. Prof. Moore told many individ
ual instances of successful farmers.
He also referred to the fact that
the College of Agriculture which start
ed few years ago with seven stu
dents now has over twenty-five hun
dred
Hon. George McKerrow, President
of the State Board of Agriculture.
and well 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 developement of the
Northern part of the state. He told
of its original settlement, mostly by
Germans and Scandinavians, and OF
their early struggles in what was
then a wilderness, but are now liy-
ing in peace and prosperity in a re-
gion crossed by many railroads and
dotted by cities and towns, with all
modern conveniences including good
roads, telephones and rural mail de-
liveries
Some finely colored stereopticon
pictures of the farms and cities of
Northern Wisconsin were shown and
briefly commented on by George Girl
ing. In the evening all the Wiscon-