The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1911-12-01
WHY THE FARMER
AND HIS FAMILY.
SHOULD ATTEND THE
INTERNATIONAL EXPOSITION.
BY CAPT. a. n. WADDELL.

VIC bital INTERNATIONAL Live Stock Ex-
position at Chicago. that IL is well and
opportune at this time TO mention
some OF them.
This great Exposition. the greatest
indeed of all similar shows. is so apt
To be viewed by the farmer, breeder,
and stockman as merely a place
where he should go TO see the ami.
mails exhibited there, and for business
purposes only. This is a very narrow
view OF so great and important a sub
1ect, for the animals seen at this tx.
position. wonderful and extraordinary
as they are, are but the results OF
years of labor on the great farms and
ranges OF the West. although they
stand for the greatest and best Of
American breeding and feeding
The great object OF the founders OF
the International Live Stock EXPOSE
ton. was TO present to the breeders
and farmers OF this country, an object
lesson OF the highest ideals, and a
school OF instruction to which all could
come and learn.
IL goes without saying, that the men
who have made this great institution
possible, and the breeders and feed
ers and farmers who have made It
what IL is, are men OF age and expert
ence; and in order to perpetuate and
improve this great school, and the
methods through which It has gained
its present day perfection, it is abso.
lutely necessary that the sons Of these
men be permitted TO see the show, and
so start their lives of improvement
from the advanced point at which their
fathers stopped. This can never be
realized by remaining on the farm and
seeing only the stock their fathers
raised; for every son is imbued with
the idea that his father breeds the
best there is, and consequently, Is I'M
der the impression that the height Of
achievement has been attained on the
home farm. Comparison is the only
disillusionizer. and it is this above all
things that the young man wants, not
only TO show him that there are hum
dreds as good as his father, and scores
O great deal better. This opens the
eyes OF these young men and causes
them to put on the wise cap of thought
and consideration as TO why, how and
where their own fathers fell short in
gaining what the fathers of their con.
temporaries accomplished.
Another thing that is sadly over.
looked by the men who contribute to
the Exposition with their stock is the
fact that their wives. the heart and
soul of their homes, and the faithful
and constant companions of their lives,
have done their generous share and
contributed in no small degree TO their
husbands successes. Faithfully and
have they devoted
their useful lives to the duties of the
home and the upbringing of their chill
dren, with the fostering care of moth. |
erhood. Uncomplainingly they live |
and abide in the environments of the |
ranch or farm, and day in and day out, |
from years end TO years end. see /
nought OF life in their sister world, |
save the occasional visit of a female |
friend. They tenderly prepare for !
their husbands annual outgoing to the |
great International Show, and lovingly |
await his looked for return. II would /
be but the pulling of a little wider Of |
tho husbands purse TO give 10 these
admirable women a taste of the fasci-
nations and enjoyments OF q weeks
visit TO a great city. as well as to ex.
perience the delight of seeing the ex-
libits passed upon in the judging ring.
Such a trip, apart from the good the
change would do them, would serve
he purpose of intense enjoyment and
conversation on their re-
urn, and IL we judge women Alright,
would instill into their sympathetic
hearts desire to still further assist
n the future successes Of their hus-
bands.
The daughters. too, of these people,
those who have attained
,r are verging upon early womanhood,
would be greatly improved by the
lights and surroundings Of trip to
Chicago and the International Show.
Young minds are narrowed by con-
AA1OaS hhhOht NhAJ NAco0 "a
heir own lives and habits and upon
such an occasion as this, fathers
ihould expand still further the strings
II their purses TO enable these young
women to see at least some little life.
specially when under their own and
heir mothers care.
The delights of anticipation and the
Measures of accomplishment. are such
Joys to youth that 1t Is
Iothing short of inconsiderate selfish
less to prevent such occasional enjoy.
nent TO these young people. particu.
arly when It can be attained at such
little outlay. The good
hat such trips accomplish is shown in
thousand ways and there is not
reeder, feeder or farmer In the whole
{ the great west who will not realize
hat the companionship OF his wife
nd children to Chicago during the
eek of the International Live Stock
Exposition. December to .. has not
My been an indispensable delight to
imself, but a benefit to his home, his
usiness and his future.