The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1911-12-21
WHY THE FARMER
AND HIS FAMILY
SHOULD ATTEND THE
INTERNATIONAL EXPOSITION.
BY CAPT. A. II. WADDELL

position at chicago, that II 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 very narrow
view Of so great and important a sub
ject, for the animals seen at this Ex-
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.
1t goes without saying, that the men
who have made this great institution
possible, and the breeders and feed
ers and farmers who have made 1t
what it 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 IN
der the impression that the height of
achievement has been attained on the
home farm. Comparison is the only
disillusioRizer, and it is this above all
things that the young man wants, not
only to show him that there are hun
dreds as good as his father, and scores
a great deal better. This opens the
eyes Of these young men and causes
1ANllA " put O4l lllt N4oC CAP VI l4lOu6Il
and consideration as to why, how and
where their own fathers fell short in
gaining what the fathers OF their con-
temporarles 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
Cnr11 Of tbair Nd Fof+ II
and constant companions of their lives,
have done their generous share and
contributed in no small degree to their
husbands successes. Faithfully and
uncomplainingly 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. 1t would
be but the pulling Of a little wider Of
tho husbands purse to give to these
admirable women taste Of the fasci-
nations and enjoyments Of weeks
visit to a great city, as well as to ex-
perience the delight of seeing the ex-
hibits passed upon in the judging ring.
Such trip, apart from the good the
change would do them. would serve
the purpose of intense enjoyment and
interesting conversation on their re-
turn, and if We judge women Alright,
would instill into their sympathetic
hearts desire to still further assist
in the future successes of their hus-
bands.
The daughters, too, Of these people,
particularly those who have attained
or are verging upon early womanhood,
would be greatly improved by the
sights and surroundings Of trip to
Chicago and the International Show.
Young minds are narrowed by a con-
tinuous residence among only those of
their own lives and habits and upon
such an occasion as this, fathers
j SHOULD CApduu Sllll luTIn6T JlS strings
of their purses to enable these young
women to see at least some little life,
especially when under their own and
their mothers care.
The delights Of anticipation and the
pleasures of accomplishment, are such
ineXpressible joys to youth that 1t is
nothing short of inconsiderate selfish
ness to prevent such occasional enjoy
ment to these young people, particu-
larry when it can be attained at such
comparatively little outlay. The good
that such trips accomplish is shown in
O thousand ways and there is not a
breeder, feeder or farmer in the whole
Of the great west who will not realize
that the companicnship Of his wife
and children to Chicago during the
week of the International Live Stock
Exposition, December 2 to 8, has not
only been an inexpressible delight to
himself, but benefit to his home, his
business and his future.
Tilted.