Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1913-05-13
FIRST ANNUAL
FARMERS DAY
Mere Than 200 Farmers of
Chehali, County Enjoy
Cet-Together Meeting
Is PLEASANT, PROFITABLE
Speakers Heard on Topics of
Interest - Visitors Are
Guests at Dinner


county attended the celebration ii
Aberdeen of Farmers day." Satur
day 1Dr the first time and planned a;
an annual event by the commercial
organizations of Hoquiam and Aber
deem
The visiting ranchers were the
guests at dinner served under the di
rectiDn of the ladies of st. Andrews
Guild.
When the feasting was completed
there was a program of speechmak
ing in the Weir theater
W. o. McCaw presided, and in 9
brief talk introduced President Mum
aw, of the Aberdeen Chamber of com
merte, who extended a warm greet
ing to the visiting farmers on behalf
OF the city, and referred to the grow
ing recognition of the fact that a
prosperous city must be surrounded
by a prosperous country, that pre-
gressive cities the country over were
lending their best efforts to the i'm
proVement of the tributary farms and
farmers, and he looked for good re
suits fr m this first get-together
meeting of farmers and city men in
Chehalis county, each recognizing
the, interdependence of both lines OF
endeavor.
F. L. Brewer, the Satsop dairy
farmer whose herd of cows has CIV
en- Chehalis county nation wide
reputation, spoke of the value of ex-
pert Information that leads to better
farms, better grades of stock, better
crops and conditions, and the assist
ance the cities were giving in sup.
plying this kind of information.
Dr.. S. B. Nelson, of the State Col
lege, Pullman, said that in the work
of increasing the agricultural posi-
bilities of the nation, we were fac
ing one of the greatest problems o.
the, future, and that the value of ex
pert knowledge along this line can.
not be overestimated.
MIR. Nelson asked the ranchers not
to expect too much from an expert
the first year or two. An expert will
not only offer as much assistance to
the farmers wife and the farmers
child in tightening the work and
making it better but he will make /.
better for the farmer
Logged Land Possibilities
Mr.Dupertius, who came to Wash
ington 30 years ago with a wife and
II children, aroused much interest
He maintained that the logged-of,
lands of Washington could be made
2S fertile as any country in the world
and would be as profitable, pointing
out that he has brought up his fam
ily and made a good living, and has
Z kine farm we'll stocked.
Experts in Demand
Mr.. Iinklater of Puyallup, told Of
the vast benefit to be derived from
,ensilage. He also remarked the fac
that farm experts were hard to Sc
cure and that well-grounded agricul
turists-graduates of farm colleges
were in great demand at salaries
ranging from $500 to $4,000 year
Some bank cashiers, who have been
10 or Is years in working up to their
present positions, do not get as much
and it is hard to find a man who car
graduate from a college of liberia
arts into SO good position
On tho Dairy Cow
C. l. Smith, the Oregon Washing
tom farm expert closed the program
with an entertaining and profitable
discussion of the dairy cow. Mr.
Smith sat upon a table most of the
time and talked COW until everybody
present knew nearly every good point
OF a good COW and how to take care
of her properly. Mr.. Smith said that
inasmuch as the cow neither hat
politics nor religion and was on the
job every day in the year, it was time
the farmer knew something about hel
and how to treat her properly. He
explained all the points of a goot
COW and said that any cow that doe.
NOT give at least 200 pounds Of butter
q year should be sent to the butcher
In the evening another meeting wa
held in the basement of the Firs
Methodist church, when interestin,
addresses were made by DR.. Nelso,
and Expert Smith to fair sizel AL
dieace.
A band furnished music on tn,
Atreets and altogether the plan Of tn
csnmercial bodies of the two cite
met with gratifying success.
Il II. Brewer of Hoquiam announe
% at the close Of the Aberdeen meet