Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1913-03-06
A Grand Affair.

have all the fun and benefits of
grand openings" was proven
this week when Hoods had their
big John Deere opening. Hun
dreds of farmers from all over
the country heard the lectures,
partook of the lunch, saw the
demonstrations and reaped a big
benefit from it all.
Such gatherings do a wonder
full amount of good. New ideas
are gathered, old ideas are inn
proved upon, lectures are made
by men who know the why and
wherefore of agriculture, crop
rotation, dairying, conservation,
ETC., and of course all this is
bound to result in great good to
the entire community.
Mr.. Graves speech on the We.
lie buggy was very interesting,
and it gave his hearers an idea
of buggy making that they did
not know.
Mr.. Weatherford's speech on
silos was a rare treat, and when
he had concluded more than one
farmer was heard to express his
intention to build a silo and
make more money. In other
words, he will see his work bring
results. He will get 100 per
cent out of his corn crop, and
that is not what he is doing now,
no matter how favorable are the
conditions. Silos are the real
salvation of the farmer who de-
sires more than a mere living
and consequent drudgery. With
silo he can have June pasture
| in the winter time" for his live
stock, and the cost will not ex-
coed 50 a ton for the sweet, sue
culent and nutritious green feed.
And the John Deere King Corn
silo is a good one. A letter to
H. L. Weatherford, in care of
the John Deere Co., Kansas City,
Mo-. will bring all the informa-
ton wanted about profits in silos.
The store was nicely arranged
for the occasion and nothing was
left undone to make everybody
feel at home.
Everything up-to-date in the
way of farm machinery was on
exhibition, and it was all explain
ed by experts who were there for
the purpose.
Hoods first opening was a
success, and we are glad to know
it will be followed by other.
The International people were
on hand, too, and helped the
John Deere people to make the
occasion one of much interest
and benefit.
P. w. Prentice, representing
the Spalding Deep Tilling Ma
chine, delivered a lecture, and
he spoke so convincingly that he
surely made believers of his
hearers when he told them they
had farmed about three or four
inches of the top soil as long as
they could reasonably expect any
results. He impressed on them
the necessity of deeper tilling to
replenish the top soil, and for
moisture reasons.
The talk on Agriculture" by
]. w. Jordan of Dennis, Labette
county, was a dandy. When he
told his hearers that he raised SO
bushels of corn to the acre last
year in spite of a 69-day drouth
right in the growing season, he
made them gasp in establishment,
and when he told them if they
did not believe it he would prove
the statement by one hundred or
more witnesses who saw his corn
field, they nearly tainted. But
he told them how he did it. He
told them it was necessary to get
the soil In good condition. He
told them that blowing the soil
ten inches deep, and the use of a
manure spreader would produce
just such results. But he also
MAIDS ir clear that in a dry time
continuous cultivation is neces'
sary. He also made it very plain
that a deep tilling machine, in.
tensive and careful cultivation, a
manure Spreader and a silo would
put any farmer on the high road
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