South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-09-29
EXPERTS
ADDRESS MEETING
Give Advice to Committee as
to Various Features for Pro-
gram-PrediCt Success OF
Undertaking.

You have started a movement In
this county that no group OF men
ever dreamed OF before, and the out
come Of your undertaking Will un-
dOubtedly have FAR reaching results.
John BOrdner. county agricultural eX-
pert voiced this sentiment before
largely attended meeting Of the bust
ness men OF the north side held In
NViDey's hall Monday evening.
Ed Went presided and in welcom-
ing the speakers Of the evening ex-
tended the thanks OF the merchants
10 them for being present 10 offer
their advice on the coming agricul-
tural exhibition 10 be held Oct s,
and 10.
George Helper, the well-knOwn
agriculturist of this county. was the
first speaker. In the course OF his re-
marks he said Il was a good sign 10
see so many business men present
The farmers never needed their help,
their sympathy. or their encourage
ment so much as at the present time
The farmers. SO to speak, were up
against il. and they were looking to
the business men TO lift them out Of
the slough Mr.. Helper said the &C
tiOn OF the local business men IN
taking hold Of this county fair was
a hopeful sign, AMI If this spirit OF
cooperation was encouraged in the
future IL would enhance the value of
land ia St Joseph county immense
~ the next few years The farmers
would undoubtedly have a large ex-
hibit at the coming fair. by having
someone 10 explain the merits of the
different exhibits TO the farmers a
world of good would be accomplished.
The speaker predicted that Misha-
waka would have such a crowd these
three days that IL would tax the cltt-
zens 10 their utmost TO take care Of
IL. In conclusion he promised his as
sistance and that Of the two speakers
who were to follow him In working
for the success Of the undertaking.
John BOrdner discussed the meth
DDS OF procedure that should be
studied out by the committee in
charge OF the celebration. He felt
that the farmers would give them
every assistance and cooperation in
making the event a success. 1t was
a whole sOuled movement, and they
had started on the right track. There
must be no axes To grind. There
must be reciprocal action between
the farmers and the business men at
the back of the exhibition. The whole
OF the surrounding country would be
benefited by their enterprise.
Don't pay any heed to the scoffer,"
continued the speaker. He is TO be
found everywhere. No group of men
in this county had ever started such
an enterprise under such favorable
auspices They should have the CO.
operation OF the business men Of
South Bend as we'll as that OF the
whole of the citizens of Mishawaka
in their efforts, and he did not doubt
but that would be forthcoming at the
proper time. BY the holding Of this
agricultural fair Mishawaka and
South Bend would be put on the map
dreamed OF. Out OF this movement
there would undoubtedly grow an i'm
portant epoch FOR both cities. What
they should have are fair grounds be-
tween the two cities situated close TO
the car lines. There they would be
able TO hold live stock fairs and such
events as appealed to the farmers and
breeders OF the county. They would
be able 10 get buyers here from all
parts OF the country to come TO
their fairs In conclusion Mr. BOrd-
uer told the meeting that they had
started something they would be
proud Of. Ii was q real live move
1nent and It was up 10 them to make
a success of il and watch il grow.
Bro. Leo of Notre Dame said
he was deeply interested I'm the move
ment. lt would tend 20 a better sys-
tenn OF agriculture in the county,
which would insure a better produc-
ton of crops and better live stock,
while the fertility of the soil would
be improved. Few farmers realized
that this latter was q science and a
most important one. The speaker
dilated on the value of growing
legume products. There would be a
Iegume exhibit IS their fair which
would do the farmers more good than
any other feature OF the three days
celebration. He told the meeting that
ISL 81 nf hoa
or sandy loan soil which was pro
ducing nothing althoukh Il had
abundance OF plant food in il. That
soil, If taken care Of. could be made
grow 100 acres Of corn. In conclusion
ne ventured the opinion that theiI