The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1914-11-19
RETAILERS TO Be IN CHARGE
Other Organizations in City to be Ask
ed to Aid and it is Expected That
Gathering Will be Most Notable for
Farmers Ever Held in This Section.


of all the farmers institutes in the
state this season and a formal an
nouncement sent out from Madison this
morning announces that the invitation
of the Kenosha Retailers association
to have the round up in Kenosha ehas
been accepted and the date for the big
gathering has been set for March 9th.
The big institute will continue for
three days and it will be the greatest
gathering of farmers scheduled for
Wisconsin this year. 1t will be the
only round up that has ever been held
in this section Of Wisconsin.
Just what Ground up" is, must be
explained. All through the winter
months the state holds Institutes for
farmers in various parts of the state.
There will be at least one this year IN
IS of the counties of the state and at
the end of the institute season all Of
the speakers employed by the state
will come to Kenosha for the grand
round up. The experience piled up dur
ing the four months of work will be re-
lated at this round up and it is always
planned to make the gathering one
that farmers will come hundreds of
miles to attend.
Last year the Kenosha County Farm
ers' Institute was held under the aus
pieces of the Kenosha Retailers asso-
citation and, it was one Of the most sue
cessful institutes held in the state for
the year. On this account Kenosha. be-
came popular with the men in charge
of the institutes and when an invita-
| tion was sent to the state for the
round up it was accepted. The fact
| that the round up is to be held in Ke-
nosha will mean busy time for the
local promoters Of the big farm show.
The retailers expect to enlist the as
sistance of many organizations in the
city to make it a success.
At some of the round ups held in
past years as many as thousand
farmers have attended from other
counties and it is expected that the
Kenosha institute will prove big
drawing card.
In connection with the various meet
| ings held by the state it is planned TO
| have cattle shows, corn shows and ex-
hibitions of all sorts of farm products.
1t is expected that these exhibits will
come from far and wide.
| Joseph Funck, cashier of the Mer-
chants and Savings Bank, is lead of the
local committee to have charge of the
round up and within few days he will
call meeting of this committee and
get subcommittee appointed.
It is expected that the Manufacture
ers' association of Kenosha will CO.
operate with the retailers in the big
| task of entertaining the farmers from
all over the state. Several large build
ings will be needed to house exhibits
and provide a meeting place for the
various branches at the round up.
There will be many features for the
women of the farms and it is expected
that the women of Kenosha will organ
/ ize to have charge of this feature of
the work.
The program for the round up will
not be issued until sometime in Janu-
airy, but it is certain that it will bring
to the city the most distinguished COM
pany of speakers along agricultural
! lines ever seen In the state. Governor
Elect Emanuel L. Philip is certain to
be one of the speakers at the big gath
ering and it is probable that several
other of the state officers will be among
the guests.
| The action of the state board of ag-
rieulture in sending the round up to
Kenosha offers great opportunity for
this county to get on the farm map of
Wisconsin, and under the leadership of
the retailers association it us certain
that Kenosha will avail itself of the
opportunity.