Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1914-08-09

| ing than the sale Of a machine or two.
Last September AZ Fremont the demon
stration idea wac tried out Each firm
Il allotted a piece OF ground and a time
for displaying its machines. The tractors
are put through their PAGES like horses
at public market. II prospective
buyer or Interested spectator wants to
"sec Il do that again ne is accommodated.
Then he can get the other fellow TO try
the same thing with his tractor and de-
eide for himself which suits his needs
and conditions best
Nor is this tractor demonstration TO be
a dun show with long and tedious waits
and drags," as the Fhowmen say on
Monday. the opening day. there Is to be
a big tractor parade through the streets
OF Fremont. Elephants and camcls
numbering along the streets with red
coated band playing circus music may
make good parade. but sixty giant en-
glnes, kissing with tho breath OF gas
oline, rolling maJestically down the street,
with the "click and clank" of powerful
joints. IL no SLOUGH OF parade. and Il
Is one that would cause the best OF boys
10 play truant from school to see Il.
Yes. there will be bands. too.
Tuesday there are to be private and
public demonstrations IN the field. There
are TO be tractor short courses" or lee
ture courses In tractor farming. There
Is to be a dynamite DEMONSTRATION. In
which some fancy feats are TO be per
formed with dynamite at safe distances
from the crowds
Wednesday there " TO be more OF the
same with variations Again there are
to be dynamite demonstrations and trRc-
tor short courses.
Thursday is Omaha and Ak-Sar. Ben
day at Fremont this year, and there will
be a big crowd of Omaha people present
who want 20 know what the farmers are
doing. They will watch the big machines
chug-chugEing up. and down and the
little funny fellows fussing about, but
each leaving behind wide. deep furrow
OF sweet smelling black earth. They VIII
stand before the geysers OF dirt shot ur
by the powder explosions where dyna'
mite farming Is explained, They viii
watch the balloon ascensions. and listen
to the music and eat their lunches under
| the trees Of the parks. They win crowd
the tractor school, when Prof, A. H.
Gilbert OF Purdue explains tho working
of the big machines. They will swarm
over the 800 acres OF wheat stubble and
virgin prairie in the wake Of the tractor
that has caught their fancy for the
moment, and all in all. they will have q
glorious time and be glad they went.
Friday Is Iowa and Dakota day. Private
and public demonstrations are scheduled
Lectures are scheduled for the day, and
various forms OF entertainment. A bis
I banquet Is TO be served the very first
evening OF the show at Fremont. The
city OF Fremont IL planning 10 entertain
the visitors royalty on the streets every
morning and evening. Free vaudeville IL
| to be seen on the streets daily. Three
continuous free motion picture entertain
ments are to be in progress. Aeroplane OF
balloon ascenslous are to be made daily
Exhibitors who have thus far entered
tractors are the following:
American Gas Engine company Kansas
city, Mo.
| Avery company. Peoria, Ill.
Bull Tractor company Minneapolis
| MINI. -
Bullock Tractor company Chicago, III.
Case Pillow Works. J. l., Racine, wis.
| Case II. NJ. company, j. L., Racine, WIS
Dauch Manufacturing company, san
Deere Pillow company. Omaha, Neb.