The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1915-03-05
Pure Seed Show and
League Convention
From thursdays paIiv.


Better Development league and thu
blue Earth County Pure Seed as
sociatlon opened This morning In the
Armory. A large part OF the morn
ing was devoted to looking over tho
exhibits, which filled a large par
of the hail. a conspicuous object
was the Hinman milking machine
which was shown in motion, and
any observer could readily see how
the successive strokes produced in
termittent sucks, To draw on the
cows udder. just as n calf does
was placed on display by the Put
fer-Ilubbard Manufacturing company
OF Minneapolis. Some Neubert In
cnbators attracted great interest.
There were books OF interest tn the
farmer on display. and also n maya
zinc OF bismarck. y. d., entitled The
Northern Farmer. Intense interest
was also taken in the corn. wheat,
rlovor. rye oats and other seeds
that were on display.
Tho gathering was called to order
N half past ten o'clock this morn
ing by the president of the Southern
Minnesota Better development league,
T. G. Bonnallie of Tracy. Mr.. Bon
uallic stated that Mayor Meyer was
Obliged 10 be out OF the city today
and therefore had designated his
right hand man. City Attorney
Schauh. 10 deliver the address ol
welcome.
Address OF Welcome.
Mr.. Schaub stated that he was
both sorry and glad ut the turn
events had taken. sorry that the
mayor was not there to meet the
gathering and glad that he himself
had the opportunity of meeting the
gathering Of so many worthy citizens.
Mr.. Schaub observed that he was
born in this locality in n log house
fOrty.two years ago, and had grown
up and seen this place develop. H6
attributed the development of tho
city of Mankato tn the splendid farm
ing community surrounding IL. The
none better ia the world. and the
people were thrifty and hard-work
ing. and as they developed their
own holdings, they also developed
the city of Mankato.
The speaker dwelt at some length
on the magnificent strides that the
city OF Mankato had made durinf
the last ten or twelve years. lie
spoke of its miles of well-paved
streets and other public improvement
also it's new buildings. including new
churches and their affiliated enter
prises.
Stumps vs.. Wheat.
Mr.. Schaub's observation that M
better agricultural section could bt
found anywhere than Southern Min
nesota was greeted with burst OF
applause. lie contrasted the time
when he was boy and people were
cutting more acres Of stumps thar
they were acres OF wheat and OTTER
had a hard time To find the roads
with present conditions of campara
tive ease and elegance. For this
transformation he gave the farmers
the main credit On them the cit.
Of MankatO depended. The city OF
Nankato would not live II IL wer,
not for the farmers around it,
The speaker launched into tho
subject OF the bettcrment Of botf
the animal and the vegetable pro
duce raised on the farm. and how tn,
farmers were getting more am
more interested in having everything
Of the first quality. He said this
came ont of two things
Ono was improved knowledge am
the other was enthusiasm that Leo
men 20 apply that knowledge. Sucf
knowledge. but also stirred up en-
thusiasm which led TO higher effort
The city of Mankato was interest
ed in everything that helped TO bull
mp the farm and the farm was in
terested in building up the city. The
two interests should go hand In
hand to produce the best possible
results.
Remarks Of Mr.. Bonnallie.
Mr.. Bonnallie remarked that wher
one compared the corn that was
raised here In Blue Earth county
five years ago and the corn that
was on exhibition now. he believed
that the very worst that there was
at the show was equal 10 the very
best that the county produced at
the former time. This showed plain
ly what could be done by such co
operative effort as the convention
represented. Those who attended the
convention would go back home I'LL
ed with enthusiasm for the cause of
producing better seed and better
products and the results would be
more shows of the kind here and
there over the country and con.
segment Improvement of the seed. He
spoke Of results along this line that
had been accomplished among the
farms around Tracy by a tri-county
seed show.
The president announced that to
morrow the Southern Minnesota. Bet.
ter Development league would elect
It's officers for the coming year. and
he hoped that everyone of those
In attendance at the convention would
resolve to put off his coat and get