Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1915-10-07
What the Fair
Offers the Farmer

= cattle ranges, who have rightly been
called the backbone of the American
nation" are wanted at the Panama
Pacific International Exposition al
San Francisco
The exposition, recognized as the
greatest the world has ever seen, has
set aside the entire month Of October
for the celebration of Farmers
Month"
The corn has been harvested, the
wheat is in the granaries and the hay
is in the barn; the herds have been
put to pasture, sent to the slaughter
house or escorted to the dairy, and
you, the farmers and agriculturists
and cattlemen, are at a well-earned
leisure, with money in your pockets
and nothing to do.
Naturally your thoughts turn to
bit of amusement sprinkled with in
struction-for all good farmers these
days get the mainstays of their edu-
cation from the busy world as they
| live their daily lives. You have all
heard of the magnificent exposition;
of the wonderful flowers of many
hues; of the great musicians who are
making the exposition the musical
center of the world; of the splendid
state and foreign buildings and pa
vilions Of the most superb architec-
ture of the great gallery of world
famous paintings and works of art;
of the Tower of Jewels and the great
dome of the Horticultural Palace and
of the Joy Zone" where living
Venuses flaunt their graces and cap
ture the hearts of all males, but
what have you heard of the livestock
department, where are assembled the
finest cattle and the bluest blooded
horses and the longest pedigreed dogs
and sheep and swine and cats and
chickens ever gathered together in
America or anywhere else?
Again, have you heard OF the ex-
hibits of cereals of all kinds, of woods
and fruits of all kinds and from all
nations, and, in fact, the entire prod
ucts of the agricultural world that
are to be seen in the Agricultural and
Farm Products palaces and in the
various state and foreign buildings?
The great Palace of Agriculture,
covering thousands of square feet of
floor space, is taken up with exhibits
of everything relative to the farm,
from soils to products. The very lat
est planting and harvesting machin-
cry is on view. Soils from different
sections of the country have been an
alyzed and placed in glass jars for
study by the farmer and agriculturist.
The exhibits of corn and wheat, bar
ley, rye and rice, in fact, all known
cereals, together with all kinds of
fruits and other farm products, excel
in quantity and quality any previous
exhibit.
Model farm houses, dairies, stables
and surroundings, such as gardens
and lawns, are illustrated in minia-
ture in this great palace. High paid
lecturers give daily talks on the prog
ress that the farmer is making
throughout the nation, and the Agri-
cultural Palace might rightly be
called great university for the edu-
cation Of the farmer and his wife.
Fifty-five big agricultural and live
stock conventions will be held under
the auspices Of the exposition during
October and November, in connection
with the livestock exhibits and shows.
Here the livestock breeder and the
farmer may learn the secrets that the
scientists have recently discovered
concerning the raising of paying cat
tie, horses, swine and sheep.
The view herds afford a splendid
opportunity to study the economic
aspects of the livestock business. In
one pen may be seen well-bred steers
one year old which weight between
LOO and 1900 pounds. Such cattle
pay their owners handsome profits.
In the next pen are scrub steers which
at one year of age are mere spind-
lings. The cost of feeding the two
breeds is the same. The contrast is
bound to set the livestock man to
more about the kind of cat
tie he should be raising.
Many vastly important problems
will be discussed at the various con-
ventions. The principal ones which
will convene in October are the Amer
lean Shire Horse Association, October
4; California Conference OF Boys and
Girls Agricultural Clubs, October 16;
Western Forestry and Conservation
Association, October 1920; Califor-
mia State Grange, Patrons of Hus-
bandry, October 1922; Ayrshire
Breeders Association, October 20;
American Short Horn Breeders AS