Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1915-09-09
LAST TWO DAYS OF FAIR
WERE WELL ATTENDED
Races Were Good---Senator McCumber
and Prof. Smith Deliver Short Ad-
dre.ses---Fine Showing of Stock.

The second and third days of the
county fair were very successful ones
from every standpoint. While the
attendance was not quite as large as
the first day it was nearly SO and the
weather was more agreeable. Dur
ing the greater part of the afternoons
the exhibit booths were crowded with
people inspecting the excellent dis
plays of grains, vegetables, flowers,
etc. There was a fine showing OF
stock and the improvement in this
line over the grades shown two and
three years ago told its own story.
Talk by Senator McCumber
Thursday afternoon Senator P. j:
McCumber was with US and delivered
a short but interesting talk, The SEN
ator said he was glad to note that
williams county was right to the
front with other counties in the state
with it's county fair. He said he pre-
sumed the people gathered there
would expect talk along agricultural
lines and that he would do so while
sandwiched in between two races. he
said this was strictly agricultural
state and that every dollar was .prac-
tically pulled out of the ground. In
this the merchant was vitally in
terested as we'll as the farmer in
bringing out of the soil the greatest
number of dollars possible and in
spending them right here at home.
In agriculture said the Senator
there are two important things,
science and nature. Nature reached
her limit long ago and then called for
help. Science then took a hand. The
"Nature" COW had great long horns,
so large that one wondered how she
kept her balance. She had scrawn-
ed frame covered with a brindle hide.
Science stepped in and by breeding
gradually shortened the horns until
TODAY we have the homeless cow with
a beautifully rounded body.
Nature gave US hog with nose
80 long that one wondered how ne
kept his hind feet on the ground.
Science has given US the American
hog of today, one of the greatest as
sets of the farm. Science by breed
ing has given US the most graceful,
most beautiful and most helpful ami
NAL of all, the American horse. Ma
ture gave us scrubs while science i'm
proved them until we have the luscious
fruit trees of today. And work along
this line is going on all the time. It
we were to 60 to sleep todaytAnd wake
up fifty years from now We would
look upon fields full Of varieties Of
trees and grains unknown at the pres.
ent time. The senator also spoke OF
present conditions in this country and
Of the outlook for prices for the great
crop being harvested. He said that
the world crop outside Of this country
was about normal in spite Of the war.
This fact together with a crop in this
country of about a billion bushels. a
crop away above normal, was the
cause for the drop in price. He said
that If there was no war he believed
wheat would be selling for about fifty
cents per bushel.
Professor Smith
Prof. Smith of the School Of Fores-
trv at Bottineau delivered short but
highlv instructive talk about trees.
He mentioned the number Of seedlings
sent out every years and said they
had a million or more to distribute
over the state this season. He said
there were many kinds of schrubs and
trees including the butternut and wal.
nut that would grow in this state if
obtained from a place where they
were used to the climate. In talking
of windbreaks he said these should be
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