The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1915-10-28

Interesting Letter by Francis +
Goodwin Telling What He
Saw ct The State Fair.

t.
Saw ct the State Fair.
1t was the request Of Mr.. Walk.
err, our superintendent that each
| boy write an account Of the State
Fair Trip for a home newspaper
Possibly I cannot write anything
of much interest but I VIII try.
We, the other Bates county boy,
Eugene Hartrick, and /, arrived
in Sedalia at noon Saturday the
first day of the fair. We immed-
lately went to the Fair Ground
and registered at the gate and at
our tent. Then we were taken to
dinner. After noon we were free
to look the situation over and try
to locate ourselves and over camp.
The camp was situated just
north of the race track on the
main automobile road from Sc
dalia. The camp consisted Of a
large lecture tent, "A tent for our
superintendent and assistant. and
several small tents for the boys.
Each dwelling tent contained {
cot and chair for each occupant.
Near the center Of the camp were
hydrants and wash basins which
were supposed to be used by the
boys. We took our meals at the
"Twin- Dining Halls" on the west
side of the Fair Ground. We ate
and slept by the clock-breakfast
Z 100 a. M, dinner II 80 a. M, sup
per $ 80 p. M, bed 1890 p. m.
Our superintendent looked after
and cared for all our needs and we
all highly honored and respected
him. Not a boy went away from
the school but felt that in T. j..
Walker he had made warm and
lasting friend.
At roll call Monday 1O6 coun-
ties were represented. Mr.. Sip
pie, assistant superintendent, OPP
ened our State Fair school by Of
fering some advice and warming.
Col. Dallmeyer, president of the
State Fair Association. extended
to us a welcome and told what
was to he expected of us.
Mr.. Lewis, president of Hol-
stein Association and president of
Board of Agriculture, gave lee
ture on "Dairying''. TO listen
to Mr.. Lewis a while one would
come to the same conclusion as
he, "that Agriculture is the in
dustry of industries and the dairy
cow will help to. keep it so"
G. T. Patterson of the State
Poultry Experiment Station,
came next with lecture on "The
Missouri Hem He told us that
Missouri has the largest and best
equipped experiment station in
the world. About the hen, he en-
planned strain, class. breed, varie-
ty, feed rations, and egg produce
ton. He also said the hen has
the distinction of wearing the
first set of false teeth.
Sam Jordan, the corn man, was
next with 1.-The Corn Breeding
Plat Mr.. Jordan has won his
corn growing reputation by do
ing a very comon thing uncom-
monty well. He explained selec-
ton, planting. culture, and care
of pure seed corn.
Monday afternoon about sixty,
boys were taken for an automo-
bile ride over Pettis County.
Tuesday at roll call only three
counties in the state were not
represented. Mr., Barker opened
with corn judging demonstra-
ton and contest. At ten O'Clock
we were taken to the blowing
demonstration about one-half
mile northwest of the Fair
Grounds in field of 100 acres.
Among the companies represented
were: The Avery Co., the j. l.
Case Machinery Co., the /. II. c.,
the Joliet Oil Tractor Co., Hart
Parr Co., Aultman and Taylor Co..
Rock Island Implement Co., Bull
Tractor CO., Minneapolis Steel
and Machinery Co., Creeping Grip
Tractor Co., Emerson Farm Ma
chinery Co., and a few Others
which we did not get to see for
want of time. Every tractor was
run by oil or gas and the number
Of plows pulled varied from two
to ten. M
Wednesday morning Prof. Chill
ders from the College Of Agricul-
lture, lectnred on "Soil Acidity =
he set forth the harm done by
acid in soils and gave two exper-
mental tests to determine if .
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