Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-08-05
How the Tractor Put Fremont on the Worlds Map
WHY. that Is who're

fal1Nt that now grects almost any
GAA mention OF the city of Free
mont. All over the United
states. wherever you meet any man who
knows the meaning OF the word tractor.
you will find that Il is closely associated
in his mind with the word Fremont. In
the minds OF the mn'cment men end
others who are interested In farm ma
chinery the two wo;is are practically
synonymous. AS soon as they hear you
say tractor" they think o. Fremont.
and the name Of Fremont now means the
big tractor demonstrs Il )ns 70 them.
Even before the National Power Farm
ing demonstrations were held there, Ere
mont had an enviable reputation through
out the state of Nohraskl. Every one
who had heard Of Fremont knew that
II was one of the most beautiful and
pleasant places in NebragkR IN which 20
live and a good town in ,shisa to do bust
ness. The only thing that was necessary
to place Fremont on the worlds map
was to spread it's good reputation.
The first step came when Mayor WOLF
and other prominent Fremont citizens
started advertising the city as a Lincoln
highway town. AS soon as the coast-to-
coast tourists got to speeding through
Fremont they began TO spread the gOod
reputation It had already COINED. The
guests at the earlier tractor demonstra-
tions took up the good work, until now
the name of Fremont is known in the
far corners of the earth.
At the first power farming demonstra-
Of hn
braska conservation and soil survey had
his moving picture man there and took
some excellent pictures of the big ma
chimes at work. Last year he had them
there again. These pictures were dis
played at scores of county fairs through.
out the state and at the Nebraska state
fair, and attracted a great deal OF at
tention and comment
For the last three years the illus
trated weeklies. the daily papers, i'm
plement and machinery trade journals
and farm papers have welcomed these
demonstrations as new material of in
terest to their readers and have feat
uredf them prominently in their columns,
with numerous pictures Being the first
of their kind in this or any other coun-
try, the Fremont demonstrations have
received an astonishing amount of pub
ncity.
Last winter Nebraska man was trav-
cling in Brazil. AS the train rolled along
he looked languidly out upon the land
scape, noting the level plains starred
with advertising bill boards, just as
they are in this country. Suddenly he
was electrified to see the name of FIRE.
mont staring him in the face from one of
these bill boards. There, in big letters,
all along tho route. he saw advertise
ment after advertisement OF a tractor
with the statement. This machine at
tracted much attention at the Fremont
demonstration last summer"
During the last winter the Scientific
American received a letter from Hol-
land, requesting Information concerning
tractor pictured in its columns in the
write-up OF the national power farming
Representation at Fremont the preced-
ing summer. Without doubt these re-
ports OF the demonstration were widely
read in European countries and would
have elicited many such inquiries had
not the various countries been SO occu-
pied with the war that scientific agrl-
culture has met with temporary check.
v. X. Desmukh, an agricultural en-
gineer representing the Central India
Agricultural and Engineering associa-
ton Of ShuJnulpur, was a guest at the
1911 demonstration. He had come all
the way from India to learn, In the
best place possible for acquiring such
knowledge, what could be learned about
the tractor. His association is an edu-
cational one. seeking to acquire and dis.
serunatc among the people knowledge
Of modern scientific methods of ayri-
culture In a country in which farming
is at present in a most primitive stage
OF development. A study of modern
methods of agriculture is incomplete I'M
less 1t includes a study OF the tractor as
power, and properly TO pursue this
branch of study necessitates a trip to
Fremont during the demonstrations.
One Of tho tractors entered in the 1915
demonstration was sent to Fremont from
Cleveland, o., under its own power.
The tractor, loaded with supplies, bore
among other signs, a big placard read
ing Cleveland to Fremont" ana the
outfit attracted much attention on the
country roads and was surrounded by
Dig crowds In every city, town and viii
lage through which it passed
There was time not many years ago
when II was necessary to add Ne
nraska when mentioning the town OF
Fremont. Otherwise some one might
think you meant the Fremont in Ala
bama, Colorado, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas
Michigan Missouri. New Hampshire,
North Carolina, Ohio. Oregon, Utah
or wisconsin Now no one thinks of
any of these Fremonts when the word
Is spoken except possibly people who
live in or close TO one of them. Ere
4uRReEtE NehraaLa
the big crowds. good times and pros.
perity that attend the national power
farming demonstrations. and believe US.
Fremont Is just the kind OF town that
VIII take advantage of having beer
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