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

cotton and is not considered q
cotton state either.
j. Kelly Wright, you all know
him, lectured next on "SilOs. =
lie said that the women are the
pioneers in the silo. industry and
are responsible for it. He said
"Silos are badges Of honor to the
farmer who owns them and watch
towers Of prosperity set before
the eyes Of the other fellow"
Howard A. Class State Superin-
tendent Of Schools made a short
instructive talk. g. w. Reavis al
so made short talk telling how
much the school of 1915 had
grown over the previous years.
1918 saw 81 boys from as many
counties at the fair; in 1914 "a
boys from that number Of counties
attended and in 1915, POI boys
from III counties were present.
Thursday morning Prof. Eur
ard, Dean of Missouri Valley Col
lege, lectured on "Girls." He
compared the advancement men
have made in the last fifty years
to the little advancement women
have made in the way of modern
methods and conveniences. He
said that all the women needed
was help, and that we had to help
them. We all promised to try to
help at least one to better fu-
ture.
w. d. Mckee, Institute Lectur-
cr of the State Board of Agricul-
ture, lectured next on +" Alfalfa,
the Queen Of Legumes. He gave
several reasons for the supremacy
of alfalfa over the other legumes.
Sam Jordan came next with
"Soybeans and Weeds" He told
how to get rid of certain crops of
certain weedss how to control
weeds, and how to cultivate for
the eradication of weeds.
Mr.. Cory of Sedalia, who makes
II speciality Of concrete construc-
ton work, gave little talk on
True Economy OF course his
lecture naturally dealt with silos.
Just before noon we were
punched up on the west terrace
of the race track where about
twenty-five cameras took shot
at us.
Friday morning Jos. c. Hisey
gave a short talk comparing Mis-
souri, with some of her sister
states as to weeds.
Mr.. Simpson, of the College of
Agriculture. gave stock judging
demonstration and contest.
At noon Friday our program
for the week ended and the boys
began to leave for home.
=, Each afternoon we were turned
loose to 60 and see what we could
and would of the exhibits We
were always treated very courte-
ously by all exhibitors and all
seemed ready to explain any ex-
hibit any time. Our badges made
us recognized by everyone and
took us to anything run by the
Fair Association. Twenty boys
were chosen to act as ushers at
the races and at the Horse Show.
There were large livestock and
poultry exhibitions as usual and
the Agricultural and Horticulture
al exhibits were grand in spite of
the excessive amount of moisture
which has permeated the atmos-
phere the past few months. There
were also excellent exhibitions of
Missouri educational work AT
ter looking over these exhibits
one comes to the conclusion that
Missouri is no SLOUGH when it
comes to producing the real stuff.
Among the machinery exhibits
a very noticeable matter was the
scarcity of steam propelled ma
chimes; it seems that the day of
steam power is passing or past,
and gas, oil, and electricity are
here in it's place. The automobile
and farm machinery exhibitions
were unique and attractive. One
thing in the cream separator line
which was little out of the ordi-
nary, was the De Laval Emulsor.
A little sour milk, . little water,
and a little butter when run
the Emulsor would come
out sweet cream. That cream
could be churned into butter
again and you would have sweet
butter milk left. Several silos
and silo cutters were on exhibi-l
ton. Silos of wood, concrete,
tile. and galvanized steel makes,
were renreaentAd The Papec