Omaha daily bee., 1915-08-05

a and a delicious slice OF bar
becuod OK arc some OF the
attractions that Fremont Is
offering Its guests during the
esQ week OF the National Power
Farming Demonstration, August 20 IL.
Don't let anyone tell you that just be-
cause the watermelon crop OF Nebraska
suffered from late frosts and an over
supply OF moisture there won't be any
melons on hand at Fremont, for the de-
ficiency will be made UP by carloads Inn
ported from Georgia. 80 that the ex-
pectant guests. who have enjoyed tho
lucious Nebraska watermelons OF former
years, will not be completely disap-
pointed The barbecue will be furnished
by the South Omaha Union Stock Yards
Their eats have been among the most
popular things on the grounds heretofore
and there IL reason 10 suppose that they
viii live up TO their reputation this year.
And IN addition 70 the watermelon and
the beef there will be coffee served free
BY the German-American Coffee company
all week.
OF course. the most important and In
teresting thing at the demonstration will
be the tractors. Even TO tho man who
doesn't know whether a Duroc-Iersey is
= COW or q sheep and whose only expert
onee on q farm has been TO stop and beg
a drink from the well. the occasion viii
he Z memoriable one. There will be
forty-two different firms present, with
over 100 complete tractor outfits. This
Immense group OF tractors, all working
At once in the fields. make a spectacle
never to be forgotten. When each firm
picks one representative tractor, and the
forty-two line up and all start TO work
at once at given signal. II Is as impress
sive and exciting as the lineup at horse
race. and Il is real fun to watch for your
favorite TO pull out ahead Of the othera
But the tractors do not work all day.
although they come pretty near doing
A., and there is plenty TO do while yo0
are resting or are tired OF watching the
machines. For instance. every morning
from to p there Is a tractor short
course This is a summer school. where
you can go and rest and listen TO a lee
turer. who win explain the vital parts Oe
the big machine. lie will tell you why a
tractor goes and show you Just how its
"lnnards'' are made and what makes
them work as they do. He will have a
stripped engine to demonstrate the points
OF his lecture. Just as the instructor IN
anatomy has skeleton at hand when he
tells his class of budding physicians about
the human bones. He will tell you exactly
how te operate a tractor, and when you
have learped you can go and do IL under
his direction, You can ask him all the
questions you want 10 about the ma
chimes. and he will be able and wilIing
to answer them. In this way those who
30 TO the demonstration with a real de-
sire to learn something about tractors
and tractor farming are enabled 70 secure
the information they desire.
From 10 to IL a. m. each day there viii
be dynamite exhibitions. IL is really
wonderful what constructive work Il now
being done with this descendant OF gun
powder. which was designed In the be-
ginning for destructive purposes only.
When a man has some old stumps on hlf
place, occupying valuable acres or dla-
figuring the landscape. all he has 70 DC
Il 20 bore a little hole in the proper place
10 the stump. put In a small stick OF
dynamite and blow the stump to a thou.
sand atoms. When he wants TO dig q
ditch for drainage purposes he lays q
AN"&A " 1Nt4a4AaatI AtA AAtt nFfttht4 AttuAA-
Ber, sets Il OFF and. presto. there Is hii
ditch completed
They are even using dynamite 20
planting trees They rind that II yoS
blast a hole for your fruit trees. tn
earth is broken up and pulversed al
about the hole. while n the hole ls dug
the digging packs the dirt about TN
sides. 80 that there is a hard wall Tor IA
tender roOtlets 20 break through. An,
these are only a few OF the uses tina
fhe up-to-date farmer has found 70
dynamite. What can be done with thi
rev form OF farm power and how to d
Il are 20 b. demonstrated daily az tn
demonstration grounds at Fremont
Monday. August 3. Is 70 be Iowa-ISan
aAs day. when the show Is opened by
grand parade OF the tractors, led BY III
band. All the mechanical animals viii d
present. and II you think Il will be du
and monotonots affair. get over the ide
a. once. for the various Tractors are .
different from each other as the animal
that went two b. two IN Noah's prOcei
sion. There ie as much difference b,
tween the Dull and the Caterpiller 8
there Is between the living creatures Il
which they are named. and you wi
find that the Iron Horse and the Ae,
Mule differ more than their prototyps
IA the animal kingdom. In the evenin
q this day the regular Get-Togeth,
banquet is held. which Is the good-felloy
nip meeting held annually. where n
ffemont business men. the msasagemel
of the show and the representatives
tie tractor manufacturing companil
set acquainted
Tuesday Is Fremont and Dodge count
daY. This Is the day when local patrio
iun wa be AZ its height and all a