Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1915-11-10
CROP EXPOSITION
OPENS NEXT week
Northeastern Iowa Horticultural
Societies Convention in DecOrah
Will be Big Affair, With
Fruit and Grain
Exhibits.
EXPOSITION Is FREE
TO ALL. DON'T MISS IT
Some of the Best Speakers of the
State are ON the Program, Be
sides Excellent Music Will
be Furnished, Making
in all Fine
Program.

Program.
The crop exposition to be held
next week, Tuesday, Wednesday and
Thursday Nov. 16, II and Is in
Decorah on the lower floor of the
former Marsh hall on West Water
street, promises to be grand af-
fair. Nothing has been left undone
to make it a success. By the gem
erosity and able support of the busi-
ness men of Decorah, the members
of the Winneshiek County Horti-
cultural Society and several others,
most liberal premium list has
been made up and if the farmers,
gardeners and orchardists of the
county will only avail themselves
of this golden opportunity, a great
show of farm products will be the
result A great feature about this
show and convention is that every
thing is free. 1t does not cost any,
thing to enter your products; you
can come to the show any time, day
or evening. free of charge and be
welcome besides.
No pains will be spared by the
committee of the Winneshiek Coun-
ty horticultural Society," under
whose auspices the whole affair is
conducted, to make the show as at
tractive and comfortable as possible.
BY reading the program below you
will see there will be two evening
entertainments of especial interest
to everybody.
Many visitors from a distance will
be here, including delegates from
Minnesota, Wisconsin and South
Dakota.
The sessions of the society will be
held Wednesday and Thursday, both
forenoons and afternoons, and will
surely be very interesting and in
structive to all fruit, flower and
garden growers. The exhibit of all
kinds of farm products will be
worth many times the value of the
time spent in looking it over. You
will be surprised to see so much
good corn; and here is the place
where you can locate your seed corn
for next year.
Do not fail to visit the exposition.
1t may be a long time before anoth-
er one will be held, as no one but
those who undertake to get such an
exhibit of products together can
truly realize the amount of work,
time and care it requires. Remem-
ber this is no money making scheme
1t is all donations from beginning
to end. A crowded show room and
a well attended convention is all the
reward looked for. 1t is done for
the purpose of fostering still more
the good reputation of Winneshiek
county, and that our distinguished
visitors, guests and strangers can
be convinced that our fertile soil Is
not surpassed in the production OF
farm, garden and orchard products.
Those in charge desire to appeal
to every reader of these columns to
bring in the best samples of grain.
corn, vegetables and fruit. The pride
you take of your own home and To-
cality should be inducement enough,
but besides that you have all the
premiums to work for Remember
to bring in your exhibits Monday
so those in charge can have plen-
ty of time to arrange and enter ev-
erything before the convention
opens.
Those desiring copy of the pre-
MUM list can secure same by ad-
dressing o. o. Lomen, Decorah Read
the following program and support
this noble enterprise to the best of
your knowledge and ability.
PROGRAM
TUESDAY, Nov. 18th. 1917
This day will be devoted to ar
ranging fruit displays and renewing
acquaintances.
Wednesday, Nov. II. 10000 A. NJ.
Opening Session.
lnvocationN. Rev. G. s. Lakeland
Presidents Annual Greeting
Geo. S Woodruff, Independence
appointment of Committees
Reports of Delegates to Other
| Societis.
Delegates from Societies will be
asked to give short addresses.
Report of Directors.
| Report of Secretary.
Report of Treasurer.
Observations of 1915
........ "A. LeFevre, Earlville
Is the Society Doing All 1t Can?... :.
| ....... s.. j. Snyder, Usage
Afternoon Session, 1880 p. M,
Fruit Exhibits at the County Fair :.
| &C. M. Jensen, Albert Lea, MINI.
Some Experience in Selling Nursery
Stock =. Geo. Platt, Oelwein
Behavior of Apple Trees in My Or
chard, Isaac Johnson West Union
A Fifteen Tree Farmers Apple Or
| chard 20. o. Lomen, Deco.ah
Grade and Pack of Fruit i. =. .....