Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1916-09-30
FARM PAGEANT IS
FEATURE OF FAIR
Romance Of Agriculture" TO be
Produced at 81. Louis
Y. P. Week.
OPENS WITH INDIAN SCENE
And Closes With Formal Enamel.
patton of Horse and elimination
Of the Romance in Era OF
Power Machinery.

The Romance OF Agriculture, q
pageant in five episodes depicting the
evolution of farm equipment and farm
practice from the day OF the Indian
to the present day, will be a feature
Of the St. Louis Agricultural Fair
October 2 to (Veiled Prophet
Week., according to announcement
by John T. Stinson, secretary, who
prior to going to st. Louis to assume
his present post was secretary OF the
Missouri State Fair, at Sedalia.
Never before anywhere In the worlC
has SO elaborate a portrayal Of th'
progress In agriculture been under
taken, officers OF the fair say.
hundred or more actors and actresses
in costume, are announced to take
part in the pageant, which is to bt
of the pantomime type.
Scenario Of Agricultural Pageant
An experienced pageant master 1:
to direct the staging of the pageant
the scenario of which follows:
Episode No. Peaceful pursuits
OF the native Indian. The annual
spring dance and supplications to
the good spirit for ample sunshine
with showers Indian braves de-
part for their hunting grounds.
Squaws prepare the ground for
crops and plant the seed corn. They
she'll the corn and grind 1t In stone
mills for daily use. Braves return
from their hunt All take part in
festival OF rejoicing.
Episode No. arrival Of the
pioneers, who are welcomed by the
Indians. Newcomers trade for
grain and lands. Indians depart
for homes in the far west Crude
methods of preparing the land for
the crops. Flowing with oxen, cows
and horses and by other pioneer
methods Harvesting with sickle,
threshing by treading out grain
First steel Plow Arrives.
Episode No. 3.-Arrival Of the
first steel plow. Drawn by two
horses, II gives great satisfaction
and marks the first real step in ag-
ricultural progress The walking
cultivator is shown, harvesting with
cradle and threshiDg with fails.
The first grain binder. Recrea-
ton, Virginia reel.
Episode No. 4.-Westward the
star of empire and agricultural edu-
cation wend their way. The pro-
gressive young farmer brings home
the newest sulky plow, which is fol-
lowed by a gang plow, riding cul-
tivator, grain binders, and other
horse-drawn machinery. The lawn
party. Sons and daughters Of
prosperous farmers welcome the
dawn OF new agricultural era.
Emancipation Of the Horse.
Episode No. 5.-Students return
TO their homes from the State Ag
ricultural College, in automobiles.
They are followed by farm tractors
drawing tractor plows, tractor har-
rows, seeding machines and har-
vesters. The horse is decorated
with floral tributes and is declared
emancipated from the slavery TO
which he has long been subjected.
Finale: The romance of agricul-
ture gives way to POWER.
The scenario was written for the
occasion by Frank E. Goodwin, chair
man of the Agricultural Pageant Com
mittee and superintendent of the Ma
chinery Department Mr.. Goodwin
Is president of the st. Louis Tractor
Farming Association and editor OF
Farm Machinery-Farm Power
Some of the most antique plows in
the country, including that of Daniel
Webster, have been loaned for use in
the pageant. Webster's plow, which
Is about a century old and occupies
place OF honor in the museum OF
the Oliver Chilled Plow Works, is OF
wood. plated in places with iron. Web
ster operated It on his farm in Msssa
chusetts.
Dairy Cattle Show TO Excel
Mr. Goodwin is but one of number
OF experts whom Mr.. Stinson himself
a technical man former professor
of horticulture at the University OF
Arkansas), has induced to manage de
partments. p. NJ Brandt, assistant tC
the dean Of the State Agricultural
College, Columbia, Mo, is superin.
tendent of the Cattle Department OF
the fair and is planning what the Of
tlCtIH vi Iht ldlI btlltNt Will DiONN
one OF the finest dairy cattle shows
In the history OF the country. -Four
herds OF Ayershire cattle alone have
been promised The other breeds to
be exhibited are the Guernsey, the
Holstein and the Jersey.
Good Saddle Horse Show Planned.
saddle horse show regarded as
having more than average merit is
being organized by James H. Bright
of st. Louis, superintendent Of the
Horse Department. E. II. Hughes oi
Columbia, Mo-, is serving as superin
tendent of the Swine and Sheep De
partment Henry Meyer Of Overland
Mo-, is superintendent of the Agricul
tural Department. The Horticultural
Department has as It's superintendent
Henry C. Irish of St. Louis, president
OF the Missouri State Horticultural
Society, who also Is to have charge
Of the school garden exhibit at the
iair. Henry Steinmesch, Of st. Louis
president OF large feed and poultry
concern, is superintendent of the
Poultry Department. Bert Hoffman
of st. Louis is TO have charge of the
Speed Department and G. j. Bennett
OF Los Angeles, Cal, Is to super
intend the automobile races and auto
mobile fashion show.
eve are offering liberal prizes this
year, especially in the dairy cattle
sheep and swine and horse depart
Oents." said Mr. Stlnson.