The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1916-09-29
Romance Of Agriculture" TO be
Produced at ST. 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.

DdECdHt III llFt tPABbut0 OCPt1hhab IAN
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 7 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 world
has so elaborate a portrayal OF the
progress In agriculture been under
taken, officers OF the fair say. A
hundred or more actors and actresses,
In costume, are announced to take
part In the pageant. which is to be
OF the pantomime type.
Scenario OF Agricultural Pageant.
An experienced pageant master is
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 s~upplications 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
shell the corn and grind 1t in stone
mills for daily use. Braves return
from their hunt. All take part in a
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
by the OK.
First Steel Pillow Arrives.
Episode No. 3.-Arrival of the
first steel pillow. Drawn by two
horses, 1t gives great satisfaction
and marks the first real step in ag-
ricultural progress. The walking
c%ultivator Is shown. harvesting with
cradle and threshing with falls.
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 pillow. which is fol-
lowed by a gang pillow, riding cul-
t~ivator. grain binders. and other
horse-drawn machinery. The lawn
party. Sons and daughters of
prosperous farmers welcome the
dawn OF a new agricultural r
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 a of agricul-
ture gives way to POWER.
The scenario was written for the
occasion by Frank f. 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 pillow, which
is about a century old and occupies
a place of honor In the museum OF
the Oliver Chilled Pillow Works, is oil
wood, plated in places with iron. Web
ster operated II on his farm In Massa
chusetts.
Dairy Cattle Show to Excel.
Mr.. Goodwin Is but one of a number
OF experts whom Mr.. Stinson, himself
a technical man former professor
OF horticulture at the University o.
Arkansas), has induced to manage de
partments. p. M. Brandt, assistant Il
the dean of the State Agriculture
College. Columbia, Mo-, is superin
tendent of the Cattle Department o.
the fair and Is planning what the Of
ficers of the fair believe will prove
one of the finest dairy cattle shows
in the history OF the country. FouI
herds Of Ayrshire cattle alone hav,
been promised. The other breeds t.
be exhibited are the Guernsey, tn,
Holstein and the Jersey.
Good Saddle Horse Show Planned.
A saddle horse show regarded a
having more than average merit |
being organized by James III. Brigh
Of st. Louis, superintendent Of tn
Horse Department. e. III. Hughes Q
Columbia, Mo-, Is serving as superb
tendent OF the Swine and Sheep DE-
partment. Henry Meyer OF Overland
Mo-, is superintendent Of the Agricu
tural Department. The Horticulture
Department has as its superintendent
Henry c. Irish OF st. Louis, presider
Of the Missouri State Horticulture
Society, who also Is to have charg
Of the school garden exhibit at tn
fair. Henry Steinmesch, Of st. Louii
president of a large feed and poultr
concern, is superintendent of tn
Poultry Department. Pert Hoffma
OF st. Louis is to have charge Of tn
Speed Department and C. j. Benne'
of Los Angeles. Cal, is to supe
! intend the automobile races and aut'
mobile fashion show.
1--WE are offering liberal prfxes tn.
year. especially In the dairy catu