Oxford Democrat., 1916-01-25
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National Show In New England.
sPRINeFIELD WILL HAVE THIS GREA-
DAIRY EVENT.
New England dairy interests have VOL
a great victory. The National dairy
show, the greatest exhibition of its kline
in the world, has voted to hold its 10tf
animal session in Springfield, Mass. NJ
show was held last year owing to the
outbreak of foot and mouth disease. anG
the nine preceding ones have all been al
Chicago. For various reasons the man
agement considered going to some other
city for 1916. Kansas City, No., and
Columbus, o., were actively in the field
However, a special committee of 20,
largely Springfield business men, went
to Chicago recently and put up such
strong arguments that the management
finally voted unanimously to go to
Massachusetts,. This is provided the
necessary funds are raised within 45
days.
The enthusiastic support being volun-
teered by the government, by colleges,
breeders associations, New England
governors and influential farmers leaves
no doubt as to the raising of the funds,
and the railroads are expected to lend
hearty cooperation. Naturally, the city
Of Springfield will contribute very liber-
ally, although il should be understood
at the start that this event is New Eng
land affair more than q Springfield
or Massachusetts, show. 1t affords breed
srs in New England, New York, New
Jersey and Pennsylvania the finest op-
portunity of comparing their stock with
the country's best that has ever been
offered.
GROUNDS OF $50 ACRES AVAILABLE
The National dairy show will be stag
ed on the new grounds of the Eastern
states agricultural and Industrial expo
sition, comprising $50 acres within Is
minutes walk of the Springfield post
Office. The fair management has already
expended $50, 900 in grading and making
various improvements on the grounds.
Plans are ready for execution to still
further improve the site and erect the
finest buildings found on any exposition
grounds in the country. A landscape
architect has been on the job for several
months and before the work is finally
completed the people expect to spend
around s500,000.
Along with the cattle will be shown
all that the various manufacturing con-
Germs have to offer in mechanical equip
ment, whether it be silos, milking ma
chimes, dairy supplies, barn equipment,
etc. The exhibitors hiring space at the
last show in Chicago paid $4,000 for
the privilege. With the National show
will come many special organizations.
WHY ATTEND THE SHOW
Much will be made of educational fea-
lures. The various colleges, stations,
farm bureaus, dairy organizations and
the government will be represented.
There are dozens of good reasons why
New England dsirymen should be great
ly elsted over the show coming to Massa-
chusetts and why they should make spe-
cial effort TO exhibit or attend. They
will see more than 1000 of the best repre-
sentative cattle of the best dairy breeds
in America; government educational ex-
hibits showing the best methods for pre-
pairing for market and marketing dairy
products; what cows to own; feeds and
feeding for best results; pasteurizstion,
cooling and bottling; full tledged cream
nj oh in nj
ton. There will also be domestic sci
ence experts giving demonstrations and
instructions on the increased utilization
of milk to reduce cost of living. There
will be instructive displays of silo con-
struction, cement and wood, and various
other modern conveniences and economy
producers on the farm. IL is expected
there will be several acres of whirline
machinery, showing the most modern
achievements of man in the economies of
the dairy.
The aim will be to make the 10th an
nual dairy show such tremendous sue
cess that the management will decide TO
keep il in New England for few years
rather than return to the middle west.
There is special work for all the dairy
and milk associations in the six New
England states, not to mention the
oranges, farmers clubs, boards of sgri
culture, etc. It is important to remem
Der this is New England event which
promises to boost the dairy interests OF
the east more than any single factor Of
the past 20 years. When the campaign
is finally arranged, each New England
state should be there with both moral
and financial support.
A special feature of the dairy show
each wear Is the student judging contest
The last exposition in Chicago had about
5000 boys In attendance. Judging teams
came from l6 state colleges. The young
men from Ohio captured first hopors,
Kansas second, with Maine third. The
Ohio boys took back with them three
scholarships valued at s400 each, besides
several splendid trophies. This college
judging contest will be a feature at
Springfield The show will probably be
held the last 10 days in October, few
weeks after the regular exposition Of the
Eastern states association. The dairy
show management does not wish to COM
bine It's exposition with any other fair.
At the last show in Chicago there
were u herds of Holstein cattle entered
in the contest. Three were from Ohio,
two from Minnesota, two from Massa-
chusetts, two from Wisconsin, two from
Illinois, and one from Iowa. There
were IS herds of Guernseys, representa-
tiou extending from Massachusetts, to
Arizona. Jerseys were represented by
IS large herds, five of which were from
Illinois and the balance from points be-
tween New Jersey and the state oil
Washington. There were only two herds
of Ayrshires from New York and two
from Wisconsin. Springfield will multi
ply this by at least Is or 90 The last
Chicago show had three herds of Brown
Swiss, two being from Wisconsin and
one from Illinois.
From the start the federal secretary oil
agriculture has seen the great impor.
taucs Of the National dalryshow and has
extended every cooperation. There are
upward Of q, 900, 900 dairy cows in the
country to-day with an annual output