Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1916-08-16
The National Dairy Show

The National Dairy show will be
held October II to 20 inclusive at
Springfield, Mass. There are large
number of farmers in Orleans county
who are considering the trip to the
show. The management is to be con-
graduated upon their high ideals of
an exhibition, by making it as highly
educational as possible, leaving out
all cheap entertainment of the amuse-
ment type. The railroads have guar
anteed rate of two cents mile, and
have given the officers of the EXPOSE
ton encouragement to believe that
there will be special excursion rates of
two or three days duration. The agri-
cultural association is trying to make
the visit of the Orleans county farmers
as profitable as possible, and if there
are enough requests the association
will secure rooms and rates for all who
request in advance so that each person
will know just where he is going to
stav at the time he leaves his home
station. This may save halliday or
days time for many individuals. who
are not fortunate enough to have
friends in the city of Springfield. A
small charge will be made for the
service rendered. The amount cannot
be definitely stated at the present time,
but the more who make the request the
| cheaper it will be.
Upon request the manager of the
National Dairy show has sent little
article to be published in this issue of
the Agricultural News, which has
been somewhat condensed to fit the
limited amount of space allotted for
the same.
1.-THE National Dairy show can be
likened to short course in dairy agri-
culture. AS the COW is the foundation
of all things in the dairy business, the
cow barn should be visited first where
the visitors will find thousand of the
best dairy cattle in the world. The
best blood of all the dairy cattle will
mating and feeding has developed and
perfection which cannot be equalled in
any other country. Many of the
famous individuals which are familiar
to all who follow the dairy business
will be on exhibition. There the judg-
, ing will commence Monday morning,
, October 10th, and will be concluded
, Saturday, the 21st. 1t will be an edu-
cation for anyone to watch the judging
, and learn the type of cattle which
{ meets the general approval of the best
breeders and judges. After visiting
the cattle barns, going to the west the
, visitors will come to the Coliseum, in
, the left hand corner will be found an
amphitheatre where there will be ar
I exhibit of nine cows which demon
> strates the value of farm accounts anC
cow test association work. This will
be under the direction of the chief OF
! the dairy division of the department
q of agriculture at Washington. Another
e similar amphitheatre will be devoted t
domestic science demonstrations fol
women. It will take up demonstra
! tons and appliances for improvement
:. of the home. In another part of the
same building is third amphitheatre il
\ which lectures will be given by men o.
t national reputation in the dairy bust
r ness. Then beyond this is the machin
@ cry hall in which the visitors will have
8 an opportunity to study all kinds O.
dairy machinery and equipment ant
will be able to choose for themselve
: the one which best suits their ideal. |
i alone will be we'll worth visit to tn
q show. There will be no distraction
1 by the way of usual fair outdoor enter
tainment and annoyances. Every thin,
n will be planned to give our visitor
!. advantages such as could be obtaine
q in no other place. In the evenin,
n there will be various kinds of enter
!. tainment in the Coliseum, and tn
g Utility Horse show will be feature O
4 educational value. There will be man
$ other things which will attract tn
g interest of visitors who are intereste
9 in dairy agriculture.