Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-08-17
TIMES REPUBLICAN MARsHAILTowN iowa AUGUST II 1916
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given the visitors ana The spirit .
the city.
Thursday is to be Cedar Rapids da!
and tits expected that beAiie the iarg
crowd from outside. many. from tn
city will attend.
The public blowing for the day viii
be on the Hawkeson farm, near th'
Northwestern CUTOFF.
Large Crowds See Work.
A crowd Of over 1000 followed thu
| tractors thru their morning plowint
and seemed to take an interest II
every part Of the work. Each ma
chine had it's following and judging
from the way the Iowa farmer does
business more sales. will result from
the Cedar Rapids demonstration thar
any of the others thus far.
From the headquarters field the
blowing in the Klinger fields afforded
a wonderful spectacle. The land plow-
ed lies little higher than the show
grounds and on slope, thus making
it possible for people to see the oper-
alton from a distance of nearly mile
To see the big machines scamperine
about over the fields leaving lone
black trails behind them and now and
then belching clouds of white smoke
as their engines were raced. made
one think of a distant battle with the
trenches and smoke rising from a
commandment. ~
Keep Out Solicitors.
The cheap farm journal subscription
solicitors have been trying hard to gel
on the grounds but the officials have
absolutely forbidden them to operate
Many of the better publications have
exhibits of their own where the farmer
may be sure of getting treated fairly
and squarely.
All of the accessory men in the head :
quarters tent are having a good bust
ness and keep their share of the sight
seers interested
Women and Children Come.
That the demonstration is not for
men only is shown by the number OF
women, girls. and children who visit
the grounds. In all places business is
combined with pleasure and besides
seeing the tractor demonstration the
visitors are taking in the other attrac-
tons in the city.
A monster crowd of over $1,000 per-
SOILS WdLcneu the wednesday dlteIiooii
blowing on the farm of NJ. Booth,
three quarters Of mile east of the
headquarters ground: Fifty tractors
started work at 1:15. the hour at
which the public blowing will start
every afternoon during the demonstra-
ton, and in just an hour 122 acres Of
soil had been turned over.
The Booth field. which is much larg
er than the field powed Tuesday. Is
ideally laid out for a blowing dem
onstration. This plot of land IL about
eighty rods wide. east and west, and
over that long. north and south.
The tractors plowed east and west and
the automobiles of the spectators We're
parked on the west side. A high ridge
runs east and west thru the center of
the field and this divided the blowing
tractors into .wo groups, one on each
slope. l.. .r
On all sides Of the field, on the field
and along the ridge. thousands of per-
sons watched the blowing. On top the
ridge and nearly in the center OF the
tract was a clump of trees and the d.
rectors of the demonstration mounted
on horse back, took their stand here.
The worlds largest automobile, with
a carrying capacity Of twenty five
tons, has been built to carry wool
across country in Australia