Meade County news., 1917-10-25
PLAN A KANSAS DAIRY SHOW
First Exhibition of the Kind In South
eastern Part of State at Par
sons in November.

Parsons is making ready for the
first dairy show to be held in South
eastern Kansas, November 6 to 10, in
elusive, when persons interested in
the dairy industry from twelve to
fifteen counties are expected there for
the 4-day event. The program for the
show includes not only exhibits Of
dairy herds, dairy products, the sale
of blooded stock and lectures by dairy
experts, but courses in home econom-
les as related to this industry and
movie entertainments" illustrating
dairy and farm work in localities in
other states where dairying has taken
its place as the farmers chief aid to
economic independence.
The show will be held by the Par
sons Chamber of Commerce, which or.
ganization has enlisted the active sup
port of most of the leading stock
raisers in this part Of the state.
I'VE wish especially to emphasize
the Importance of the dairy stock sale
in connection with the show that will
6lNo DINOuClO III lIlb bCCIAOh a.
chance to offer their surplus stock for
sale," said c. M. Reed, chairman of
the committee on arrangements. "This
plan will give those who desire to
increase and improve their herds an
opportunity to buy such stock as they
require. Letters received from dairy
men not only in Southeastern Kansas
but from Missouri and Oklahoma as
well, indicate that this chance offered
them to show their herds at an exclu-
sive dairy exhibit will not be over
looked.
"The Kansas State Agricultural Col
lege has promised to cooperate with
us in every way. Every day Of the
show experts from Manhattan will lee
ture and give demonstrations. They
will be assisted by dairymen from
different counties in this part of the
state who have made success Of the
dairying business"
Cash PRISE will be awarded exhib-
itors of herds in the first, second and
third classes. There will also be
prizes for boys and girls with the best
"calf club" exhibits, while women
showing the best butter will receive
cash awards.
Want Flour Price Redueed.--Follow-
ing speeches by Major General Leon
ard Wood, Ex-Governor w. r. Stubbs
of Kansas and Governor Arthur Cap
per, calling attention to the contribu-
tions the United States Is making to
the war, the wheat and food conserv-
alton congress in session at the Wichita
Forum adopted resolutions demanding
that the governments 81 wheat price
be reduced or that a reduction be
made in the prices Of food that wheat
produces. The action was unanimous.
More than thousand farmers, mostly
from Kansas and Oklahoma, at the In
ternational Wheat Show and Food
Conservation Congress in Wichita,
pledged themselves to return home
and sell their wheat at the govern
ment price, to persuade their neigh
borS to do the same thlnS ana nelp
the government in every way possible
to win the war.
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Oregon Editor to K. wv. A. Dill,
telegraph editor of the Portland Ore.
gonian, has been appointed instructor
in the department Of journalism at the
University of Kansas, to fill the posi-
ton left vacant by the resignation OF
Frank Thayer, who went to the Uni.
versity OF Iowa.
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Pioneer Woman Dies.-Broken in
health and fortune, Mrs. Susan At
wood, widow of Samuel Atwood, one
Of the pioneers Of Leavenworth
county. died recently ct the state hos
pital at Osawatomie.