The Wahpeton times., 1918-06-13
BIG MEET
1T BARNEY

Five hundred p>.esase arrsmse i
the Sse-k fsreeaess pkssase Aeai ~
Barney l4ss SATURDAY, Auen err
dit is due tasse people for eaalax
out In spite OF che tact TIA. i.
raine.i the entire Morning Mr.
Buehssn : splendid farznssesd wisa
its large grove and yari. Its large
barn and hosse- would have cas-
lily aeeonoistei 800 more As it
was the crowd appeared small b.
euse tnr grounds we're Sd large.
From my standpoint, said
County Agent Wolfe of RichlAnd
Co. the picnic was nearly a
complete failure. 1t had been hop
ed to have god business meet
ing in the morning. At this mee.-
ing it was planned to do the fol-
lowing:
Set date and make arrange
ments for next sale.
Make plans for importing a
good bunch of heifers and COWS to
Gs county.
Make arrangements for some
splendid exhibits to the county
fair.
double the membership of the
Stockbreeders' Association.
These matters are now indie
fnitely postponed continued Mr.
Wolfe. and possibly they can BE-
worked out in some other way.
From the standpoint of the people
in attendance it was success. -
The first event was the stock
judging contest. The first class
was a class Of five gade dairy shorss
horns furnished bv Mr.. John Thicl
Of Barney. The second class con-
sisted of four Holstein heifers fur
nished by Mr.. Manikowski Of
Mooreton. The third class was
made up Of six fine farm draft
horses of the Percheron type.
These We're furnished by Peter
Ihiel. Matt Brier and Richard
Wet. In each Case Prof. Peters of
the agricultural college judged
the animals. At the same time th..
farmers Judged the classes. The
farmer coming closest to Prof. Pet
els placing was considered the
winner Of the contest. In each
case as many as twelve or fifteen
contestants We're entered. The
following men were in the win
ners:
Shorthorn cows-Will Wright
first: Earl Pease, second.
Holstein- Carl Kilde.- first:
Matt Puetz. second.
Percheron Horses - Wallace
Manidwski. first: John McDouga!
second.
After each contest Prof. Peters
gave brief talk on the breed and
its characteristics. He told why he
placed the animals as he did. and
gave the men a chance to ask
questions. This ws good opp r.
tunity to learn something about
better stock.t The men presen
made the most of their opportun-
ity and got into the game. After
the discussion of the shorthorn
cows, a comparison between beef
type and dairy type shorthorns
was made. For this purpose Prof.
Peters used one of Mr.. hiel's cows
and a beef type shorthorn furn-
'shed by Mr.. Becker of Barney.
The Barney Red Cross served
lunch and various other refresh
ments. Warren's orchestra furn-
ished the music. Many families or
groups of families brought their
lunches. On the whole the people
present had a profitable and en-
;oyable day. The day was short
because bad roads kept many
away until z p. m.
At $50 p. m. Sergeant Black.
a Canadian soldier who has spent
three years in France and Con-
gresham Baer surprised the
crowd. These men were on 'lhe
way to their meeting at Hankin-
son and stopped a short time at
the picnic. Both men gave short
talks on he war and on conditions
in France: These talks fittingly
closed the program.
"Many thinks are due the Bar.
ney Farmers club for the energy
with which they got into the game
and did what they could in fur.
thering the cause for more and
better stock. Many thanks to Mr..
Busching for Offering his splendid
| farmstead. MANY thanks to the