The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-12-14

back and finished looking through IN
attended tle Gurcc sa:c Of Prof Man
ford The 2yand champion Duroc SOW
: oi the show was sold L. auction. bring
inc the neat litrlc sum Of twcnty-fou.
hundred and fifty dollars. There We.
about sixty gifts. sows and one boa,
consigned TO this sale. which average.
! four hundred and forty dollars cacn
THURSDAY evening we attended thc
banquet given by the American Duroe
Jersey Association. The boys seem
cd 10 thoroughly enjoy this. The
J. menu, music and dancing VIII long
be remembered Sem of our parry
We're more fortunate l.. the seats Tia;
they secured at this banquet tnaG
some Of the others. One OF these was
Nj. ]. N. Kolb and he will be glad Il
tell you all about he music and, dane
ing. Wednesday evening We attend
Ell the banquet given by the Poland
China Breeders Association. The
music and menu Of this banquet wc"e
especially fine. Thursday vas spent i?
Chicago. First we took in the pre-
duce market where everything ws=;
being offered Cor sale from eggs on
I'D 20 deer. The street was about 4
nile long and trucks and wagons wero
l:red Up all Of the way unloading ev-
crything that you could think Of IN
the eating iine There must have
been hundreds Of car loads Of chick
ems, thousands Of hares and rabbits
ard ore black bear was being offered
for sale. Two Or three dozen deer
with their antlers were being Offered
After le ving the market. we look
ed over the plant Of the celebrates
Fox Creamery Here they mako
thousands OF pounds OF butter each
day. handle numbers OF car loads Of
eggs, ard make process butter for
de2lers VINO purchase great lots fold
butter The Lake Shore was visited
and the facilities for loading an6 IN
loading ships were seen. Then the
pari ). Griveways. speadWays and fine
buildings were seen. During tn:
rounds visi- was paid to Sears, Roc
buck and Co It would take more
material to erect all Of thc:r buildings
and plants than ii would TO build two
cities the size CT Sumter. We were
:cd that hey had tllirt:-four {. ousand
employees One Of the business men
of our. partg- reminded Us cf she fact
that the peor'a Of Souh Carolina had
hc'peG to pay fer erecting all Of those
anG plants and that South
Carolipa received no taxes on that
property Thursday night we attend
ed the horse show. Two bands fur
r:sIedi good music. The riding ard
driving was as good IS could be. The
packing houses vieing with each 9TH
er in furnishing the test equipped and
driven six horse cans. a parade Of
al Of the prize winning cattle and
horses was feature Of this show.
The last event was high jumping will
horses I think that the prize was
taken by Jumping higher than seven
reet.
friday we made a side trip on the
cars eut to EJsin and Dundee. the
center CT thesdairy and butter indus
-ry Of the word I never saw SO many
III Of my life before this trip. We
saw one Hols:cin> bull whose ownar
)aid twenty thousand dollars for him
when he was only SIX months o'd. We
;aw some alfalfa fields in this section
md all Of tae horses Were great bic
Percheon animals. Nearly all CT the
arge dairy farms'had ponds and ice
houses On them. The!- said that they
He'd their own ice houses from tn"
ponds during the winter. We looked
nto one of the houses and there was
still some ice brousht. over from last
winter. never saw an unpainted
house or barn On this trip. There were
a great manv wind mills on theS"
farms. used for pumping water. ana
every farm had its silo or battery of
s;lcs Friday evening we attended al
play at the Illinois Theatcr. thai |
night we wont 20 bed on our sleeper.
bidding farewell to Chicago with al,
cf its Sayety and bar rooms. Next
morning we arrived at Champaign
where the sleeper was switched off
for US to visit the University Of Hi
slois and its eXperimentaticf1 plant.
Five thousand pupils attended this
school. Part of the school has beer
devoted to teaching boys how to FL
aeroplanes, and repair and manage
same. Here we saw the largest chem
ical laboratories of their kind in the
world. The green houses. buildings.
and grounds Of the University arc very
beautiful. The experimental station
there is so different from OURS. Near
y al Of their problems are devoted
70 feeding livestock and growing live
stock. ! think that they had a least
twenty silos and numbers Of dairE
barns Of different types. Millions OF
dollars have been expended on the
University planr After leaving Cham
paign Saturday about two O'Clock p.
FOR SALE,-One 1917 Ford touring
!1,f>n