Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1918-11-20
POTATO EXHIBIT
TO BE GREATEST
MILWAUKEE SHOW, NOV. 2o-24,
WILL BE WORLDS LARGEST
SINGLE CROP EXPOSITION.
PROM INENT MEN WILL COME
Potato Association of America and
Wisconsin Potato Growers AS
ISOLATION to Hold Annual Con-
vention in Conjunction.

Milwaukee, Wis = Wisconsin will
demonstrate it's priority as the potato
center of the world on the occasion of
the Wisconsin Potato Exposition in
the Milwaukee Auditorium, November
Goth to Oath. This Potato Show will
be the largest single crop exposition
ever promoted, and is another outcome
of the progressive wisconsin Idea"
More than 5000 bushels of the
choice of the standard types of pota
! toes will be on exhibition, beautifully
displayed in quantities ranging from
one peck to twenty-five bushels. The
| twenty-one distinctive potato raising
counties of the state will be repre-
sented by adequate collective exhibits
in competition. Practically every
grower in the state of any consequence
will exhibit his finest products of table
stock and every one of the some l25
growers of certified seed stock for the
year 1918 will provide special exhibits.
An important feature of the eXposi-
ton will be the display of potato rails
ing machinery and potato growers
supplies At this date more than
twenty-five exhibitors for that depart
ment have made entries. Included
will be everything from hand tools to
the large horse and tractor drawn
planting and digging machinery.
Prominent Men to Come.
Co-incident with the, potato exposi-
ton will be the annual conventions of
the Potato Association of America,
and the Wisconsin Potato Growers
Association. Each organization has
prepared elaborate technical programs
with subjects and speakers dealing
with every important phase of educa-
ton in potato culture and marketing.
| Prominent among those in attend
ance will be Lou D. Sweet, president
of the Potato Association of America
and a prominent member of the United
States Food Administration, Washing
ton, d. c.; w. T. Macoun, vice-presi-
dent of the Potato Association of
America and Superintendent of the
| Central Experiment Farm, Ottawa,
Canada; VIM. Stewart, secretary
treasurer of the Potato Association of
America and member of thse United
| States Department of Agriculture; E.
| P. Miller, Chicago, superintendent OF
| the Potato Division of the United
States Food Administration, and H.
E. Horton, Chicago, editor of the Pc
| tato Magazine. The agricultural
schools of practically every state in
the Union will be represented by fac
ulty members
| Among the prominent men to be at
the convention of the Wisconsin Po-
tato Growers Association are J. w.
Hicks, president, Chippewa Falls, o.
| G. Woodland, vice-president, Weyau-
vega; J. G. Milward, secretary-treas-
urer, agricultural department Univer-
sity of Wisconsin, Madison; Maj S.
G.. Prescott, Surgeon Generals Depart
| ment, Washington, D. c.; John Jar
dine, president of the Wisconsin Pc
tato Shippers Association, H. c..
Cheyney of the United States railroad
administration; r. H. Ashton, region
al director of railroads; DR.. l.. r.
Jones, pathologist of the Wisconsin
Experiment Station; B. R. Richards of
the Utah Experiment Station, and r.
E. Vaughn of the Wisconsin Expert
ment Station.
Boys and Girls Take Part.
An important feature of both the
exhibition and the convention program
will be the part taken by the Boys
and Girls Potato Clubs of Wisconsin.
The Girls Club demonstration will be
under the immediate direction of Miss
Elizabeth Amery of the Wisconsin
College of Agriculture and will consist
of competitive demonstration by teams
in selection and cooking of potatoes,
all in the presence of the guests of the
exposition The Boys Club competi-
lions will consist of competitive dem
onstrations by teams in the selection,
care and treatment of potatoes and
will be under the supervision of I. L.
Bewick of the Wisconsin College of
Agriculture The Potato Grading dem
onstration will be under the superV1-
sion of F. e. Paranto, state inspector
for the Wisconsin Potato Shippers