The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1919-06-26
THIRD ANNUAL GATHERING OF
NORTH IDAHO FARMERS TO
BE HELD JULY 5TH

The third annual picnic of North
Idaho farmers at the University of
Idaho, will be held Saturday, July s,
beginning at $50. Every farmer in
the 10 northern counties of Idaho has
a special invitation to attend and
bring his family and his lunch bas-
ket. The university will furnish cof-
fee and rich cream from the fine
dairy herd which the farmers are in
vited to inspect while guests of the
university
Last year more than 1000 persons
attended this picnic. 1t is hoped to
have twice that many here this year.
The picnic will be held as part of the
three days celebration. There will
be vacant place" on the program
for the htird day of the celebration
from 9 a. m. to 2:15 p. m. and this is
to be "filled in" by the farmers pic
mic. The University of Idaho desires
to make this an annual event and
to have the farmers of the state and
of eastern Washington come and
spend the day on it's campus, where
there is abundance of shade and water
and fine place for picnic parties.
The farmers are asked to meet at
the university not later than $3.50 for
at 9:45 the farmers will start for a
trip over the farm. They will inspect
the fine herds of cattle, where there
are 80 head representing the three
leading breeds, Shorthorns, Herefords
and Aberdeen Angus; and the dairy
herds with 40 head of registered Hol-
stems and Jerseys. They will visit
the hog lots where there are about
80 head Of purebred, registered ami
mails of three leading breeds; and
the horse barns where there are rep
resentatives of three breeds of draft
horses, and the sheep pens where the
aristocrats of sheepdom are to be
found in large numbers. They will
go to the experiment station plats
where problems that are of vital i'm
portance to farmers are being solv-
ed, and they will visit every depart
ment of the greatest agricultural and
educational institution in the Inland
Empire. Members of the staff and
faculty will accompany the visitors
and explain to them each department
visited and each exhibit shown.
They will return to the campus and
go through the buildings and inspect
each of these. Then they will be
treated to band concert by the fa-
nous Cow Boy Band of Grangeville,
after which Dr. Lindley,, president of
the University will deliver an address
of welcome. At 1915 they will eat
their lunch in the shade of the trees
and hot coffee with rich cream and
cool drinks will be served by the uni
versity.
There will be other features follow
ing the luncheon, chief among which
will be a special exhibition flight over
the university campus by Lieutenant
Jay M. Fetters, army aviator, the first
man to cross the Cascade mountains
in Washington and the Blue mountains
in Oregon in an ariplane. Lieuten-
ant Fetters abs promised some thrill
ing Stunts" for the entertainment
of the visitors and will fly directly
over them on the university campus.
taken as a whole the program
will be one of the best and most inter-
esting and instructive ever offered
farmers picnic here. There will not
oe long series of speeches, but every
moment will be occupied and the Wis
tors will be given an opportunity to
inspect every department Of the uni
yersity, the agricultural college and
he splendid horse, cattle, dairy and
heep barns, that are excellent models
or any farmer.
w. B. Kjosness, assistant state
eader, has sent special instructions
o the county agents of the 10 north
rn Idaho counties to come and bring
delegations from their counties on
hat day. Moscow can be reached
rom every one of the 10 counties
north Idaho, by automo-
,ile at this season of the year and
,laces for parking the automobiles
will be provided A special invitation
8 extended to the farmers Of north
,rn Idaho and of Asotin, Whitman
md Spokane counties, in Washington.
o attend this picnic.