The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1919-09-26
SEPTEMBER 25.27 IS DATE;
KANSAS CITY PLACE
Nearly Fifteen Thousand Dollars
viii Be Awarded 10 The
Exhibitors. ~
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Kansas City. Mo, September 23.-r
UndeteTed by the experience last
year when the "AH' epidemic caus
ed the cancellation ofsthe seasons
thirty minutes before the doors op-
cned, the international Z Farm con-
gress and Soil Products Exposition
will hold the boards here thiso week.
The farm congress, world forum
for agriculturalists, will be in session
September %, 26 and ~, while the
exposition. which is held under the
direction of the congress, viii open
September "a for period of eleven
days.
Representative of foreign nations
and provinces, states, farmer asSo
Citations, agricultural colleges and
kindred institutions constitute the
delegates to the fourteenth annual
Albert Smith of Sail Lake City,
Utah, is president OF the organiza-
ton.
Before this hodea OF representative
agriculturalists OF the world will be
debated subjects or international, ma
tionaI sectional and local interest. Rep
resentatives of the packing industry,
q well known official OF the national
Grain board, advocates, of; Secretary
Franklin Lanes s'land reclamation,
projects and others who haye met
With opposition from the pen who
till the soil viii be present 10 take
part in discussions.
Contest, Fin States.
Leading all other contests in in
terest at the exposition are Tthe an
nual Contest f8f the States" in
which nations, Provinces and states
compete for a $500 cup. apd the
comretition to determine the best
half -bushel of wheat in the world.
Although the sessions of the con
gress and Exposition have been held
all over the nation and once in Can
ada. two midvestern states. Net
raska and Kansas. have taken tho
largest number of sweepstakes in
the Contest of the States" The
Sunfiower State was a winner OF
first place in 1915 at Denver and re-
peated, il 1916hats FL PHsssh iiNeb-
raska broke ths1ISansas run by TAX
inc first place in, 1917 at Peoria, H.,
tut Inc tWO Sts5tt1s ivy iSttfutsSe 20
ors last year alb Kansas QitD where
all prizes were eawarde digjs1though
the exposition gates never opened.
Each year the aGompet ipqlw between
the two states hSs been cl9Hey Bruce
Wilson of the Kansas State Agri-
critural college, assembled the ex-
hibit for his stale and Arnold Mar
Tin. of Dubpis&n aprasla. Isl in
charge of the NebrasE IA. display, ~.
Canada Wofi Sweepstakes-
Canada has wen sweepstakes in
The wheat competition fYe, consecu-
tive years. Wheeler. a 4 tRosthern
Saskatchewan. farmer, ,rbas taken
three first places for the Bijtish pos
session. and wifi exhibit again this
year. Samuel marcombed def Brittle,
Manitoba, was champion wheat rails
er Of the world in pis1sS, Wheat
growers of the United States, and
notably those 81 Kansas, are, deter
MINED that the trophies and prizes
will remain in this country this year
and the competition. for first honors
in the wheat sweepstakes promises
to be close. The best, half bushel OF
wheat may win $1,000 for its owner
and Inc least it can win is $685..
Nearly $4,000 in cash and trophy
prizes will be awarded to exhibitors
These premiums, the largest oHered
any. fair or exposition, are open to
the world, except in few special
classes. which are OPEN eto farmers
of sections or provinces. NCSome OF
the silver tronhNr cups aHp huge al :
fairs, measuring anearly four feet IN
height and costing $500 each. oth-
crT range in size. down tRl the ones
offered in the. ordinary sweepstakes
contests. hos-a.. e1gtyT