The Greeneville daily sun. (Greeneville, Tenn.) 1918-1920, 1919-09-23
Farmers Meet in
Great Congress

KANSAS CITY, Mo, Sept. 23.-
Omitted Press. )-Undeterred by the
experience of last year when the flu
epidemic caused the cancellation of
the sessions thirty minutes before
the doors opened, the International
Farm Congress and Soil Products Ex-
position will hold the boards here
this week. The farm congress, a.
world forum for agr;culturists, will
be in session September 25, 26 and
IT, while the exposition, which is held
under the direction of the congress.
will open September "a for a period
of eleven days.
Representatives of foreign nations
and provinces, states, farmer associa-
tions, agricultural colleges and kim
dred institutions constitute the dele
gates to the fourteenth annual ses-
sion of the farm congress. George
Albert Smith of Salt Lake City, Utah.
is president of the organization.
Before this body of representative
agriculturists of the world will ba
debated subjects of international, ma
tional, sectional and local interest,
Representatives of the packing indus
try, well-known official of the ma.
tlonal grain board, advocates of Sec
retary Franklin Lanes land reclama-
tion projects and others who have
met with opposition from the men
who till the soil will be present to take
part in discussions.
Leading all other contests in in
terest at the exposition are the an.
nual Contest of the States" in which
nations, provinces and states COM
pete for $500 cup, and the COM
petition 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 Cam
ada, two midwestern states, Nebraska
and Kansas, have taken the largest
number of sweepstakes in the Con
est of States" The Sunhower State
vas winner of first place in 1918
It Denver and repeated in 1916 at
ii Paso. Nebraska broke the Kan
as run by t.king first place in 1917
It Peoria, ILL.,, but the two states tied
or first honors last year at Kansas
jlty, where all prizes were awarded.
Though the exposition gates never
pened. Each year the competition
etWeen the two states has been close.
truce Wilson of the Kansas State
agricultural college assembled the
Xhlblt for his state and Arnold Mar
H. OF Dubois, Nebraska, is in charge
the Nebraska display.
Canada has won sweepstakes in the
heat competition five consecutive
ears. Seager Wheeler, a Rosthern.
saskatchewan, farmer, has taken 3
'st places for the British possession.
I'd will exhibit again this year. Sam
ell Larcombe of Brittle. Manitoha
hampton wheat raiser of the world
l9l7. Whcat-growers of the Unit
States are determined that the trO-
lies and prizes will remain in this
untry this year, and the competi~
on for first honors in the wneat
'eepstakes promises to be close. The
'st halt-bushel of wheat may win
,O20 for its owner, and the least If
n win is 1885.
Nearly $4,000 in cash and tropbv
ICES will be awarded to exhibitors.
lese preclums, the largest offered
any fair or exposition, are open
the world, except in a few special
asses, which are open to farmers
sections or provinces. Some of
silver trophy cups are huge af-
lrs, measuring nearly four feet in
light and costing $500 each. 9th
range in size, down to the ones
cred in the ordinary sweepstakes
ntests.