The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1920-11-05
LITTLE COP WIDE awake
HAS BEEN MUTE FOR THE
EIGHT YEARS PAST
He Is Going To Enjoy the Incl
dents Of the Harvest
Festival

Three men in the darkened back
room of an up town bank, a sacred
elephant on the table before them.
The question was put to Cop. the
elephant, and. the answer was three
taps with the right foreleg. By re-
ferring to the sacred code of the Ad-
vertising club kept in the bank vault
with the club constitution this was
translated as meaning that three
members, one the third day Ut the
eleventh month, receiving tho three
following days of exceptionally fine
Little Cop had been mute for the
past eight years and his sudden re-
turn to answering important ques-
lions foretells prosperous, happy days
for this community.
Continued good weather for tomor-
row and Saturday, is assured. The
Harvest Festival is proving to be the
biggest event of the kind ever pulled
OFF here. The way business Ten and
the general public have worked to-
gether to make this event success
has never been equalled. A splendid
spirit has been shown Throughout the
preliminary activities and the net re-
suit is bound to be a closer Ie'ation
and better understanding bet the
town and country people.
At the Farm.
Five of the standard type tractors
with tractor gang plows are operating
on the Mankato Hplstein Farm this
forenoon. These are all Of the four
wheel type and have none of the
freak feature in design that marked
featured. One Of the last entries to
be made Is that of the Wallace trac-
tor by L. W. Grant of this city. who
represents the ]. /. Case PlOw Works
company of Racine. This tractor Is
being shipped in especially for this
demonstration and will be on the
ground in all probability tomorrow.
One man, two horses and walking
plow turn over one furrOw only. A
man with four or five horse team
and gang plow turns over two fur
rows. The small tractor and plows.
all Of which are an actual one man
outfit, turn over two, three anc even
four burrows, with no horses in the
game at all. Present day tractors burn
kerosene for fuel and this produces a
low cost dependable power. One OF
the most important features of trac
tor farming is that soils which are
wearing outs can be titled to better
advantage and plowed to almost any
desired depth by tractors to renew
fertility.
It will be well worth coming in
many miles to see five and six trac-
tors turn over large acreage every
few minutes.
Among the Holsteins.
The Black and White cattle are all
shined UP and on their best behavior
looking forward to many visitors call
ing on them The lineage of these
beauties is traced back to several
generations and one who is fortunate
enough to meet up with j. c. Mar
low or w. w. Randall can be told of
and third generation as VOL as heir
records to the pound and lie defend
ants and other relatives who are fam
Gus as producers or exhibition ami
mails.
The proprietors Of the farm seem
to have an uncanny ability IN buying
exceptionally good animals for their
herd. The purchase or RUDY Karen
Mercedes for $1,000 last June has
proved most fortunate one. Ruby's
little black calf brought an offer OF
SIS, 900 recently which was refused.
The Calf Nursery.
Visitors are requested by AL means
to visit the nursery in one Of the
wings OF the big cattle barns, Women
and children are especially Interested
in the small black and white beauties.
There are many of them at the farm
and all form aristocratic parents. All
the world loves baby and the Hol-
stein calves are certainly attractive
little fellows.
Milk will be on tap at all times of
the day for those who become thirsty
from following the plows. There will
also be limited number of plow
canes distributed with which to meas
ure the depth of burrows being turned
over Arrangements have been made
for free trips from town to farm and
return by auto and trucks. One Of
the first trucks to be offered was the
International which will be driven by
F. F. Heicher. Trucks and cars will
leave. the Civic and Commerce associ-
alton building at frequent intervals.
There are many other features and
press indications are that this win be
the biggest event Of its kind held In
the state.