Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1921-06-29
a HUNDRED CARS IN FARM TOUR.

BY far the most complete and sue
cessful Farm Tour, or gathering OF
its kind, ever held in or about this
county, was pulled off last Friday,
June Gath. Men, women and children
from all parts of the county, includ-
ing the farthest corners, were present
to enjoy the program for the day
The only thing that could not be cor
rected was due to the large, crowd
which caused a loss of time in start
ing and stopping. 1t took flfteen MIN
utes from the time the first car stopped
until the last one pulled in, so by the
middle of the afternoon we were run
ming an hour behind schedule. and as
1t was necessary for the speakers to
leave on an evening train to fill dates
the following day, one stop had to be
given up and the last two cut short
We were very sorry for this as 1t was
a disappointment to many OF the hog
men, but they will fully realize the
conditions and on the next tour hogs
will be given preference on the pro-
gram. The committee which laid out
the tour are convinced that too much
territory was taken in and too many
stops made and this will be remem-
bered in the future.
One thing that added much to the
good time on the tour was to have
the Hopkinton Band which was furn-
ished through the courtesy OF the BUS
mess men of Hopkinton.
The cars left Manchester at nine
O'Clock and the first stop was at Hem
ry Niemans north of Manchester, to
inspect his herd of Holsteins. Mr..
Ewes of the State Dairy Association
pointed out the outstanding qualities
to look for on good dairy COW, CIV
ing reasons and records on the cows.
The herd bull was shown, which is one
of the best in the county and good
type to keep In mind when selecting
dairy sire.
At the second stop, at Dan Fier-
stien's, Miss Sutter talked to the
women on making of home made dress
forms, while the men listened to Mr..
Hauser on soil fertility. Mr.. Fier-
stine's lime crusher was set in mo-
ton so as to demonstrate the slmplici-
ty of curshing lime rock to be applied
to the fields. Two kinds of lime
spreaders were on hand, the end-gate
and the broadcast type. Mr.. Leetun
briefly pointed out the fertilizer plots
including fourteen mall. These plots
Are to determine the kind and proper
proportion of fertilizer to use in this
country. The field of the new an
'nual Hubam clover interested many
who had not seen it grow.
From Fierstine's the tour went to
Schnittjer Bros, southeast OF Delhi.
These men have stayed by cattle
feeding and have two carloads on hand.
Figures were given on the gains made
ON both siIage and grass. Mr.. Beres-
ford talked on feeding and shipping
steers, after which the crowd went
over. to the orchard to hear Mr.. Mich
ols on spraying and pruning fruit
trees.
No better place could have been
chosen for the noon hour than at
Schnittjer Bros. with lots of grass,
shade and cool spring water. The
boys also had several cans of butter
milk cooled in the spring. The band
played during the noon hour and ev-
e-ybody had good time. AS soon
as the people could be gotten togeth-
or after lunch, three fifteen minute
talks were given, one by Miss Sutter
on Home Demonstration Work, one
ty DR.. Stouder on Disease and Sani-
tation. and one by Mr.. Hauser on the
work in general.
The fourth stop was near Hopkinton
at F. ]. Gestel's, where they keep
over two thousand White Leghorn
chickens and get over a bushel of
eggs a day. Dr. Stouder commented
on their ventilation system in the hen
house, manner of feeding and success
in poultry raising.
The next stop was scheduled for