The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1922-09-08
Farm Bureau Pic
mic a Big Success

cOuHLaDle HumDer Oh people IN aC-
tendance. Not only in regard to the
number of people present was there a
big surprise, but few, if any, expected
to see the excellent features Of the
picnic.
One of the latest features of the
picnic to be added to the plans was
that of the parade showing Farm Bu-
reau achievements. Only few days
previous to Sept. /, the Executive
Committee decided to have parade.
This was something new and so far
as known, has never been done by any
other Farm Bureau in any of the
forty-six states that have farm bu-
reaus.
Immediately after the parade, the
crowd went to the picnic grounds,
where the people were soon enjoying
a real old-fashioned basket dinner.
After huge quantities of fried chicken,
salads, pickles, pies and cakes, etc.,
were devoured, President Schuttler
proceeded to gather the crowd about
the speakers stand. Then the stunt
that has made st. Francois County
Farm Bureau famous, was put on.
Well, if you were not there to see it,
you missed something. Ask your
neighbor about it. After this stunt,
Mr.. Montgomery made very able ad-
dress on Farm Bureau work.
The rest of the afternoon was de-
voted to playing "Barnyard Golf,
races, ball game and especially the
event of calling husbands to dinner,
contest. This last event deserves
special mention as it was entirely
new in this county.
Well, to get back to that parade.
By the hearty cooperation of large
number of Farm Bureau workers,
twentyAseven floats lined up on East
Liberty street and proceeded to pa
rade through town. Although the
floats were simple, yet they told a
story of Farm Bureau work. Some
of them carried some vivid character
ization of Farm Bureau work while
others only had large well printed
signs showing certain facts.
One of the floats attracting partic-
ular attention was that arranged by
Mr.. Korber. Mr.. Korber had his wag-
on well decorated with Virginia soy
beans, with a banner at the top stat
ing that soy beans are soil builders
and calling attention to the difference
in the soy beans that were inoculated
and those that were not.
The Boys Corn Club float prepared
by c. H. Menge, consisted in having
a car well decorated with stalks of
corn with few well chosen facts
about what the club stood for. The
members of the corn club rode in this
float.
The float prepared by W. D. Styers.
on horticulture, with a basket of
sprayed apples and basket of un-
sprayed apples, brought out the i'm
portance of spraying in very force
full way. The fact was also brought
out that the spraying of fruit trees as
pushed by the Farm Bureau has
meant thousands of dollars to the
county.
The poultry float prepared by Mr..
Evert, who is in the vocational school,
consisted of twelve Gull hens and
three good laying hens. 1t was point
ed out hat the twelve culls lay two
eggs per day while the three good
ones lay two eggs per day. Estimated
saving from poultry culling being $5,-
900.
The soil terracing float called atten-
tion to the fact that one hundred and
fifty acres of land had been terraced
and bitches stopped which had been
worth $500. The Warehouse float
showed that $4,000 had been saved
to the farmers of the county through
this project. The Livestock Shipping
Association float had a sign bearing a
statement that $4,000 had been saved
by this organization.
The Jersey Breeders Association.
the Holstein Breeders and the Here
ford Breeders Association also had ex-
cellent floats calling attention to the
number of registered animals in the
county and what the associations stood
for. Both the Holstein and jersey
Calf Club floats were interesting in
that the members of the clubs were
riding in them. This was particularly
significant as it showed the number Of
boys and girls that had been reached
and helped by the Farm Bureau.
The Farm Loan Association float
called attention to the fact that ST.
800 had been saved on interest by the
members of the Association. The
Producers float showed some per-
tinent facts in regard to the work of
this big organization. The lining
float stated that 400 tons of limestone
was used in the county last year and
that pulverizers were in the county.
Floats showing the women's work
were also in evidence. Probably the
one which attracted most attention
was the millinery float. which was pre-
pared by Mrs. R. P. Taylor. Various
colored crepe paper hats were made
and fastened to the car, which was
covered with asparagus.
Mrs. Myrtle Gruner had charge of
an interesting float on Home Convent
ences. Many labor saving articles
were hung from the top of the truck.
In the bed Of the truck were placed
heavy articles such as a bread-mixer.
pressure cooker, Gamer, scales, etc.
A roadster was covered with aspar
agus for the child feeding float.
Grapes, carrots, tomatoes, apples.
were tied on in various places, and
two children drank their milk during
the parade.
The dress form float showed sew
eral of these great helps to the busy
housewife. Mrs. Emmett Heck dem
onstrated in her float the preparation
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