The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1922-12-21
BACK FROM MANY SHOWS

BACK FROM MANY SHOWS
Representative George A. Line /.
back from the cluster of agriculture
shows at Chicago, and is enthusias
tic over the showing made by Idaho
products and the honors carried off
1t had a unique display of two
model farms with a background oi
foothills and snowy mountains, and
the buildings and animals so placed
on the farm that it had the charm
OF fairyland and the force of real
ism. Toy animals from Santa
Claus land stood in the meadows
and pastures, and toy trucks and i'm
plements in the barnyard. 1t
caught the eyes of all visitors, and
they fingered long to study it. Mr..
Line gave out the following inter-
view to the press here: -
"The International Hay and
Grain Show is an educational and
cooperative enterprise to promote
crop Improvement thruout the
United States and Canada. The
United States department of argicul-
ture, the state agricultural colleges
and the experiment stations, the
state farm bureau, the state crop
Improvement association, and other
associations cooperate in putting on
the International Hay and Grain
Show and the International Live
Stock Show, which is one big show,
is the biggest thing Of its kind in the
world. In the hay and grain depart
ment there were 1000 entries. OF
these Idaho had fifty-nine entries
and was not only the Gem of the
Mountains but proved to be the
Gem Of the United States and
Canada by winning thirty-one
premiums out Of the fifty-nine
entries.
I'm addition to these entries quite
q number Of the state put on addi-
tional displays featuring different
things In which again Idaho won for
herself honors. G. B. Allison, our
state seed commissioner. 10 to be
congratulated on his worthy display.
consisting Of representation Of q
forty acre irrigated dairy farm and
forty acre irrigated seed farm with
q painting Of the Sawtooth mountain
ran9esyass a. background. It was
unique and gave the state q great
deal Of publicity. In connection with
this display the Idaho Grimm alfalfa
was Featured. A map showing our
noted Grimm alfalfa seed section,
our Held instruction, and our man
ner OF sealing and labelling our hess|
proved to be . step In advance o. tsRll|
other seed associations. III. itS4,
1.-THE international Crop Improve.
ment association was developed thru
the National Hay and Grain sh0w
and has for its purpose the develop
ment Of pure farm Seeds InNthese
meetings lectures and talks were
given by the leading agronomists of
the United States and Canada and
by the representatives of the differ |
ent cooperative associations COM
posing the association. Thru the ef-
forts of these associations the stand
ards and grades of the different
farm seeds are being raised and the
buying trade Is being educated to
buy only the best seed Obtainable,
and I want to emphasize this fact
that the time is near when 1t will be
hard for an individual to make his
guarantee as strong as an associa-
lion of cooperative producers.
'The American Farm Bureau
Federation meeting was attended by
delegates from most Of the states
md was very constructive meet I
ng. Dairy farmers with we'll de-
7eloped ideas planned rs to how the
interests may be ad-
7anced. At this meeting some of
he biggest men Of the United States
we're on the program and we had the
pleasure of listening to the address
II the Tiger Of France. Mr.. Clemen-
,eau, in his Appeal to America The
American Farm Bureau Federation
lave planned a very constructive
program that no one that believes
n justice to all can possibly
Mr.. Line was agreeably surprised
W SAO V0AuO AA AoVAl6 0A Au0hO uldA /
It these shows. The mere fact that
he exhibit was accompanied by men
rom the little relief farms in front
II them riveted their belief in the
'ealness of 1t all. Besides having
he mineature seed farm, they had
acks of Grimm alfalfa sealed and
,earing the labels Of the Idaho
arimm Alfalfa Seed Growers asso-
iation, and the pedigrees belong
ng with the sacks, proclaiming a
lew protection to all buyers of this
'recious crop from the west. II
In the seed mems discussions of
his in convention, all the state dele
,ations excepting those from Idaho
nd Iowa voted against the method
f sealing the sacks and guarantee
ng the product. They did it on the
round that it was too much trouble,
nd that left our Grimm Growers
tanding out as the only ones now
n the markets with this feature in
peration. Iowa saw the advantage
gives and Mr.. Line laughed at the
istinctiOn they so unWittinglv be-