Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1924-09-10
COUNTY AGENT NOTES
Victorious for the Second Time


feel justly proud of has twice been
proven. The old saying, that light
/ ming never strikes twice in the same
| place" has proven in this case a fall
! lacy.
Last year the people of Wisconsin
were surprised by our winning first
| in the County Show at the State Fair
and this year we have proven that the
results of last year were not acciden-
| tai. When we consider that Grant
County is the only Southern Wiscon-
sin County that has ever carried home
+, the blue banner and the silver cup at
the State Fair, we can't help but re-
alize its supremacy as an all around
agricultural county in Wisconsin. The
quality and variety of our produce
makes us a hard county to beat Then
! to the splendid cooperation that has
been received by this office from the
people of the county in gathering to-
gether the long list of material to fill
the requirements of such shows has
meant much towards our success. The
results of our county exhibits for the
past two years has proven to many
people that nothing is impossible if
proper efforts and cooperation is put
forth.
| In spite of the backward season that
we have been confronted with, our
produce was above the average of the
show. Although we did not rank as
| high in final score as we did a year
ago we were still able to lead our
nearest contender by a margin of SO
points.
Along with our display of produce
that was required to complete our
booth we featured the fact that Grant
County shipped more livestock than
any other county in the state of Wis
consin. This was featured by chart,
at the top of which was reinstatement,
THAT our Crops Made this possible.
The center of this chart consisted of
a reproduction of a stock train in tran
sit, showing the block signal system
that is used in our railroad system;
on this signal was the statement that
| our agriculture was on the right track.
/ This feature gained us twenty-five
points toward our score and we feel
/ that it added much to the value of our
! exhibit.
We have considered that the County
! Booth was nothing more or less than
! full page ad or a show window that
! is representative OF the county from
which it comes, therefore, the purpose
of the booth as far as this office is con-
| cerned was not so much the desire of
winning first, as it was of putting be-
/ fore the people something that would
make them realize that Grant County
was good place to live and county
/ where agriculture can be practised at
! a profit. In connection with this fact
/ of our real purpose, the bankers OF
| the county cO-Operated wonderfully,
/ to the extent of financing $4,000 book
! let's in which the wonders and facts
\ Oi Grant COuntys' supremacy were
pictured by both word and photo
graphs Many Of these booklets were
distributed to the visitors at the
County Exhibits buildtng.a
It has been the purpose and desire
Of the writer to tell others and make
them believe the facts that we are so
we'll aware Of, that Grant County,
'"The California of Wisconsin" is the
/ best place in the world to live, We
4 feel that this has been accomplished
4 to some extent by the display Of our
la agricultural products, our live stock
! our school exhibit, our honey exhibit
( and the distribution Of the booklets
fab0ve mentioned.
Not alone does the county receive
/ recognition in this matter but like
wise the people who exhibit material
/ in the open classes Of the various de-
\ partments and likewise those that as
sisted lin making the booth q success
Every sample that was shown in the
] collective show that makes up the
/ County Booth carried the name, and
address of the person from whom the
! SAMPLES were secured There is no
reason why we could not have a still
4 better score if we had received as
much cooperation from 81 as we have
( from some Of those who have helped
\ SO diligently in the past two years to
make our success possible.
The success of Grant County's booth
does not lie entirely upon the should
ers of but one person. Even the per-
son who brought us but one sample
/ has credit coming, all that the writer
can do is to select, plan and arrange
an exhibit of this kind and we do not
want credit all to go in one direction.
Nothing has ever been accomplished
alone and nothing never will be.
We would like to give mention to
/ all who assisted in making the booth
/ possible but it will hardly be possible
/ to do, however we wish to give special
mention to those who helped material
I ly in making this possible. To the fol-
lowing people the writer feels that due
credit should be given: John More
house, Walter Steinhoff, e. e. Price,
4 Frank Walker, Ralph Erwin, G. A..
Stephens, Ed Austin, Leila Place, Rex
Mink, Frank MorehOuse, Merl Walker,
Hugh Harper and the Am. Legion
Auxiliary Of Lancaster.
Other than the County exhibit at
the State Fair, Grant County was very
ably represented in other classes OF
exhibits.
Griswold Brothers Of Livingston adj
ded much to the honors of Grant
County's supremacy, winning senior
and Grand Champion female in the
Shorthorn show. L. NJ. Scott & Sons
of Bagley proved the supremacy OF
Grant County's Herefords, placing an
aged Sire in first place along with
many other very, creditable winnings.
Eugene Croft & Son of Lancaster up