Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1925-01-21
BUILDERS DAYS
WILL BE PUT
ON NEXT YEAR
Large Enthusiastic Crowd
OF Farmers and Wives
Present at 2-Day Session.

This will be no detailed account of
the very excellent community pro-
gram held in Lancaster last Thurs
day and Friday under auspices of the
Joint civic organizations, the Kiwanis
and Woman's clubs. Suffice to saw
that the event was entirely a success
and pleasing in its entirety to not only
the hosts and hostesses but to the
guests and-guestesses
Everything went like clockworlx
through the two-day program. While
acknowledged farm experts were talk
ing 10 the men In the big auditorium,
feminine authorities were RECALLING
likewise the women guests in the club
rooms.
]. P. Riordan opened the program
Wednesday with a talk on Quilting
Together or Team Work" Mr.. Riordan
emphasized the interdependence OF
the town and country people and dem
onstrated how the prosperity of one
group spelled prosperity for the other
while if adversely struck one side il
surely affected the other side He
pleaded for closer sympathy and I'M
derstanding from each for the other
mans problems and difficulties.
Larry GRADER, one of the leading au-
thorities in the country on stock rails
ing, feeding, grains, grasses, etc.
talked on Things that Make Farming
Pay" Larry's main point was that les
sened cost of production was a sure
method of increasing profits. He point
ed to Wisconsin's annual feed bill of
$4,000, 100000 as a proof that our farm
ers should be raising more of their
stuff instead of buying stock foods.
He lauded sweet clover and alfalfa as
high protein foods to make money
with. He ridiculed time-honored Tim
othy as hay, saying it was very poor
feed as compared to alfalfa.
In the evening Hon John D. Jones.
Wlsconsln's commissioner of agricul-
ture, talked on "The Future of Wis
consin Agriculture" Mr.. Jones' talk
evidenced much clear thinking. He
brought out in particular that solu-
ton of farm problems lay more with
the farmer himself than with outside
agencies. He said that any real organ
ization movement to be effective must
come from the bottom rather than
the top or outside.
Friday morning Prof r. A. Moore,
Wisconsin's great agronomist, held
the attention of big crowd of farm
ers while he talked on "The Best
Grains for Grant County" The inter-
est in Mr.. Moore's talk was best ev-
idenced by the volley of questions fired
at him in the round-table discussion
at the close. In fact this was true of
all the speakers.
Friday afternoon T. H. Campion, a
dairy expert, talked on Dairy Profits
How to Make Them" His interest
ing lecture was followed by Jack
Tormey, former Fennimore boy, later
professor in the college of agricul-
ture at Wisconsin University, and
present fieldman of the American
Shorthorn Breeders association. Mr..
Tormey's witty sallies kept his crowd
in good humor while he drove his
points home. He does not favor high
tariff on food products thinking that
better methods of production and a
better product is the best protection
a farmer can have. He said that OUT
side countries are shipping dairy pro-
ducts into this country and selling in
the face of high tariff because the
farmers there are practicing cheaper
production methods than our farmers.
He said the American farmer would
have to put his wits to work to meet
this world competition and supply the
local food market which is increas-
ing in size al 1.-The time.
The community singing put on by
the Kiwanis under direction Of Mark
Hoskins kept the crowd in high spir-
its. A quartet sang w-do-you-do"
song with take-offs on local farmers.
The singing was a fine feature of the
program. Solos rendered by Mesdames
S. S. McNelly and Ora Sitter, were
greatly appreciated.
An account of the Builders Days"
would not be complete without men
ton of the cafeteria luncheon served
in the club rooms by Kiwanians as
sisted by the Woman's club. Nearly
500 guests were served and fed in
about three quarters of an hour. The
menu consisted of roast beef, mashed
potatoes and gravy, baked beans, cof-
fee, roofs and a cigar apiece for the
men guests.
At the close the farmers to a man
voted a request for another meeting
next year All present expressed their
hearty appreciation of the splendid
entertainment afforded them. But be-
fore the next winter meeting the XII
wants, Woman's club and farmers will
hold big community picnic with pro-
gram and entertainment and that we
hope will be some time next summer.