Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1927-02-24

could not visit every department oil
the store as the time was limited and
the store was too vast. We were serv-
ed luncheon III the Marshall Field Tea
Rooms, as the guests of the firm, and
spent the remainder of the afternoon
in the store, that is, the Minnesota
girls did, and those who had not yet
i visited Lincoln Park were taken on
the same trip as we had been on on
Sunday.
The boys had left in the morning
for Argo, Illinois, to visit the plant of
the Argo Corn Products Refining Com
pany. They saw the processes by
which Mazda Oil, Corn Starch, and
Karo syrup are manufactured, as well
as corn sugar and other corn products.
They had ample opportunity to sample
corn products as they were enter
tanned at luncheon by the courtesy of
the Corn Products Refining Company.
The evening event was gala affair,
and the girls donned their silks and
satins while the boys polished their
hair in readiness for the banquet at
| the Gold Room of the Congress Hotel,
given by the courtesy of the National
Live Stock Producers Association.
President S. H. Thompson of the
American Farm Bureau Federation,
acted as POSTMASTER In addition to
| sumptuous banquet we were enter
tanned by some of the best talent
available in Chicago, presented with
souvenirs by the Live Stock Produc-
ers and were privileged to see the
prize winning baby beef crowned king
of the occasion, by Mr.. Farrell of the
U. S. Department of Agriculture. 1t
seemed that the fun would never end
and we were not anxious to have it.
By Wednesday evening we were all
pretty well tired out, but with the
news that we could sleep until seven
thirty on Thursday, the Grand Finale
day, our spirits revived to enjoy to
the fullest extent the last day of our
educational trip to one of the worlds
largest cities.
Thursday, our Battalion was taken
on a most interesting trip to the man
ufacturing plant of the International
Harvester Company. This plant is
the largest of its kind in the world.
In normal times this plant employs
1000 to 5000 and during busy sea-
son the plant uses almost 16S, 0O0, 900
pounds of steel, 5S,OO0,OOO feet of lum-
Der, and 100000 gallons of paint, re-
curing daily 1875 cars to ship out the
hot
we saw the manufacturing going on
on a gigantic scale. We saw the
mowers and binders being assembled
on progressive chains, the making of
bolts, the various parts of each ma
chine, the tempering of the steel and
the manufacture of binder Irvine. The
Irvine factory employs 1900 men and
women, so one can readily see that
the output of the mill is very great
The motto of the McCormick-Deerin
Company was of interest, especially
to the boys. It is, Good Equipment
Makes a Good Farmer Better
After the trip through the manu-
featuring and Irvine plants, the two
Batallions assembled at the McCor-
mick Hall where a host of walters
were waiting to serve us. A splendid
program was given at this seventh an
nual visit to the plant the talent be-
ing chosen from among the employees
of the company. The Harvester
Choral Society was a credit to the
company.
Cyrus Mccormick, Jr., acted as
POSTMASTER. He emphasized the fact
that in these days when economy is
being so widely discussed, that we
must especially guard against over
economy. He illustrated his point by
story of a Scotch couple who prac-
ticed economy to such a degree that
the husband warned his wife to be
sure and remove her glasses when
she was not looking at anyone.
Cyrus H. Mccormick was the next
speaker and he told us that the ability
to overcome disappointment was a
great asset. He illustrated, taking
the word swamp. "Swampland," he
said, ais of little value on the farm,
yet, taking the letters making up the |
word swamp, we have s. meaning
study and for self sacrifice W. for |
win, "a for ambition, M for me-
thod', p for patience, and there you
have something very worth while.
Harvey j. Scarce told us about the |
extensive use of Harvester machinery,
and what Mccormick means to the |
agricultural world.
Professor Holden, field director of |
the International Harvester Company,
was, perhaps, the most outstanding
speaker of the day. His theme was
based on that often used quotation,
"Give to the world the best you have,
and the world will give back to you"
"All of the club boys and girls have
the greatest thing in the world, the
desire to do something In order to
have the greatest things they must
add to their desire, a definite plan,
they must have the initiative to start
and stay hitched and to go at it with
energy and force. Working for ones
own fame and to gain notoriety dies
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