| Show I I II JA ItSu The railroads and live stock shows are working together more an and more each ench year ear to benefit agriculture through the young oung men and young women engaged in agriculture work The railroads are the principal buy buy- buyers buyers buyers ers of fat stock at the eastern win win- winter winter winter ter shows for no other purpose than to promote the industry to the great great- greatest greatest greatest est benefit of the producer recognizing recognizing recognizing ing that live stock is essential to successful agriculture Our chance of making the best farmers lies in the educational work that the youn young folks are arc doing under our agricultural vocational organizations organizations organizations and through h the various state UNiversities with Federal c cooperation cooperation opera opera- operation tion Through these agencies thou thou- thousands thousands san sands s of young men and women are seeking knowledge as to ways and means mens of preparing themselves to tomako tomako tomako mako a better batter beginning witha with a good chance of a better ending of the job of fanning farming The railroads of the west are likened to their eastern awakening to the fact that this work is immensely valuable in our whole agricultural structure and free trans transportation transportation transportation is being furnished by most of the railroads for our live stock judging teams so as to facilitate corn com competitive judging at the big stock shows The Chicago Alton Railroad has I made public statistics showing more than junior agriculturists trans transported over their line during last year and no doubt if the figures were available the other western railroads oud make a big showing in that respect Jim Hill lull had the reputation of be- be being being be being ing the father of the idea of educating educating educating ting the children along practical lines and the railroad properties in which he was interested are arc still carrying out that policy Better breeding for better quality of live livestock livestock livestock stock was one of the things advocat advocat- advocated advocated advocated ed most strongly by Mr 1 Hill and a I gr great at deal of money y was sp spent t nt in bringing new types and blood lines mt into the country traversed by the Hill Railroads The value of this far far- farsighted farsi sighted si demonstrated policy was 5 pretty well wen dem- dem t d at the thc close of the war when those who depended on the single crop largely wheat found t themselves strapped d while other sec sec- sec important sections that had made live stock an im- im im fared part of the farm setup far far- ed much better financially Ican I can think of stimulating nothing more juniors nor encouraging to the jun jun- jun- jun in in their school work than to know V that they thc have the backing of our great rent railroad systems The live livestock livestock livestock stock judging teams enter into an eli elimination eli eli- elimination elimination contest starting at zero and progressing by degrees and by a lot lotof lotof lotof of hard earnest work to attain the highest honors by outclassing all awarded others The high honors are award award- awarded awarded ed at the Chicago International Live Live- Livestock Livestock Livestock stock Show to the boys and girls from schools operating under the Lever Smith Lever Act and at the Ameri Ameri- American American American can Royal Roya Live Livestock tock Show a at Kan Kan- Kansas Kan- Kan Kansas Kansas sas City to the boys and girls from schools operating under the Smith Smith- Smith Lever Lever Act At thru the State Board of Education the Federal Government participating in both instances Both Bothof Bothof Bothof of these events are annual and na- na national national na national in their importance and it is easy to see how these young people look forward to attending these shows and what an incentive this is for others to take up the study of agriculture That it really counts counts is evidenced by the ever increasing ever num number number number ber of graduates actually taking up farm work Finally the railroads as the they should do do are handling this matter atter on a strict business basis believing I that their investment in the transportation transportation tation of these folks and in the pur pur- purchase pur- pur purchase purchase I chase of a liberal amount of the che choice ice fat stock offered at the Show is after all likely to p perpetuate an and remunerative traffic |
