| Show agricultural agent reports r ts successful in ff if f I 1 rip 0 s 0 ht t 7 S R bosn busall ell utah delegate to county agents Ab association continued from last weeks issue the horse show consisted of demonstrations st of the finest types type of horses in america including shetland ponies welsh ponies the arab horse the thoroughbred light harness horse a trotter a pacer the hackney clydes clyde dale shire belgium and suffolk the rage of the show was the demonstration of horsemanship in bearns were entered n this contest caal bac from froin the big backing institutions in in i this cou country ritty the horses in tha tai fains wore were at as nem alike a as tw pins pills Ilor horses ses wagons and other equipment made a very beautiful display the grand champion fat steer selected b by professor kilder of ed edinburgh iny scotland was raised and fed in california the animal was a beautiful specimen weighing 1055 pounds it was sold at public auction for per pound te animal was a halfbreed half breed shorthorn short horn hom and aberdeen angus the reserve champion was exhibited by dr W E caroll of tile the university of illinois the international hay grain an 1 seed show consisted of small grains and corn from all sections of the united states tile the average utah parson on would be impressed with the saying 9 corn to the left of you corn to the right of you corn to the front and rear and corn everywhere re uth was not as prominent in this show as in previous ems eai i A k lew exhibits 01 wheat oats and barley were there aiom salt lake county the exhibits of the various experiment stations in connection with the show was very verv interesting the exhibit of the united states department of occupied one building and demonstrated the fol following loNing first a well weil shod horse second sheep the cleanup squad thirdy third to know the h hog og outlook fourth to know the beef outlook fifth how to coock beef sixth sweet clover for pasture s seventh a self feeder for ho hos hogs s an and d a good many other things which did not apply to the intermountain country in with this show was a boys anti and gills ehi exhibit bit to a certain extent this was a disappointment because the exhibit in a county fair in utah would at least equal it in the potato section of this show I 1 observed a new potato known as the russett rural this was interesting to me and I 1 succeeded in securing one potato and the name and address of the grower of the bame in michigan while in the big windy city I 1 tool took in a gibat many of the sights including an automobile tour to all the parks of the city visited tile the field museum of Natt natural lial history and chicago art Mul museum eurn I 1 attended a couple of good shows the best one of which was the comic comic opera the desert song chicago is a city of three million people and boasts boast of the following banks cemeteries churches chuiches chu iches 94 club houses 10 convention halls 17 large department stores educational institutions 13 express companies 65 golf clubs ill hospitals hospital 81 largo large hotels 78 libraries SO 80 monuments 16 daily papers parks 41 police stations 32 freia lit ht depots and 29 passenger stations the city limits are 11 by 23 miles we enjoyed ourselves all of the time for the weather was respectable and the sun shone most of the time while in chicago I 1 was war impressed with the high cost of eating in the high class from 85 cents to such signs as these were observed on the walls of some of the lestur ants s big baked idali idah 20 of course I 1 it E meant a baked idaho idabo potato my IN curiosity led me ta to the new south south water market where all produce is sold wholesale to the trade idaho russet potatoes wei e put up in si special ecial packs wrapped in tissue paper SO 80 a box and sold at per bushel box bo A bushel of such potatoes served on the tables of that city would ehni act 1600 from consumers since the producers received 1 about 75 cents for fer thit that bushel I 1 one is led to wonder what happened in the dark the ninth annual meeting of the american farm beleau federation held lei at the hotel sherman began on oil the morning of december 5 1 at tile the same time were thirteen etli mothr ri national conventions assembled in the same hotel this thi hotel was a sin small 11 community in itself covering as ati much a space as a city block leaches eaches i twenty three stories storie high it was a delight ful 1 ul place to st stay av N v ith vry reason reasonable reasonably abl I 1 lates ates cons conspicuous in the farm bureau convention was our good friend M S win winder cr who is now the secretary rf f the ohp national organization after pies pie dent thompson had given liis his annual address and the committees were appointed and other convention detail attended to the ni management anagan lent of the convention wa was turned over to secie tary winder it was al alo aho o pleasing to tile the utah delegates to see our good friend oscar ar IV Kill kirkham zham in in charge ot of the ca community mill unity singing mr winder girders ders s rp report port of the federation during by a motion supplemented laba year vear was picture reel telling moie than could be said in cods wads the treas frers I 1 report was div given ell by mr A it sampson samp son showing that the fedela tion had a membership of the lepor report it showed that 42 0 out ut of the 48 stated in the union are affiliated with the national organization some of the states with the large memberships are arc as follows iowa illinois new york ohio 22 indiana 10 minnesota california utah 2200 in the convention which continued for three days reports were given by the v various a r i ous stat states es which were very interesting te it was also very interesting to note the large amount of co operation enjoyed by the farmers of iowa indiana illinois new york and california the president of the ohio farm bureau federation reported that ili his organization took care of the marketing of livestock live stock grain automobile insurance fire insurance and cooperative projects of all of its members dr E B brossard of the tariff commission discussed the subject of Agli agriculture culture and tile the tariff the two outstanding addresses were the american farm home by mrs nellie T ross former governor of wyoming and the place of agriculture in our national defense by general john J pershing A admittance to the pershing lecture was by tickets only two thousand tickets were issued to all those registered in the convention and every seat was filled thousands of chicago citizens were turned fumed away the genera general I 1 was given a great reat avati ovation ion there were a few individuals in the audience who shouted good timber for president the popularity of the general was exhibited by tle the large number of motion picture machines snap snapping pint at him during his entrance to the building and the time he was wai delivering his address A big feature of the convention was the banquet held in the grand ball room at which people sat down to dine frank evans general marketing counsel was toast master the speaker of the evening was honorable lowell S copeland senator from new york state the closing lay day of the convention was devoted to hearing heading reports of the resolutions solutions committee A whole volume of le ie solutions were passed and no doubt avill be published in some of the national farm papers the election of officers took place very quietly president sam H thompson the present executive was reelected elected re and I 1 mr edward kneir vice president was reelected elected re the convention went forward with great dispatch under the IL leadership ader ship ot of mr air winder mr kirkham was everywhere present with his excellent community singing and iipp convention was harmonious IOUs throughout and was safar to be the largest convention of farmers ever held ii in america tile the lvir 0 we t ner vis impressed as follows first gnat the I 1 a aimers in the central states were taking advantage of the servi servie service e offered them through the farni farm bureau bure auf second that these same farmers were very successful in their cooperative market marketing inq enterprises third they gave unlimited evidence of their faith in agriculture and desirability desor ability of the farm home fourth they recognized that bat congress should give aid in taking care of the agricultural surplus ind tbt all other problems of the farmers must be solved through the organization in existence for that purpose S R BOSWELL |
