Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 140, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 June 1919 — LIVESTOCK MEN TO TOUR [ARTICLE]

LIVESTOCK MEN TO TOUR

JASPER COUNTY PURE BRED STOCK TO BE INSPECTED. Thursday, June 26th, is the date of the county livestock tour, according to an announcement of Joseph Kolhoff, chairman of the sub-commit-ee of the Jasper County Betterment association, which has the matter in charge. The party, which everyone is invited to join, will leave the court house at 9 o’clock, standard time, and travel over a route designed to reach representative herds of the different breeds of livestock found in the county. Special care has been used in the selection of the route and the committee promises a surprise to the tourists as to the quality of the livestock that ithey will see. A staff of livestock experts will be carried, the members of which will point out the good and bad points of individual animals and systems of livestock management as the farms are visited. Representatives of Purdue university, commission houses and breed associations are expected to be in attendance. A basket picnic at noon, in a grove especially selected for the purpose, will be one of the events of the day. There has never been a period in the history of the county when livestock production has made more progress than in the past two or three years. The purpose of the trip is to investigate the methods of caring for good livestock, show appreciation for the work of these constructive breeders and to arouse an interest in good stock. The’tour ds not alone for farmers, but business houses are planning to be represented and it is hoped that there will be a general attendance among both farmers and- merchants and that the event will take the form of a general get-together day.