Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 224, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 September 1920 — COUNTY AGRICULTURAL NOTES [ARTICLE]

COUNTY AGRICULTURAL NOTES

Tractor Demonstration. The tractor demonstration held on Mr. Gangloff’s farm, one mile east of Rensselaer, brought farmers from far and near, who, by their actions, were intensely interested m all of the tractor outfits, which were doing a splendid job * of plowing. They all did fine in keeping down to the seven inch mark. Mr. Norman, from Purdue, was the judge secured and took charge of the demonstration. He eliminated the fuel test because of the many that are liable, to. lead us -astray. But I have heard many reliable men say that the demonstration was a grand success and that all the . dealers were all put on a fair basis for demonstrating their outfits. Understand, gentlemen, that fairness was the aim of demonstration and last and by far the least, its purpose was a school for the farmer where he could judge for himself the outfit he most desired. pie field was also a good demonstration field as it was about the same all over. Along toward the last all the tractors were lined up and several pictures were taken of them, also as much of the crowd as could be gathered in. The tractors that were entered in the demonstration are as follows : , Sampson, two bottom plow. Oil Pull, three bottom plow. , Case, two bottom plow. Case, three bottom plow. Fordson, two bottom plow. . Emerson, three bottom plow. Go Tractor, three bottom plow. Huber, three bottom plow. Shorthorn Tour. The ladies and men that were on the Shorthorn tour •of the county were well repaid for their trip. We learned that our comity has many herds of Shorthorn cattle that are not only backed up by noted ancestors but are of the type that make fine show aniriials. We also got more acquainted with each others herds as ’well as the individual owners. Men, these tours are of great benefit to all of us, for we can readily see that the pure bred cattle outshine the scrub in their upkeep. Then,, too, a fine bunch of j pure bred animals adds value to the farm as paint to the building. The forenoon tour took in the fine her«s of Mr. Wm. Wortley, James Amsler and Percy H. Hauter, of Marion township, and Mr. Parkison of Barkley township. The best part of the tour during the noon hour which was spent eat- । ing a most bountiful picnic dinner in Mr. John Selmer’s grove. After dinner we listened to short snappy , talks by Mr. Harvey 1 Williams, of Remington; Mr. Russell Van Hook and Percy Hauter of Rensselaer. After visiting the Selmer fine cattie we toured to Mr. Wm. Hershman’s where we / looked upon a fine. large herd of cattle. Even though we were interested the fine

animals both large and old, we, journeyed on to Mr. Floyd Amsler s where we found his field 8 with the Shorthorn bovine. This being the end of the tour we departed our several ways.