Jasper County Democrat, Volume 20, Number 35, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 July 1917 — PLANS FOR TRIP ALL MADE [ARTICLE]

PLANS FOR TRIP ALL MADE

Farmers to See Livestock of County Next Thursday. The officers of the Jasper County Livestock Breeders’ association have made final preparations for the first annual auto tour of the county, to be held next Thursday, for the purpose of inspecting the herds and flocks of the prominent breeders of the county which may be reached readily , and for the promotion of good breeding stock generally. The party will meet at the northeast corner of the court house lawn at 8 o’clock in the morning, with well filled lunch baskets, families and friends, and will spend the entire day touring through the different localities of the county and becoming acquainted with the different breeders and their stock. The route has been carefully selected by a committee consisting of Fred Phillips. H. J. Dexter, Chauncey Wood, which, it is believed, will enable them to display more good livestock than may be found in the same distance in any other part of the community. Among other attractions promised will be' animals from the famous McCray and Van Natta herds of Herefords, an exceptional Jersey breeding herd, a $1,400 imported Shorthorn bull, a herd of over eighty head of registered Shorthorns, a Clydesdale Hbrse farm, a splendid herd of Polled Herefords, a high-class herd of Aberdeen Angus cattle, and several smaller herds of good Shorthorn, Hereford and Angus animals. Some of the best herds of Hampshire and Duroc hogs in the United States will also be visited. ‘‘All that we need to insure a most profitable trip is a good day,” said Chauncey Wood, secretary, “and we have written to the weather man and have the promise of that. Not only members of the association but all interested in better farming are' invited to attend. We have made our arrangements to traverse good roads as far as possible and have in mind a splendid place for our noon dinner, and we hope that we will start something that will set all our farmers to thinking about- the value of good stock on their farms.”