VOL. LXVHI
INDIANAPOLIS, AUG. 16, 1913
NO. 33
Stockmen  and  Corn Grov^rs
Enjoy
Outing
Nothing that has happened in this
state during the last few years has
shown so forcibly that the progress in
the interest of agriculture as the attendance and enthusiasm at the second
annual live stock breeders' and corn
growers' picnic held August 7 on the
farm of J. H. and J. W. Van Natta near
sembled.
The Van Natta farm consists of about
1000 acres of well kept farm land. The
present homestead has been in the
family 70 years. It is situated near the
scene of the historic battle of Tippecanoe and is on the banks of the Tippecanoe   river.    Part  of  the  land  was
trail and r j?..^other points of interest
During s ^"^art of the day many visits were  ^^ to these places.
The forei-. jn was taken up by an inspection of'tlje barns and the herd of
Hereford cattle. The show . erd which
has been prepared for exhibits at the
coming fairs this fall was brought out
swim in the river and the baseball
game between 'The Live Stock Breeders" and "the Corn Growers" proved
to be full of excitement.
These features, with the "tug of
war" and other amusements made the
day one of great sociability, and this
was a very    prominent  and    valuable
Midsummer meeting of Indiana Corn Grower* and Indiana live Stock Breeders at the Van Natta Farm.    Impeding the Hereford Cattle.
Lafayette. It was the largest attended meeting of the kind, of representative farmers ever held in the state.
Nearly every county was represented
and various estimates were made of
the attendance which ranged from
2500 to 5000 people. Visitors began to
arrive early in the day and continued
to gather until noon. The spacious
barn yard in front of the large stock
barn and the roadsides about the place
for a great distance were lined with
autos. Before the crowd stopped coming between 700 and 1000 autos from
farms in all parts of the state were as-
once an Indian reservation and no part
of the state is perhaps more rich in
Indian history than is this section. Mr.
Van Natta said that it was a common
occurence to find an Indian relic on the
place and that the flood of last spring
washed up several valuable ones.
Much to Entertain Visitors.
The visitors enjoyed an unusually
pleasant drive from Lafayette to the
scene of the picnic. The road, following the bank of the Wabash river,
passed the Old Soldiers' Home, the Tippecanoe Battle grounds, the old Indian
and exhibited before the visitors. Much
interest was shown in the barbecue.
Mr. Van Natta had donated a flne
Hereford steer for the occasion and by
the time the crowd gathered it was
roasting nicely over a smoldering fire.
So large was the undertaking to supply meat for such a gathering that
three men were kept busy using hay
forks to turn the large cuts of beef
and mutton. For two hours the crowd
pressed about the scene of the cooking
and were supplied with sandwiches
and sweet corn for their noonday meal.
A number of the visitors enjoyed a
feature of the picnic.
Addresses Prove Profitable.
In the afternoon some valuable talks
were made. Warren T. McCray, Kent-
land, president of the Indiana Live
Stock Breeders' Association, made an
address of welcome and introduced F.
C. Palin, Newton, president of the Indiana Corn Growers' Association. Mr.
Palin spoke on the importance of cooperation among farmers and of the
benefits of specializing in production.
Professor Boss of the University Of
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