The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1871-09-15
TOPEKA, Kansas, Sept. IA, 1871

TOPEKA, Kansas, Sept. Ii, 1871.
The Kansas State Fair for 1871, is
pronounced very great success-both
in the variety and excellence of the
display made in the various depart
ments, in the immense attendance of
visitors, and in the general management
of the event. For 80 young State,
the exposition of agricultural products,
stock raising, and even of the mechanic
arts, is very remarkable. Visitors from
the east are particularly Impressed with
the evidence laid before their eyes of
what Kansas soil, climate and enter
prise have already accomplished.
OF course 1 cannot pretend to give
anything like comprehensive descrip-
ton. 1t would take columns to men
fair grounds are extensive and well
provided with the necessary buildings
and enclosures. The opening day
(Monday) was ushered in by glorious
weather, and though the attendance
was large, the main work was the rec
ording of new entries, the stream of
which seemed inexhaustible. The
next day everything was in full blast.
At an early hour the trains began to
carry people to the grounds, and every
sort of vehicle was also put to use. By
noon an immense crowd thronged the
fair. Good humor and enjoyment were
universal The Baptist church ladies
had a big tent, where they served up
food enough for an army, and smaller
provision booths were plentiful. The
first rush seemed to be for the cattle
pens. Big animals and fine stock al
ways do interest people. The rotund
Kalloch, who is President. of the State
Fair Association took the premiums for
milk and butter cows-on his Jersey
stock. They were beautiful animals,
Winfield Scott and E. A. Smith, were
the next lucky cattle breeders. Kalloch
also entered his stallion, which took the
premium at the Lawrence fair last week.
It is from Cassius NJ. Clay, jr., dam by
Ethan Allen. His choice Brahma and
compete in the latter point George
Hughes, of Topeka, had fine lot of full
blooded Spanish, black and white, Leg
horns, Bantams, Games, and peculiar
ly good looking cross of his own of the
Cippera and Tartar Breeds. There
was not very much poultry, but all of it
was first class and embraced the leading
varieties. Other Topeka parties had
coops of Sumatra, Derby, Cinnamon,
Cochin, game, crested and top knot
and other varieties did not note down.
The hogs were abundant, and enor-
nous. Illinois, Miss ouri, and West
Virginia, contested warmly with Kan
sas for the biggest and best porcines. L
cannot begin to mention the entries.
The display was unexampled. A 1000
Id. 3 year old boar for West Virginia
astonished a good many people who
thought they had seen fine hogs. There
were scores of Berkshire, Poland,
China, and Chester Whites-the second
two varieties being the most numer-
Gus. An Illinois Berkshire SOW, Is
months old weighs $50 pounds. Man
haitian, Ksu. sent q 554 pound
boar. Hog raising in Kansas win take
q new impetus from this fair.
The horse races have been well con-
tested, and some good time made. 1
mnst skip to get at the fruits. Califor-
mia and Missouri came in strong to
beat Kansas fruit. Probaly our best
ha6 -
sea coast fairs, and our neighbors
thought they saw q chance to make q |
point. One Missouri apple weighed |
20 ounces; the largest Kansas apple |
was q onnces. The fruit display was
one OF the best points in the whole ~ex-
THE SMALL GRAINS
were in abundance. Finer wheat, oats
and corn surely were never seen. SO
bushels to the acre was the biggest at
tested yield of wheat. One exhibitor
from Waubunsee county, claimed 100
bushels of his corn TO the acre. Many
showed corn from so to 80 bushsls per
acre. The sod corn would make good
club to knock man down with. The
YKGETABLES.
were simply enormous, in size and var
iety. No use Of me giving measure
ments, for your eastern readers would
ind the figures SO far beyond their ex-
perience that they would not credit
hem. The hundreds of eastern men
It the fair, however, will 60 home con-
Vinced that things grow out here In the
great American desert" The newly
settled counties made very commend
lbIe shows. Rice county sent samples
grown on land turned over this year,
which would create sensation any.
where east. Ellis and Cowley counties
we're also up to the occasion. The old
" counties, Of course, furnished any
amount of magnificent vegetables.
The eOral department, art and me- v