Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-08-09
A TEXAS FAIR.
Western Te1ae as Good Grain, vege-
table and Prui.-Growing County.
Exhibits from the State for the Coming
Worlds Fair at New Orleans.


rene anu cnJ"yeu .no P''"ebe y, W,
specting the exhibit at the fair held
under the auspices of the TAYLOR COUNTY
trxro.,,,o, soo,etv
Po'
IN oroe' 10 De.'er secure soou eA
hibit OF the resources OF Northwes
Texas ut the great Worlds Industrial
ard co,,o, Eynos,tjon 4, Naw o,Ieans
December Nav. this society Offered
severaI hundred dolisrs in 1reminm,
for the hest exhibits of aoricuitnral
Ihor,icn,turaI stnck and s1t nroduc-
tions M Tsvior Callahan Runnels
Ion.a Conchn EastIand Coleman
Tom areen' Eisher Mitchell Nolan
Howard ana other counties IN the di,.
trIct.
In the fair prosnectus issued n wa.
said "North west Texas should moi
fail To nyeiI itself of this opportunity
In be fully and correctjv renresented
! there that we NAV share some of tho
benefits 10 he derived by a good adyer.
tisement 10 the world Of our rich nm.
ldeyeloped RESOURCES and too that v .
may contribute our share 10 the devel.
opfnent of the country. In the advance
nent of horticultural and stock inter.
| eata and The DrDmOtiOn of industrial
and art pursultsU
A sentiment that was worthy OF
great consideration. and IN Judge from
the exhibit which anw one that mel
with n resnonse from n large number
especialIy of the nprieulturista of Tay.
Tor and The counties Immediately nd.
| ioinipp.
I shall not attempt I'm this comuu-
|
port of what I saw. but I do v isb 10
notice n few of the most striking feat
urea of the fair.
IL bas been said for wears and pub-
lished I'm mart of Texas. that the conn
try west of Fort Worth. after leaving
Weatherford. IL not and never wifi
he a good farming country In
the llpht of what / saw Mt the AbIIene
fair. I now beU leave Ia sav, This state.
ment Ia false and does gross Injustice
to this district of Texas.
| saw corn there raised Nv Mr. Robt
Malone. I'm Taylor county. three miles
east OF Abilene. that wns from n Weld
OF Al bushels per acre. some of The ears
of which measured 10 10 ~ inches in
length. the cob Icing small and The
grains az well matured as any raised i'm
the best corn districts of tie United
Stntes. Mr.. / " Wooten had nnotb-
err lot on hand eutlalIy ns good ns TINT
exhibited by Mr., Malone. Mrs Stev-
enson had nm exhibit of corn on the
stalk. grown ON sod land. the stalks
measuring twelve feet in beiybt two
enrs being twelve inchoa loug Pre-.
gunnLlv tbpsn ,vera nvcantion,I coaas
aud adj no, fairly renresant her sntira
field. hut Al nnv rate ihev demonstrnte
the fnct that corn will and does unde,
nroner conditions ,,,n,y ,nd n,n,,,ra
rxcellcntlv veil IN T,yInr cnnniv
There were other evhiLiis nr Corn ,,n
hnnn hut No hid hnt nm hnur 70 d.
vote to the mir + Ind ,o hurry tnronnh
and cnuIdnit ,,ka In a,,ar,, l,in,,
must In nasslng hnvover n,at;io,
one In, yrown hv Raw Tbon,aa NJ
Corm,rlt nenr Ruu;,In ON 10 CO...
mansu,ing aiahta,n inohas =, ' inrt,,
Mr. II e. iiahn Don, ,,ro III ',eiia.
east of Abtlone exhihitcJ . lot az na,s
that yas .xt,n IN" naas,,raJ " nns,
AVERAGE bnndla ,,d ,ound n ,o
la fonr raat nina ,nn,'as Xii,
and tho h.,as .o,a haa, n
well m.,urad NJ ""
Mnltbv from, reii,ban nnm,,y haa az
other yxtra iins iot which rcnr"santad
rnirlv a considerabie ,iaid ,hat ,hrns,,ed
mi nm. fn,,r hnsbal,, ,,a, 49,, ''e"
phe sxhiii, ~, 49,, ,,,a, 40, ,,
hut what IL lncte In nunntitv i, n,nS,
m I'm u,,niitv I yyas ,aIsaJ an n rar,,,
md Inv" hsen handlins who Of s,n 'a, ~ =
waa n child and I cnnhdan,iy asso. =,
that The Iot saw H.
fair grown In Tavlor county was
nuite ,nunl In s;y. 10y an, nrn,.S W" NJ
wall. 4, now'n ,,,ha,, So" ~ ~
countrv, e'' Wv
| also sa,v uour mad, a., r.,,,o.
countw from this ahoa, ana w ,o,
| assured no those VIC had msaa "ha
sane brand that il was very superior
'The Weld of th,s wheat was , rapor,oa
10 me as elghtccn IN twaniv'a,.
bushels Int same tarn,.rs ,hnrs had
rai,ed this veap ma nnch no ,hir,v. ana
busheIs nor mere "'" 80 ''''' NV
Mrs sw.,so, had an .v,u,,
snecimens os Gar,nan ,,I,,., 'm e eMm' W..
Mar In TavIor cnnn,, ,ha, s,omn ny
from n GeiS that ,,,a,3 "a ,mr VIZ ,, nu'
acra And Vs. :nw "o' , .m'' ,r ,v,n p n,
sod Iana TINT m.as,r o Saw ua s WI
hirh w,,h haaas aIx e ""n ' t Nv
loSg nnd siy In DISQUALIFICATION rrn,un o'
| h,ii.v,, lac, NJ II ~ 'ih' s'o""'
The Inhy nn'1ir.,,s, ,,,,i,,
,,,oa,, Ia, NJ ~ o'.'on
s,nn, FAY y a., ha,,.ht .a ~ nn .a' 9I'.'
,,Sio,' a, ,,,a, ,a anI wy n.i" ,io,.
cn,,inr ,hra W. , ,ams y'"'u." u. s,nBi'
three cuttings can Pe had i, ne an" vos sm' "
MY . NV .au w n"u pr year
~ we ttgeaoie mne, here wef,
""'n'' '"o""ko, eoh"to's' iiish a.'