The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1885-10-01
the MOBILES COUNTY FAIR.
Fair Weather, Fair Display, Fair
Attendance and Fair
Success,
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IN GENERAL.

IN GENERAL.
The seventh annual fair of the
Mobiles County Agricultural! Society
was success. There was no big Gle
ment about it except in the size of the
individual exhibits, but the fair was {,
quiet, we'll managed, we'll attended
fair, and the result leaves the society in
good shape for next year, with about
$50 in the treasury, after paying all
expenses and all premiums in full.
They will also be entitled to a share Of
the state appropriation next year.
There were about 227 entries in all, y
limited showing, it is true, but these
were selected and the remark was
general that it was ''mighty good
show as far as it went.' The fact is.
the year was too boVntiful and the
weather was too good. Farmers had
too much to do and had to stay 1T
home to thrnsh and attend to their
work. We cannot therefore say more
as to size or quantity and must dwell
upon the quality of the display. In
quality, the exhibits were excellent,
and settled the fact again that this is 4
stock country, good corn country, Il
fruit country, and Il very hotbed of 4
vegetable country. This week We can-
not give full list Of the exhibits, but
VT hope to publish the list of premiums
awarded in our next issue, ii the secre-
tary can find time to furnish Us the list
STOCK.
The stock exhibits were confined
mostly to horses and cattle. a few
fine specimens Of hogs, one solitary
long wool buck, the latter belonging to
". Ager, and u few choice samples of
fowls, made up the rest Of the live ex-
hihits.
Among the horses, there was Il good
show Of stations.
Andrew Larson exhibited his large
Clyde horse weighing 1,50O pounds, a
colt of the well-known Sugdtn horse,
''England's Glory.' lie is seven years
Olu SIltl Has d lluLlU"I Ol COltS III CulS
county.
\. NJ. Forbes 81 o we'd his noted Billy
V. lIerrod, weight $50, sire registered;
has taken first premiums 1T three fairs;
is six years old and has about twenty
five colts in the county.
Robert Firth showed his three.year-
clG Lexington stallion, running stock
Has stood but one season.
James Fitzpatrick showed two year
ling stal,icns, one Norman and one
Clyde; also one sucking colt stallion.
Frank Lyon showed some fine colts
and walked off with some ribbons.
Guy Fellows showed premium span
Of mules.
In cattle, II. Denton, of Graham
Lakes, who is always on hand with a
good word and helping hand for our
county fairs, had the principal exhibit.
lie showed one thoroughbred Holstein
bull, year old; one bull calf, grade
two Holstein cows. one 2.year-old and
one s-year-old; one thoroughbred year
ling heifer and one grade heifer.
w. Aker showed grade Durham
COW years old, which secured a blue
ribbon.
The samples of corn on exhibition
deserve conspicuous mention, as SET
tling again the question of raising gooG
corn. The principal exhibit was by
Mrs. Kissell, purchaser of the Ames
place south of town. She exhibited
several bushels of as fine corn as Ohio
or Illinois can produce, and has this
year about sixty acres all matured and
developed in good shape.
FRUIT.
The principal fruit exhibit was by H
J. Ludlow, from his fruit farm adjoin
ing the fair grounds. Among tn,
varieties OF apples exhibited were
Duchess of Oldenburg, Wealthy. Okla.
bena (the latter home product), En-,
press of Alexander. Hyslop and Tran
scendent. Mr.. L. raised this yea
about sixty bushels of apples. He ais.
exhibited samples "f Concord and Del
aware grapes as fine rs the Kelle!
Island products. In the center of hi!
show case was plate of Black Britain
blackberries, picked on the first day O.
the fair, large as the first joint of ;
thumb and of excellent flavor. Mr.. L
began picking blackberries on the 3ls
of July and has picked ever since. H,
raised S92 quarts, which sold readily a
20 cents quart.
A. o. Campbell also exhibited fin
samples of Duchess, Hyslop and Tran.
scendent apples.
VEGETABLES.
A very good display of vegetables.
II. Ashworth showed samples of Pho
neer potatoes, average five inches il
length, raised one sack from one pound
W. Ager showed fine samples of Jer: