San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-10-02
Primeros Banderios.

Ricardo Ruiz
del Hago Pasante
SecundOS Banderios. de Dereco: Jesues
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Pandorita. .........{ Rafael Mendez.
Representanti, Sebastian FalQueroz.
THURSDAY MORNING.
The cool bracing atmosphere Of the
early morning seemed TO have put new
life and animation into the movements OF
everyone in and around the Fair enclose
ure. The building at S o'clock, when the
janitors were through with their work,
was as clean as newly-washed baby.
All signs of dust were obliterated. The
fountain sent forth it's cool spray, and
even at that early hour there were quite
q number of people leisurely surveying
the various exhibits and commenting up
on them.
As so much has been said locally con-
corning the county fair exhibits, the
attention of our people is naturally direct
ed TO these. The first in order, because
of its completeness, and the notoriety
attached to its Superintendent, is that OF
Wichita county. This exhibit is in charge
of John Howard, who has spent fortune
in advertising Texas, and whose name as
"John Howard OF and for Texas"
was household word for months
| among those who were interesting them
selves in immigration movements in
Texas. Mr.. Howard is secretary of the
Wichita county immigration society, and
| an authority on all matters connected
| with immigration movements in his
section of the state, and TO large extent
of the whole state. Such a man TO boom
San Antonio and Southwest Texas would
be invaluable.
The Wichita county exhibit occupies
the space between the main hall entrance
| on the south and the southeast corner Of
the building, and extends about 20 feet
along the eastern wall. Wichita county
soil in boxes, in which is seen growing
Wichita county cereals, Sown September
25th, already from three TO four inches i'll
height, gives a very fresh appearance to
| the exhibit as well as a practical illuStra-
| ton of the growing grain as it appears.
The exhibit consists of every variety of
| farm product. Wheat at present is the
money crop of this county, the soil and
| climate, however, are well adapted to
| fruit, especially peaches.
OF threShed grain there are in this eX-
| hibit three varieties of threShed wheat,
the Mediterranean variety being the most
valuable. as IL yields most, stands the
winters and weighs heavy. In Sheaf
| wheat every variety, as also of oats, bar
ley. rye. millet, sorghum, native grasses.
OF oats the red rust proof weighing 81
pounds to the buShel is the best. Wheat
runs from 60 to 65 pounds. Corn, in the
| ear and on stock; cotton, on stock and in
sample, as fine as are produced in Texas.
| Fruits comprise peaches, apricOtS, pears,
| apples, grapes, raspberrieS, plumS, cante-
| lOpes and watermelons are on exhibit
tastefully arrayed in jars and in
| finite variety. The vegetable exhibit is
also complete, embracing every variety,
grown in the ground and ON vines. This
exhibit in every department is fresh
stock. gathered since May Is, 1890, the old
Spring Palace, Fort Worth, May 2s. The
only thing surviving the fire was the gold
medal, awarded May II, 1890, for best
products of the farm. The county, as a
farming district, is only about five years
old, and this marvellous exhibit really
represents the work of that period.
Accompanying the exhibit is a series of
photographs representing the farms on
which samples of product exhibited in
this collection, We're grown. Also view of
Wichita Falls, showing its growth from an
unbroken tract in 1880, through the cow
boy period of 1885, to the present city.
This exhibit is we'll worth study and
should receive attention from all those
interested in Texas possibilities.
SMITH COUNTY EXHIBIT.
This exhibit is placed just within the
main entrance from the west, and occu-
pies the space just to the left of that en-
trance. o. l.. Allen is in charge. This
collection embraces all the products of
the mine and woods, as well of the hoe
and the horticulturist. Leather, the pro-
duct of Tyler tanneries; chairs made from
county woods of various kinds; charcoal
from the native pine pits: iron ore from
S miles east, 5 miles north and within the
corporation of Tyler. There are AZ speci-
mems of wood on exhibition, mostly hard
varieties. All kinds of fruits, and grape
vines, and serials, and vegetables, cotton
and grasses are in the collection. One
feature of the exhibit is its seed collec-
tion, there being 81 different varitieS of
garden seeds in sacks, from the Yoakum
Seed Company Tyler. Seven varieties of
soil are shown. A sandy loan predomi-
mates, on clay sub-soil. Five specimens
of cotton are shown. A peach tree stump