The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-11-20
POTATOES FIT FOR WORLDS FAIR.
Gigantic Vegetables Grown Around
FairfeId-Great Grain Repiop Too

FAIRFIELD, Nov. 19-lSpecial. THE Posi-
INrELLIGENCER of the 18th inst. reprints para
graph from the Conconnully Outlook giving a
Mr.. Cheatham credit for having a garden
that produced potatoes good and large enough
TO send to the Worlds fair, the largest in has.
ket OF fifteen weighing two and half pounds
To show that Fairfield is far ahead in this par
ticular, the following extract from the Fairfield
Progress of the 10th is Appended:
Among numerous specimens of the product
OF the field strewn upon the floor and tables of
the editorial room, are two specimens of Irish
apples, by Americans called potatoes The first
specimen weighs thirty seven OUNCES produced
upon the farm OF Charles Morris, two miles
sortn OF Fairfield. Two years ago Mr. Morris
received 500 from Messrs. Maui K Co. PhilaieI-
phia, for six Of the largest and best quality no.
tatoes produced in the United States, the seed
being iurnlr she'd by the Phlladelphians and the
SOB premium contested for by thousands of
farmers but our fellow elk zen was happily sur
prlsed one tine morning by receiving check fer
the amount oil the premium. How now? The
second specimen OF the genus "Murphy" was
raised upon patch OF ground one mile north of
Fairfield, cultivated by J. L. Loe; it weighs
thirty-one ounces.
IN the postofice windows In this place there Is
on exhibition specimen OF the genus beet
weighing twenty-S!x pounds, produced upon the
form OF II. H. Adams, enc mile from town In
form 1t is exactly the resemblance of a horses
head.
liza Hannah few days ago brought into town
n. which
distracted half dozen ears to hang up in the
local printing office To prove to the incrednlous
that corn will grow rs Wen hereabonts as in any
other locality Cooking proved this corn 20 be
as sweet, palatahle and nutritious no doubt aS
any Of the joAuny-cake cereal waving in the
"sweet sunny South" perhaps better. being
harder. like any other texture not in TOO great a
hurry 10 reach maturity One reason why corn
will grow 10 perfection In this latitude ia that
while the sir Is cool the ground retains heat-it
Is warm, like the hearts of oar pcopie This
corn was produced upon farm three miles dis
taut from Fairfield.
The town Of Fairfield is thjrtv-three miles
south Of the city OF spokane, in Spok ane county
on the Union Pacific. II i situated upou the
high. rolling prairie, and is part and ngrcal Of
tae famous PSlouse country. The surrounding
country has uO superior in the word for fertil.
lily. The yield Of cereals In this ne!rhborhood
have been computed at the following d-ures.
Wheat. 90 bushels; oats 5000. barley. l51-
go; the average yield twenty-five bushels to the
acre, though many fields produced "a
high dity bushels 10 tho acre
There are six large warehouses here, and
they are full 20 the guards: the largest of these
structures extends 40 feet in Ienplh and forty
lee: In width There was so much grain at ous
time requiring storage 10 was suggested thst a
grain palace lie baiit, but the difficulty was
overcome by rival grain buyers coming in and
a
thy OF the material was shipped 70 feed tha
Japanese CT some other giuttons OF the Orient
Fairfield is about two years old, is laid ont
upon a beautiful townsite. There is a move
ment on foot 10 construct wster-works Ii some
mill man would come along ths way he would
be given fatterug inducements to start "a roller
process Touring mill, with chop feed mill al
teehed, inducements in mill site ana some
mouey, Tor Z. II. Morrison. the principal Iaud
proprietor, late enc of the directors OF the
Oregon Improvement Company, is interested
deeply. This gentleman has recently erected a
$1,000 residence here. He IS financially well
tXed, generous and spirited.