Morris tribune., 1891-09-23
OUR COUNTY FAIR.
Specimens of the Best Wheat,
Oats, Barley and Flax
To Be Found In the Great State
of Minnesota.
Mammoth Cabbages, Turnips,
BeetS, Carrots, and Other
Vegetables.
Some Good Horses and Cattle.

That there was no larger attendance
at the county fair on Wednesday and
Thursday of last week was undoubt-
eddy owing to a great extent to the
fact that our farmers were too busily
engaged in threshing their magniti-
cent crop of wheat and other grain,
and this too accounts for there not be-
ing a larger display of grain and veg
etables, as we'll as horses and cattle
But there we're enough on exhibition
to show that Stevens county is second
to no county in Minnesota in the pro-
duction of anything grown in the
| state, except fruit, and even in that
product we made a fair showing.
VEGETABLES.
r. Nj. Richardson had a fine dis
play of potatoes, viz: Polaris, Early
Minnesota, Empire State-extra fine,
white-Rural New York-pink-al
raised from eyes-very large and
smooth, and Early Rose.
Mr.. r. also exhibited splendid
specimens of Evergreen sweet corn;
two varieties of Flint and one of pop
corn; and some splendid tomatoes
and Early York cabbages.
S. B. Smith had on exhibition mag
nificient specimens of Beauty OF
Hebron, Empire State, Snow Flake,
Peach Blow and Bonanza potatoes,
Crook-Necked, Hubbard and, Mann
moth squashes, pumpkins, six va
rieties of corn; melons, tomatoes.
three varieties of radishes, sixvarieties
beans, wheat, oats, barley and flax:
while Mrs. Smith had some delicious
roll and jar butter on exhibition, and
young Smith brought in his young
sand hill crane quite a curositiy, and
the little boy, only six years old, grand
child of S. B. Smith, had on exhibit
ton specimens of potatoes, O. and
beans of his W planting.
DR.. G.. W. Vaughan had on exhi-
ton an elegant and somewhat extern
sive display of grain and vegetables.
The DR.. is an expert in raising gar
den truck" and he comes pretty near
being an expert farmer. His exhibit
consisted of five varieties of corn-all
ine-caulifower, two varieties; beets;
cabbage, two varieties; peppers, two
varieties; tomatoes, two varieties; po-
tatoes, three varieties; three varieties
of squashes; turnips, carrots, parsnips,
cantelope melons, blue stem wheat,
apples, plums, White Russian oats
weighing IS lbs. to each sack. Also a
coop of full blooded Plymouth Rock
chickens.
D.. T. Wheaton exhibited three va
rieties of apples, two varieties of
grapes, five varieties of plums, musk
MELONS, potatoes, pumpkins, squash
es, beans, two varieties of corn.
R. J. Hall sent in a pail full of
magnificent Beauty of Hebron pota-
toes.
Charles Wintermute had On exhibit
ton the boss tomatoes-no finer ever
grown. He also had a few stalks of
fine celery; but were not entered for
premium, but simply to show what
Stevens county can produce.
HORSES AND CATTLE.
E.. P. Watson had his fine herd OF
Jerseys, one bull and six cows and
heifers, and his herd of Herefords on
exhibition.
H. W. Stone g. Co. showed a herd
of Red Polled, ten COWS and calves
splendid cattle, as fine as any one
would wish to e e
VIM. Stuart of Hancock had on ex-
hibition a magnificent Durham COW.
H. W. Stone had three excellent
sucking colts and brood mares on the
grounds.
Milo Camp was there with his grand
Norman Horse Diable zoos, and five
the best sucking colts we have had
the pleasure of looking at for many
years. These colts are some of the
offspring of Diable; two fine brood
mares, ! Norman; one pair 2-year-old
geldings, weighing $500 pounds; one
yearling mare, ! Norman, weighing
1000 pounds-a splendid animal; one
pair of dandy driving ponies, and one
full blood Shetland pony. Taken
altogether, Mr.. Campmade a splendid
showing of horses. We are of the
opinion, and such is the opinion OF
the most competent judges, that Mr..
Camps horse Diable is the best Nor
man horse in the state of Minnesota.
A horse of such character is a great
benefit SO the farmers of Stevens and
adjoining counties and ought to be
appreciated by them. Mr.. Camp
makes a speciality of raising good
work horses, just such horses as our
farmers need, and he has been max
ing a. large number of sales of valu-
able horses since last spring. Milo is
satisfied that it pays to raise good
] horses.
| STONE & DUMBL
Had IN exhibition one of their cele.
brated Gem wind mills, acknowledged
to be n of the very best COW before
the public.