Brookings register. (Brookings, S.D.) 1890-1894, 1894-10-05
BRoOkINCS COUNTY FAIR.
A Splendid Exhibitions BY Disagree.
able Weather.

The annual exhibit of the Brookings
county fair association held in this
city last week would have been a
profitable one to all concerned had
1T not been for the disagreeable wea-
ther which prevailed during the last
two days. AS it was exhibitors were
discouraged to see their articles cov-
cred with dust and the people were
so disgusted that they took no inter-
est in the affair and many stayed at
home rather than encounter a cloud
Of binding dust.
A visit at floral hall was convincing
that our people take a great pride in
home decoration and fine arts. Mes
danes Theo. Meyer and Geo. Sander
son each had an elaborate display Of
oil paintings of all kinds which would
be a credit to any artist.
The fancy work department was re-
plete with articles both in useful and
ornamental design. There were many
beautiful samples of needlework on
exhibition.
G. G. Leyse & Co. had a fire display
of fur goods and footwear.
The county schools were represented
in creditable manner by specimens
of routine work done by the pupils of
our public schools.
Tho Hpnr avhihitc nf tho Whita
Volga, Elkton and Watertown mills
were elaborate and gave evidence that
all the millers were anxious to inter-
est our people with the superiority of
their products.
The space allotted to the display of
bread, cakes and other articles from
the culinary department was exceed
ingly inadequate and the superintend-
ent found it impossible to display the
exhibit at all. 1t was merely pile
of bread, cakes, cookies and dough-
nuts. There were 100 bread entries
and an endless quantity of other ex-
hibits.
The agricultural college exhibit was
a fine one taken from almost every
department in the institution. There
were oil paintings, sketches, mechani-
cal drawings, bugs and insects, pump
kins, squash, tomatoes and fruit,
native wood, grain and grasses in
stock, specimens Of iron and wood
work. Thirty-one varieties Of wheat
with yield of from l83 to 26 2-5 bush
els per acre, and dozen other things
which tended to make it very inter-
esting portion of the floral hall to
visit.
In a neat frame was displayed
piece of scroll saw work by A. d.
Simmons made at the age of 10 years.
1t was the Lords prayer cut in white
holly wood with small scroll saw and
was very neatly designed and well ex-
ecuted.
The Brookings glove and mitten
factory was represented by fine dis
play of goods of their own manufact-
ure and articles offered for sale at the
establishment. Brookings may well
feel proud of this home industry which
is destined to be of no little import
ance among our business interests.
GARDEN SASS AND VEGETABLES.
This department had the usual
amount of big potatoes, pumpkins,
squash, beets, turnips, celery, radishes
melons, citron, cabbage. In fact a
fine display of everything in that line
which would lead the visitor to be-
lieve that the drouth had had but
little influence upon the products on
exhibition.
There were also fine exhibits of
wheat, corn, flax, oats, rye, and mil
let, and after viewing them it would
be hard to make the beholder believe
that this country is not all right un-
der ordinary circumstances.
THE STOCK EXHIBIT.
This exhibit was in some respects
much better than in previous years
and in other instances there was
lack of interest seemingly.
One interesting feature among the
prize winners was brood mare &C
companied by her colt, owned by VIM.
Coulter. The mare is 20 years old and
won the trotting race at the first fair
held in Brookings twelve years ago.