Omaha daily bee., 1895-09-19

planning 60 dalrymen and farmers the goot
points In their contrivances.
or straight dairy products there are bu,
twenty-five on exhibition, those making the
most prominent showings being the Fair.
mont, West Point. Henderson, Emerson and
Table Rock creameries, Luce & johnson OF
Logan, Ia, and Carl Clausen Of Alden, Ia.
Luce a Johnson show some very fine sam
pies OF Jersey butter.
There is but one judge in this department,
T. j. Freeman Of Independence, In. He
began his inspection Tuesday. No premiums
In the usual order are awarded In this de-
partment, the products being gagged ac.
cording to points and pro rata, according to
degrees of excellence, in the cash awards.
Awards Made on the sheep.
Sheep on the state fair grounds fll two
barns and there are hfty-seyen pens OF tn m.
They are the pick of n bra ka, Iowa, lii
nos and Wisconsin nocks A. J. Richards n,
York county, has a comparatively large UNI
Der of the Leicestershire breed. Gorge Nc
kerron has several pens f. lied wi Sou H.
downs, ONfords and Shlopshires. l.. Ba ks
Wilson, Wilton Junct on, Ia, has a FIRE 'ot of
Hampshires and Oxfocds. C, H.. Ball ger
has on exhibition the ch.icS OF his cele, rated
Alfalfa flock of Shrop hires. The luk Of he
Sufolks have been brought by the Iowa
Suffolk Sheep company. George re ardso1,
York county has folio vel his father IL he
sheep bre ding bls'nHss and has in
tus pens several competing classes. Other
prominent exhibitors are w. IL. Chino G,
Fairbury; G. w. Franklin and II. G S. c cd
Iowa; IL. Fl. Taylor ana loma Tay o Lii
nos; o. d. Ia Grove q Lexington.
w. L. Miller of Iowa IS ju &c in the sheep
department and the inspection has ben com
pic'fd. Prizes went as follows:
Suffolk Ram 2 years AMI o~ver-George w.
F'embl ng, Atlantic, Ia, fr''; low Suffolk
SGeep company, second and thi d.
cram l year and under Fra kiln. first;
Suffolk Sheep company, second md third.
Ram amb u-der / year-Sufo k company.
first Franklin. second.
Pea two ewes 2 years and Tx
company, first and second.
Pen two ewes 1 year o. under-Frar kiln,
first; suro k corpany, second 1 d hirl.
Pen two eve ~iaubs-Sufolk comp ny, first.
Ram over l year-Frark in, first.
Eve over 1 ~year-Suffo.k Sheep co upany,
first.
F We ewes, the & t of one ram-surolk COM
psny, first.
Flock-Sufro!k company, first.
No competition in Dorsets nd II. G. S.
Codd, We tfeld Ia, takes all premiums in
classes represented.
American merinos: Ram. 2 years or over
H. H. Taylor, Waynesville, Ill, first;
Thomas Taylor. Waynesyillc. H., second.
Ram lamb under ! year-H. II. Taylor,
first; 7. Taylor, second.
Pen two eve lambs. 2 years or overt.
Taylor, first.
Pen two ewes, 1 year and under IT.
Taylor, first.
Pen two eve lambs-T. Taylor. first.
Ram, over / year-T. Taylor. first.
Eve, over l year-T. Taylor, first.
Flock-T. Taylor. first.
American shropshires: Ram. I year or
over, and four ewes, any age-C. II. Balm
ger. LeXing on, first and second.
Flock-Bal niger, first,
Shropshires: Ram, 2 years or over-Bal-
finger, first and second; o. d. La Grove
Lexington, third.
Ram, / year and under 2-Ball!ngar, all
premiums.
Ram, under / year-Ballinger, first and
second; La Grove, third.
Pen two ewes, 2 years or over-Ballinger,
first and second.
Pen two ewes, | year and under 2-Ballir-
ser, first and second; La Grove. third.
Pen two ewes, under l year-Ballinger,
first; La Grove, second.
Ram, 1 year or oyer-Ballinger. first.
Eve. over l year-Ballinger, first.
Flock-Ballinger, first.
Leicestershire: Ram, 2 years or over
Arthur j. Richardson, Thayer. first, second
and third.
Ram, l year and under George Richard
son, Benedict, first; A. Richardson, second
and third.
Ram. under / year-A. Richardson, frs,
and second; G. Richardson, third.
Pen two ewes, 2 years or overs. Richard
son, first; A. Richardson, second and third.
p n VIC ewes, l year. uni r =. II h I'd
son. first and second; G. Richardson, third.
Pen two ewes, under l year-A. Richard
son. first and second; G. Richardson, third.
Ram. over / year-G. Richardson. first.
Eve, over 1 year-A. Richardson, first.
Five ewes. the get of one rama. Richard
son, first.
FlocE-A. Richardson, first.
Southdowns, ram, 2 years or over-W. T..
spicer, Harvard, first; George McKerrow,
Sussex. Wis, second and third.
Ram, over i and under 2-Spicer, all pre-
miums.
Ram, under 1-SpIcer, all premiums.
Pen two ewes, 2 or o~ver-Spicer, first; Me
Kerrow, second.
Pen two ewes. / and under 2-Spicer, first
and second; McKerrow. third.
OXfords: Ram 2 or over-L. Banks Will
son, Creston, Ia, first and third; McKerrow.
second.
Pen two eve ~lambs-spicer, first and sec
ond; McKerrow, third.
Ram, over 1-Spicer. first.
Eve, over 1-Spicer, first.
Five ewes, he get of one ~ram-Spicer, first.
~Flock-Spicer. irst.
Ram over l and under 2-McKerrow, first
and third; Wilson, second.
Ram under 1--McKerrow, first; Wilson. sec
ond and third.
Pen two ewes, 2 and over-Wilson first,
Mckerrcw second.
Pen two ewes, l and under 2-McKerrow
first and second.
Pen two eve lambs-McKerrow first, VIII
son second.
Ram. over Wilson first.
Eve, over 1-McKerrow first.
Flock-McKerrow first.
Hampshire: Ram 2 or over-Ballinger
first, Wilson second.
Ram l and under 2-Wilson first.
Ram under Wilson, all premiums.
Pen two ewes 2 or over-Wilson, first.
Pen two ewes | and under Wilson, first,
and also first in all other classes.
Cotswalds-No competition and all premi-
ums awarded to George Harding & Son Of
Waukesha, Wis.
Mica from the Black Hills.
There is one exhibit in the Agricultural
building which, while 1t cannot be properly
termed agricultural, is attracting a good
deal Of attention. This is the display Of
Majors, Vickers & Chaplin, who have a
large quantity OF Black Hills mica. This is
comparatively a new product and the ex-
hibitors assert that it will soon be an i'm
portant commercial factor. Previously
seven-eighths Of the mica that Is used In
this country has been imported, but they
say that the Black Hills deposit is sufi
cient to supply all the needs OF the United
States. The product is used for 344 distinct
purposes. most of which are connected with
electrical and other mechanics,