Omaha daily bee., 1896-12-11
COOP, ARBOR AND ORCHARD
fruts OF All to Be 6lcwn in Big
Combination Exhibition,
PLANS FOR The SHOW ARE COMPLETED
Horticui;uriSts Expect WWrm Conn
petition for Their Premiums ana
Poultry F'nucicrs Know They
VIII Nave Many Exhibitors.

The Eiscman building Is being rapidly
transformed into comfortable place for
keeping $50 chickens, ducks, geese and other
fowls that arc expected to be on exhibition
At tho annual show OF the Pottawattame
Poultry. Farm and Garden association, to be
held here next week. At least that number
OF birds will be OH exhibition and prepara-
tions can be made tor even larger number.
In addition to the feathery tribe that will
occupy the three floors above the first there
Will be an excellent display OF fruit by the
Southwestern Iowa Horticultural society
that meets during the same week. SO far
only two counties, Mills and Pottawattamie,
have entered FOR the county exhibits, but
large number of individual displays will be
made. The local fru. men have been hard
at work this fall getting together the most
cTedltaOlC display ever made by them and
they promise to give Mills county a more
interesting contest than for some time.
The premiums for the best county dis
play are $40, IS and Sc; for the best indi-
vidual display, 81, s6 and S4 for the best.
canned fruit and vegetable, So, 81 and 81.
in order to make the general exhibit as at
tractiye as possible an additional induce
ment has been offered for the most artistic
fruit design. The prizes for these will be,
$40, IS ana So. Premiums are also offered for
the best grain and seed exhibit and for
butter and other household products. There
ls great interest being taken in this depart
ment OF the show as the wives and daughters
OF the members are determined to exceed
thelr efforts OF last year, when such a fine
collection Of bread cakes and preserved
fruits was exhibited. In the list this year
arc biscuits, cookies, ginger snaps, dough-
nuts ana various kinds of cake. All these
must be entered Monday, on which day they
are TO have been baked
The entries for the chicken show are COM
ing In most encouragingly, and the com
bining of the interests of the local institu
tion and those OF the Omaha poultry fanciers
mas been the means of attracting many ey-
hlDltors from all parts OF Nebraska and
elsewhere that have never before come to
Council Bluffs.
The entrance to the show will he annro
priatoly decorated The windows have been
oneTed to the two florists of the city, but
they have not decided to decorate as on
former years. The windows will be used Inv
the two societies and one will be typical of
the poultry fancier and the other of the
fruit grower.
TIE chicken show will open Monday and
the horticultural society meeting the next
day and continue for three DAYS The
poultry fanciers will be here all week.
n meeting of the Grape Growers associa-
ton was held yesterday afternoon at the
Ofhce OF Secretary Hereld on Upper Broad
way. All OF the members of the decorating
committee selected to take charge of the
exhibit the association will make at the
southwestern Iowa Horticultural Society ex-
htbit at the poultry show were present They
were ID. j. Smith. ]. A. Iereld, l.. o. VIII
liams, Alex Wood l.. A. Casper +. j. Wilcox
and Joe Mcpherson. For an hour the mem
bers discussed plans for preparing their
exhibits Secretary Hereld reported that the
management of the exposition had given
them all of the east side and the wall of
the Eiseman building If they required it.
The matter OF making the designs for the
exhibits brought forth a great deal of discus
sion. As there is to be a sharp competi-
tion among the designers and in the designs
the association felt that the selection of
the men to make the design was of the
greatest Importance. The opinion was unan-
imous that Mr.. Casper was the proper person
to originate and execute the plan and in
spite of his modest demurrers he was di-
rected to do the work and call upon the
other members of the committee for what
ever help and material was needed. 1t is
certain that Mr. Casper will call into play
all of his skill and fancy in designing and
executing the work, and as he has unlimited
material Il will be something nice.