The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-09-22

ton of Stock and Agricultural Product
VIII be Opened to the Admiration o
Hundreds of visitors-The Opening Wa
One Filled with the Brightest Hope
for a Successful week-Notes.
Preparation Day was properly
named was the verdict of 1900 who
passed the gates of the State Fair yes
terday.
In every direction the sound OF the
saw and hammer were heard, while al
the secrefary's Office six men were kept
busily engaged filling out exhibitor s
tickets, making entries for the grear
races and directing the men to the SUI
perintendent' of the different depart
ments. Everything moved like clock
work at the secretary's Office, and the
new r,Ile of referring all questions of
dispute TO the superintendent of each
department removes from the Secre-
tary'S office much of the contention
heretofore observed.
No department was filed completely
and the list of exhibitors cannot be
given at this time but causual glance
can be taken at some of the unsual
sights which will be opened to the pub
lie this week can ibe understood and
the following the noted:
Big steer feet and inches high, 8
years old and weighs 4,27S pounds; one
2-year-old mule, neat as young lady
and 1755 hands high; over 200 head of
fine hogs of seven different breeds, with
one pig weighing 1,025 pounds; corn, on
the ear, measuring twenty inches in
length; big onions weighing 21a pounds
each; corn ON the stalk measuring 171Z
feet in height; castor bean stalks that
look more Hike trees than bean stalks
unless one accepts the truth of Jack
and his bean stalk as the gospel truth;
Irish potatoes that must be examined
to be believed: cattle Of eight different
varieties from the mammoth beef
weighing a ton to the milker with
butter record of 31A pounds of butter
per week; deerS and funs of all ages,
sizes and degrees, accompanied by their
companions of the plains-the fleet
antelope; musical instruments from a
mouth organ to the handsome par4or
piano; chickens, turkeys, geese, pigeons,
rabbits, rats, mice of all varieties, kinds
and shape; the slick Thorough bred, the
flying bobtailed nag, the small pony
and the mammoth draft morse resem-
bling a mountain in the shape of horse
flesh; in the art depart can be seen Oh
jects that causes the passer by to stop
and gaze, wonder and admire
The grounds are almost entirely COW
ered with big tents and in each of these
mammoth canvass house areto be wit
messed exhibitions TO be admired and
wondered at.
There is on entire absence of all form
er fake Shows on the ground and the
beating Of the gong and the wild
antics of the temporary Hindoo will be
sight not to be witnessed this year.
The green houses of the city as we'll
as scores of persons who have choice
house plants are making a fine exh3bi-
ton and are in a tent by themselves.
The great portion of the agricultural
display has hot yet been placed in po-
sFtbon and all yesterday afternoon were
arriving by the wagon load.
AMONG THE POULTRY.
The following persons made entries
yesterday in the poultry department.
which is placed in a large tent near the
grand stand and contains a sight We'll
worth seeing The entries are:
Wichita Poultry Yards, John iScShott,
with the following varieties:
Peerless, Dark Brahams, Buff, Partridge,
black and white cochins, and BaIfbed
Plymouth Rocks. There are seventy
five birds in all.
Mrs F. H Mccormick. Furley, light
Brahams, and Buff Codhins, twenty-one
birds.
Charles Diemont, Murdoch, Butler
Afgan geese, brown Legihorns,
buff Leghorns. golden Polish chicken.
twenty varieties of pigeons and pea
fowls, fifty-five birds in all.
James Robinson, Fairview, Butler
county, large cage of pigeons, conn
prlsing many varieties, ducks and pea
fowls.
II. B. Allen, Norwich, brown leghorns. |
A. q. Burt, Wichita, black Minocus.
II. NJ. Loman. Putnam, Kan, black |
angshans. light brahmas, white leg
horns. brown leghorns. white cochins, |
barred Plymouth Rocks and Indian |
game, forty-four birds in all
r. r. Hubble. Putnam. silver laced |
white Wyandottes, six /
cen birds in all.
T. NJ. Smith, Wichita, partridge coch-
rs.
d. S. Hersey. Wichita, BLACK Minor
as. cornish Indian game. Wyandottes,
black langshans. Drown leghorns, TWEEN
y-six birds in all.
Hunter Bros, Wellington, three pair
" Pouters. two pair of carriers. two
,air Of tumhlers. two pair Of African
wis, five pair Of fantails, four pair
Iacobins. one English doe, nine white
'abbits.
The hog display this year is double
hat OF preceding years and In the pens
.Ie 10 be seen some of the finest speci-
mems Of swine ever exhibited in tn.,
tate. Mention will be made from time
o time of the dffferen herds on exhibit
ion- the following are among the herds:
Quality Hard, Poland China, thirty
i've mead on eNhibftin. headed by the |
-reat Darkness Quality" 1850 and
'6ldow, 1921 The three great sows.
Darkness T. 1920, Down: litter OF four
aktng three prizes at worlds fair. and
Darkness F. 3rd. 2S50S. winner in class
nd litter at the Columbian Chicago.
nd Bessie Wilds. 36SS7.S. are on ex-
ihition, also a number OF other good
adividuals consisting Of yearlings and
nder l year and under months. II
TlA be remembered that this herd took
even prizes on eight pigs at the worlds
air, all bred and shown by the ursynrie-
Or OF Quality herd now located at
hutchinson, Kan, owned by Willis +.
iresham.
Elm Beach Farm. C. NJ. Irwin, pro-
rietor; 5. C Duncan. Superin tentient. |
bard consists of 400 head Poland China |