Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1896-09-11
Far Notes

Joseph Kapler had at the fair 2S
varieties of potatoes, five of oats, sew
eral OF squashes. and an endless war;
iety OF tomatoes and other vegetab les.
Bents q Upton had 81 varieties OF
potatoes, Is of onions, an endless
assortment of other garden truck, a
large assortment of apples, melons,
seed corn, and canned fruits.
l he sheep exhibit is very fine, w.
c. Nichols & Son as usual leading in
number and quality, among their ex-
hibit being 2S bucks, 81 of them year.
lings and one imported 2-year-old, 8
2-year-old ewes, yearling ewes, 2
9 we lambs and buck lambs.
jerome Nichols had two pens of
sheep, and Mr., Eckstein has pen of
sheep, and Martin P. Lydon has two
pens of sheep, which, like those of
w. G. Nichols & Son, are of choice
quality and fine breeding.
The swine exhibit was remarkably
fine, w. A. Stockman having six pens
of the Chester Whites, every one a
a choice one of the breed. w. c.
Nichols & Son three pens of Poland
Chinas, G. E. Morey seven pens of the
Poland Chinas in which the Corwin
Strain predominates, .Wanam aker''
weight 720 pounds, and ..Victor'' $50
pounds, male and female being at the
head of his herd. j. w. Woodward
had six pens of Poland Chinas, every
one perfect specimen of the breed.
Martin P. Lydon had five pens of the
Poland Chinas among which is his
brood SOW Black Beauty, as fine a
specimen of the breed as can be
shown.
Cora Means, from near Preston,
Mimi, who has bearing orchard of
ten acres, had a cider mill, press, and
load of sound apples prepared to
supply all the cider, sweet and pure.
needed.
I. V. Stillwell, of Oak Dale, had a
fine assortment os apples, plums and
grapes on exhibition.
P. I. Delange had varieties of
potatoes and lot of other farm pro-
ducts on exhibition.
F. j. Fencl was there with the
United States cream Separator and
the Boss washing machine.
G. w. Locke, of Maple Leaf, had
his Polled Angus herd on exhibition.
They were all such as would do credit
to the breed.
S. A. Converse had several of his
Red Polled cattle on the ground, and
be produced.
Richards and Phillips had several
| fine specimens of the shorthorn family
on exhibition.
Worden Strother had on exhibition
several choice animals from his herd
of Jerseys.
/ G, A. L. Loomis, of Chester, had a
large number of choice animals on
exhibition from his herd of Jerseys.
| w. Z. Bollman OF Castalia had on
exhibition a fine herd of shorthorns,
among which was a fine bull whose
dam was 'sNora," the champion short
horn dairy COW at the worlds fair.
This fine animal is under two wears
and weighs 400.
w. C. Nichols & Son had an Angora
goat in the herd of sheep.
Ole G. Olson, of Chester, had few
pens of Poland China swine and a
Chester white.
Geo. Miller pen of red Jersey
swine, young but nice.
j. w. Woodward Is Poland Chinas,
all March pigs, headed by fine boar
from Baxter Bros strain.
w. j. Thompson, of Waucoma, had
a farm gate on exhibition, the most
practical cheap gate we ever saw. 1t
is known as A. j. Russeil's farm gate
patented July 26, 1898. 1t can be of
any desirable length without any
material weight or strain upon the
post or crane to which it is suspended.
Watros Novelty works was repre-
sented with a fine exhibit of wind
mills and pumps and their various
extras, also with specimens of bracll-
cts and scroll-sawing. From the
plow department was a finely finished
stuble plow as could be shown from
any shop on the continent; also a
plow lay, which for strength and
finish was perfect, which with a
conlter OF like strength and finish,
were credit to the skill and work of
the Novelty works shops. A All
piece of red wood from Washington,
60 feet long was among it's exhibit.
i Decorah Windmill Co. had two of
it's mills on exhibition,
b. b. Brooks had two windmills on
the grounds.
Swenson's Incompatible stump puller
was on the ground with a sample Of
it's work in the shape OF huge stump
with long protruding roots.
Some finely hand turned steel horse
shoes, made by w. E. Wygant attrac-
ted great deal Of attention from
horsemen, and a cabinet of hand
painted china by Mrs. w. B. Web
ster attracted equally the attention Of
the ladies, as we'll as gentlemen ad-
mirers of pretty things.
Bents & Upton had on exhibition 46
varieties of farm and garden seeds
grown on their seed farm. also 20
varieties of field corn, Is varieties OF
grapes and a fine specimen of broom
, corn, all the product of their Oak
Lawn seed, fruit farm and nursery. on
: which they have l5o varieties of APP
, pie trees, 81 of them seedlings, among
which are trees two years
old from to feet in height. In
their fruit exhibit were peaches
grown there and gathered the second
t day OF the fair.
j. B. Mitchell had on exhibition at
the Howard county fair one hundred
, and one distinct varieties of aDDleS