Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1899-09-08
DC CHARGE UP SAN JUAN HI
Fair Notes.

The display of farm products was
very large and extremely fine, showing
the choicest products of the county in
every line of agriculture. There were
pumpkins which weighed over 12O lbs,
cabbages that weighed % lbs, Duchess
apples from the Lowry farm, brought
in by j. T. Rutherford, that weighed
about Ia ounces each, musk and water
melons, carrots, beets and potatoes
that surpassed anything in the way of
an exhibit ever on the ground.
Bents & Upton had fine exhibit of
fruits, including apples, plums and
grapes; also large display of farm
vegetables of various kinds and of the
finest quality.
j. b Mitchell had an exhibit of ap-
Piles, in which the Russians largely
preponderated, which we're credit to
his nursery. He likewise had fine
exhibit of canned goods.
There were numerous other exhib-
itors in agricultural hall with fine
products in corn and vegetables but
none with as large an assortment as
by Bents & Upton and Mitchell.
The exhibit in hogs was not as large
as usual. O. j. Davis had a pen of
fine Jerseys and also of Poland Chinas.
Joseph Bouska had a.pen of high grade
Poland Chinas and NJ. P. Lydon had a
fine boar of Poland China.
The sheep exhibit was very credit
able to the exhibitors, w. G. Nichols
& Son, Ervine Nichols and Geo. Les
lie. w. G. Nichols & Son have a pen
of their celebrated Shropshire bucks
i in building adjoining the Secretary IS
Office, the finest to be found in America
1 The stock exhibit shows some fine
animals of the various breeds. G. A.
L. LOOMS has ten Jerseys on eXhi-
bition, just as they come from the
pasture. O. j. Davis nine Short-horns,
the head Of the herd weighwing 2125,
a noble specimen of the breed. Rich
ards 4 Phillips, Mr.. Bullman and Mr..
Sanborn, each have herds of Short.
horns, and good ones, worthy of good
premiums. Geo. w. Locke has ma
tive herd of Polled Angus, yearlings,
calves, and their dams and sire, num-
bering IA head. The bull at the head
of his herd is six years old, weighs
2l00 and when FIVE months old sold fol
$3.50. He took first premium at the
| Omaha exhibition one year ago and
would be worthy competitor for any
of the breed in America. And in this
connection we believe it proper to
suggest to the Society that in cases
); where live stock worthy to meet any
competition is brought in and there
J are other known herds in the vicinity
: not brought in, that the exhibitor
should have first premium without re.
j duction because of lack of competit-
ion at the fair.
4 The entries in floral hall are not as
j numerous as last year, but the show is
highly creditable one, and the hal
is Hastily arranged. The largest eX
! hibitors in the hall are G. Meyerden
j, furniture and carpets. The Owens
Clothing Co., with clothing and shoes
; The Florenceville Roller Mills, witt
, it's -four, meal and graham. Amund
son s. Lofthus, with lamps and an eie
, CANT display of beautiful china ware
J worthy to deck the table of prince OF
. potentate. The small exhibitors il
fancy work are to numerous for oul
5 space to-day.
+ The display of farm implements wa
the best ever shown at our fair ant
were provided with large tent and ;
} floor. There up to the time of ou
visit 4S entries in that department
> consisting of plows, cultivators, corr
: planters, harrows, seeders, wagons
carriages, double and single, open an6
covered. ID. A. Lyons was the larges
exhibitor in this line and his good
> were all of the best manufacture AM
5 most approved patterns. In flaming
!, mills there were represented the Ad
3 vance, manufactured by j. L. Owen
S s. Co., of Minneapolis, and The Dewe.
Separator and Purifier, manufacture
by company organized in Cresco TO
that purpose. The Advance is a GOO
mill and perhaps no better can b
: found for it's special line of separating
+ cookie from wheat, or in separating
oats, wheat and cookie.
The Dewey is equally as good for al
these purposes and it has an addition
: al feature of the utmost importanc
;. to our farmers. LII will separate whea
I from oats, cookie, flax, completely an
fully separating clover and timoth
seed, is as easily and rapidly operate
as the other and has a much wide
!, range of capacity and usefulness.