The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1900-09-19
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The 9th annual fair of the Red
wood County Agricultural society
opens to-day. From standpoint of
attractions, not only to farmers, but
also to business men and others,
the fair will equal anything pre-
viously held.
The exhibits will commence arriv-
ing to-day, and from preliminary
applications for space the exhibits
promise to be interesting and CON-
plete. All of to-day will be given
up to exhibitors and putting every
thing in shape for the events of
tomorrow and Friday.
At 10 o'clock tomorrow morning
Prof. T. L. Hacker, professor Of
dairy husbandry at the State expert
mental station, will deliver an ad-
dress under a large tent placed on
the grounds, on the dairy COW and
feeding for the dairy. Farmers and
their wives will be permitted to ask
Prof. Hacker any question bearing
on his line of work and these ques-
tions will be gladly answered. At
11:3O the work Of Judging and
awarding premiums on live stock
will commence and will take up the
remainder of the forenoon.
The Redwood band will furnish
music during the afternoon, and at
2 D. m. the grand coursing event
will take place. Notwithstanding
the fact that a number of the rabbits
died in transit and few have
passed away since their arrival
here it is thought that enough rab-
bits are left to carry on the entire
three events, the grand prize, the
puppy stake and the consolation
stake. Fine hounds have arrived
from different parts of the State and
South Dakota during the past week,
and the people who attend the after
noon shows at the fair are bound to
get their moneys worth at the
coursing contests, which will occur
on the enclosed track. The cours-
ing will take up all of Thursday af
ternoon, except the time allotted for
the scoring of the creamery butter
exhibit by B. D. White, superin-
tendent of the State dairy depart
ment. 1t is hoped that every
creamery in the county will have an
exhibit at the cold storage depot by
tomorrow and compete for the
premiums offered
At ten o'clock. Friday morning
Thomas Shaw, professor of animal
industry of the agricultural college,
will deliver an address on the pro-
duction of meat on the farm. His
address will occur under the tent,
where, in case there is room, he
will use the cattle exhibits at the
fair in giving explanations for their
good and poor qualities. At 1E3O
will occur the reading of the prize
essays. In the afternoon the cours-
ing contest will be finished, and
game of football between the Red
wood Falls aud Sleepy Eye teams
will occur. At 4 O. clock will occur
the distribution of prizes among the
children.
The society is Offering cash
prize of So each for the best essay
on five subjects. One of these sub
jects is vegetable gardening; sec
ond is how to raise poultry; third,
buttermaking on the farm; fourth,
advantages Of city life; and fifth, |
of farm life over city life,
J. r. Lankard offers one high grade
Shropshire Down Eve for the best
essay by any boy living on farm
in Redwood county, and under 21 |
years Of age, on Utility Of Sheep
on the Farm H r. Brown, the
well-known Minneapolis stockman,
offers to the party exhibiting the |