The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1900-08-29
.A LARGE SHOW.
Special Premiums Galore
for Redwood County
Fair.
6OurSinQ Meeting, Foot
Ball, Ddiru Con.
tests, Etc.

The officers of the agricultural
society are busy these days secur-
ing special premiums for VARIOUS
purposes in the fair to be given
during Wednesday, Thursday and
Friday, Sept. 10, 20 and Fl. They
are also at work getting the grounds
in proper condition and making ar:
rangements for the big dairy meet
ing to be held during the last two
days Of the fair. For the latter
purpose tent holding 1000 people,
as we'll as a number of dairy and
beef animals for exhibition and illus
tration of lectures, have been Sc
cured and will be placed on the
grounds
THE BUTTER CONTEST.
The biggest event for the farmers
at the fair will be the butter con-
test This will be participated in
by nearly all of the creameries of
Redwood county. The conditions
will call for 2Gpound tub of butter
from each creamery in this and Rem
vile counties. This butter is to be
taken in charge of by A. A. Melges
of the Redwood Falls Cold Storage
Co., who will. Immediately upon re-
ceiving it, place it in his cold stor-
age depot, where it will be on ex-
hibition. Theebutter will be judged
by Prof n. D. White of the State
Experimental station, and the officers
of the association, some of whom are
also officers OF the local creamery.
but will not have any knowledge as
to whom this or that jar belongs,
and thus any friction in the contests
that might arise over talk of local
favoritism, will be avoided. The
butter will be placed on sale, imme-
diately after Mr.. White awards the
premiums, and the money derived
from the sale will be placed in the
special premium fund for prize
butter, to which the fair association
has decided to add SO. The first
premium will be so. the second
premium will be s., and the balance
of the money will be equally divided
among those creameries exhibiting
butter that scores 80 or over.
In this connection A. D. Stewart
and Clark Miller, president and
secretary cf the Redwood County
Dairy association, are making
special efforts to have every cream
cry in this county represented, and
have sent out special effort to have
this branch of the fair made a
success far beyond anthing antici-
pated. They are receiving favorable
replies and it is believed that every
creamery will be represented.
A BIG FEATURE.
A big feature for farmers, not
only of Redwood, but also of adjoin-
ing counties, will be the presence
at the fair of Prof. Thomas Shaw,
who is in charge of sheep and live
stock husbandry at the St. Anthony
experimental station. Prof. Shaw
will be present on the 21st aud will
lecture on various subjects in his
line. Otto Hacker, professor of
dairy husbaudry at the same sta
ton, will be present on the 10th
and will give some valuable pointers
on that branch of farming Prof. n.
D. White, who has charge of the
butter aud creamery subjects at the
station, will be present on both the
Goth and 21st and will speak on
such subjects in his line as the
farmers and their wives may ask
for. He will also judge the butter
samples mentioned in the above
contest.
ATTRACTIONS.
It is now pretty definitely settled
that the directors will have cours-