The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-08-18
FAIR TO BE HELD IN
WHITMAN COUNTY.
Increased Premiums and New Meth
DDS Expected to benefit the Fruit
and Live stock Induptrfes.

increased Premiums and New Meth
DDS Expected to BENEFIT the Fruit
and Live stock Industries.
Special Dispatch to the Post-InteIligencer.
..tOLFAx. Aug. 1.-THE annual exposi-
ton will be held in colfax Sept Is to .
inclusive, and promises to be one of the
pest meetings ever held by the associa-
scribed literally. IN cash. to make the
fair success and liberal premium list
y being prepared. Over 800 In purses for
horse races will be offered and the list OF
premiums In the live stock department
VIII be the largest ever known here. A
balloon ascension and parachute jump
premiums for fruit. grain and vegetable
displays and fine exhibits in these de-
partments are assured. Owing TO the
early harvest the fair win be held earlier
better display Of fruits and vegetables
a proposition 10 make this largely
IS Being There viii viii be- a an
enormous crop of apples. as well as all
Kinds OF fruit In this country this year.
ana the proposition under consideration
Is TO establish an apple market on the
fair grounds. where apples will be placed
on exhibition. and buyers from all points
viii be invited to attend the fair. inspect
the fruit and meet the producers. BY
this means IL is believed the fruit can be
shown to better advantage, and. by es-
tablishfng or encouraging composition.
whitman county exported go car loads
OF apples. most of which went to the
markets q the middle West The total
value of this fruit was 100000 which rep
resents the price paid to the producers.
This year the yield from the same dis
trict VIII be nearly double that of two
years ago and the price is expected to be
about the same. This gives an idea Of
the value and extent of this comparative
Y new industry. which IL yet only in its
carried tbnFe will he, nm exhibition n
the coming fair from 5000 to 100 900 boxes
OF apples. and buyers from all the prin-
enp Pal markets markets Of the country are expected
growers and the principal part of the APP
pie crop of the county will be sold during
fair week.
Increased Premium List.
The increase In the premium list for live
STOCK Is natural result OF the increase
in interest In the live stock industry Dur
ing the past year the number OF thorough
bred cattle In Whitman county has more
taken in blooded stock than ever be-
fore. There are a number OF farmers
now engaged in breeding thoroughbred
portations OF pure-bred cattle were made
into this county, Five farmers living near
Colfax imported a carload Of thorough
bred Shorthorn and Hereford cattle last
spring, which made valuable additions to
several herds. There were numerous 9TH
er smaller importations. aggregating
idfEe nufflbcr. which. duuc0 10 the NUMBER
previously in the county, gives Whitman
2 fair start in this business, which prom
ises to soon become one of the most i'm
portant Industries OF the county
IL Is the intention and desire Of the fair
association to encourage the breeding OF
fine stock. hence the liberal prizes Of
fered in this department The state ag-
riculfural college at Pullman has been
largely instrumental In awakening an in
terest in pure-bred stock There is a
nice herd OF cattle comprising Jerseys.
Shorthorns, Holsteins and Herefords on
the college farm and the interest taken In
these, at the county and district fairs, en-
couraeed others to engage in producing
bioodcd cattle.
The college also has nice drove OF
thoroughbred hogs and last WIN
ter held a sale Of thoroughbred
swine. which was well attended
and there was spirited bidding for
the hogs. all of which sold at good prices.
These were scattered all over Whitman
county WASH. and Latah county. Idaho,
and resulted In creating lively interest
In pure-bred hogs, with a result that the
coming fair will find many new exhibitors
In this line.