The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-11-10
NO LACK OF DISPLAYS
CAMDEN AND sPALDING COUNTIES
AMONG THE BEST.
COL. WADLEY AND THE FAIR.
COUNTY EXHIBITS THE FINEST HE
HAS EVER SEEN.


Needed to Make Man or Beast Fat.
Her First Exhibit, but One That
is Likely to Win a Prize or Come
Mighty Close to II.
Savannah has the best agricultural
display ever made in the state" This
statement was made yesterday by Col.
William O. Wadley of Bolingbroke,-
well known agriculturist and a veteran
of state fairs. Col. Wadley was in
charge of two of the state fairs held at
Macon, and has attended many others.
That in excellence as well as num-
Der of exhibits the Savannah display
exceeds those of any previous fair is
now generally admitted. OF the ten
county exhibits installed at the Fair,
SIX are of a very high order of excel
lence, and anyone of the number
might be selected to represent the state
at any contest held in any other sec
ton of the country without fear of
the result. The judges are going to
have a hard time in awarding the
prizes.
Camden countys exhibit is worthy
of special mention. The county is
situated in the far southeastern section
of the state, its eastern boundary be-
ing the Atlantic ocean, and like Chat
ham county, a large portion Of it's sur
face is water and sand The county is
thinly populated, and there are no
large towns, yet the people of the coun-
ty have managed to get up most
creditable exhibit. Mr.. F. A. Whit
ford is in charge with Miss Eta Long
as assistant.
Camden's Fine Display.
In the matter of variety Camden
shows I'D well with the other coun-
ties. A handsome display of cotton Is
made, there being three varieties. up
land, sea island and Egyptian. The
latter has been grown as a matter of
experiment, and has not proved a sue
cess. Most of the farmers grow sea
island.
Rice is the main crop of the coun-
ty, however. Three varieties of sheaf
rice are shown besides several exhib-
its of rough and cleaned rice. A fine
exhibit of cleaned rice from !. K. Be
delrs Woodbine plantation is shown.
The hay exhibits include velvet bean,
crab grass. crowfoot, peavine, peanut,
corn shucks and rice straw. The Cam
den county people are just beginning
to appreciate the importance of pre-
serving their forage crops, and much
attention is now being paid to this
matter. Twelve varieties of field peas
are shown, including some very fine
table peas.
One of the features of the display is
g fine exhibit of honey by Mr.. Whit
ford The latter is one of the few bee
farmers of Georgia, and devotes a
large part of his time to this work.
Il have 125 hives at Woodbine," said
Mr.. Whitford, land this season I
made about three tons of honey. This
sold readily in New York at from 121z
to IA cents a pound. There is very lit
tie expense attached and my honey
crop nets me between $500 and $500
year"
Some fine scuppernong wine from
DIR. Burrell Atkinsons vineyard is
shown. Considerable of this wine is
placed on the market.
The Camden exhibit is well supplied
with cane and sweet potatoes. In fact,
sugar cane is one of the main stays
of the county and a great deal of fine
syrup is made of which there are a
number of samples on exhibition. There
are nine varieties of sweet potatoes, in
Guiding both the red and white mig
gerkillers."
Tree Full of Bananas.
The most interesting feature of the
Camden exhibit. however, is a large
banana tree from which hang three
punches of bananas. The fruit upon
the lower bunch is just ripening and
appears to be of a, very fine variety
though not quite so long as the trop-
ical product. This tree was taken
from Mr.. J. X. Bedell's Woodbine place
where he has two hundred more. That
Georgia has a banana orchard will be
news TO most people, yet such Is the
case. Mr.. Bedell not only has bananas
for his own use, but some to put on
sale at his store at Woodbine.
Some good specimens of cassava are
shown. The Camden county farmers
have only begun to grow this plant
within the last year or two and are
very much pleased with II. 1t grows
easily and makes fine fattening food
for cattle and hogs.
One of the most noticeable things
about the county exhibit, and one
which Immediately attracts the atten-
ton of visitors is a magnificent pair
of branching horns. we'll mounted and
finely polished. One would never sup
lose that a Georgia steer ever carried
such horns, yet such is the case. The
horns Mr.. Whitford says. were taken
from an old OK that was used for years
in hauling timber in Camden county.
Besides the county exhibit Mr., Thorn
as NJ Cooley of Camden has a very
handsome individual exhibit from his
one-plow farm. That so many good
things could be gotten off of a twenty
acre farm seems almost impossible. and
yet Mr.. Cooley is ready to offer proof
that such is the case. His exhibit
shows a considerable variety of grains,
rice. corn. oats and millet and peas of
several varieties He has several vd
rieties of hay and plenty of food crops
of all kinds. One of Mr.. Godley's spe
cialties is hops. He has on exhibition
hop vines grown in his own yard to-
eether with yeast cakes made by his
wife from these same hops. There is a
large display of preserved fruits and a
couple of jars of rock candy made
from his cane syrup. This candy is al
most of the same wilderness as that 10
be seen for sale in the stores in Sa-
vannah, and Mr.. Cooley states that he
obtains II by simply boiling the syrup
until 1t attains a certain degree of con-
sistency and then allowing IL 10 cool.
spaIdiDg's Display.
Spalding county has complmented
Savannah by making her first exhibit
in a competitive contest at a State
Fair al Savannah From the handsome
appearance OF the exhibit one would
suppose that the competitors had been
regularly in the business for years
Notwithstanding their newness 10 the
business. Mr.. w. y, Walker and Mr.