Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1901-10-09


United States strains:
H. 2. Singleton Of Mckinney has
splendid exhibit of Psiand-chinas.
Eleven Large Bone English Berk-
shires are the animals j. G. Cobb OF
Dodd City has on exhibition.
Twenty-six Poland-C hlnas are on
exhibition, the property of A. NJ. ,Pra-
ther of Dallas.
One of Grayson county's exhibits in
this line is that of Messrs Stewart &
Miller of Sherman, consisting of thirty
seven Poland-Chinas
w. R. Lagow of Orphans Home, Dali
las county, has splendid exhibit OF
PolandChinas.
The poultry and pet stock depart
ment is on a grand scale The num-
Der on exhibition in this department
is placed at something over 200, the
greatest in the history of the fair.
Chickens. ducks. geese, peafowls, tur-
keys, etc, are elegant specimens, and
thousands visit them daily. When it
comes to raising poultry texas takes
4 back seat to no commonwealth or
country
The. Norton Poultry yards of Dallas
have nearly so chickens on exhibition,
comprising White Plymouth Rocks,
Brown, Black and White Leghorns.
lncubators and breeders are also ex-
hbited.
I. J. Berry of Mckinney exhibits
fine collection of Pit Games.
Star Poultry yard of Dallas has some
superb White Plymouth Rocks that re-
ceiye favorable comment.
Live Oak Poultry yards of Commerce
are possessors of frst-class Buff Leg
horns, Buff orpingtons and Partridge
Cochin Bantams,
Once in a While Poultry yards of
Dallas have fine exhibit of fancy
chickens.
Golden Wyandottes, raised and ex-
hibited by Matt Bradley of Tioga, are
much admired.
A fine exhibit of White. Brahmas is
shown by the Elhurst Poultry yards
of Dallas.
J. E. r. Chiffon of Dallas exhibits
splendid specimens of the Black Lang
shan breed.
The exhibit of homing pigeons by T.
l.. Bell, Jr., of Dallas, are beauties.
/ Upstairs in the main building, on the
} right hand side, will be found some
wondrous products of the soil of Texas
! You will witness what generous re
J turns the earth Yields to those who
plant and SOW and cultivate industri
ously and intelligently.
First in order we enter the Southern
(, Pacific Railway company's exhibit
with Prof. Attwater in charge, ably
assisted by John Howard, "of and fol-
Texas" The greatest attraction in this
exhibit is rice There are specimens
of Honduras and Japanese rice, pol
ished and parched rice, brown rice anC
coffee rice, malt rice and rough rice
rice stalks, and also rice planted two
: days before the fair opened and som'
the day before, growing on soil from
the grounds. A 'possum with he
u young on her back fed on rice, Will,
u a map of Texas shows the rice belt
Other portions of the exhibit are fax
jute, hemp, ninety-two pound water
: melon, from Angleton; a Goliah bull
frog, stalk of okra eleven feet high
3 eggs weighing four to the pound, from
Medina county; Beaumont and Sou
Lake oil, raw silk and cocoons, from
Wilson county; tremendous fish, Mexi
D. can June corn that will average fit
bushels per acre, and hat made o
Il rice straw. The rice portion of the eS
hibit was contributed Jointly by tn
: Southern Pacific and citizens of Hous
ton. This exhibit received a specia
u premium.
u Jones and Haskell counties give
Joint exhibit, and Manager McMilla
u rejoiced greatly because it capture
first premium. Here you will SET
Z raised without irrigation, watermelons
peaches, five varieties of corn, Jun
. corn, Kaffir corn, sorghum, six varie
II ties; milo, oats, millet wheat, pumI
II kins, apples, pears, peaches, two kind
'e of peanuts. buckwheat, preserves, t.
matoes, cucumbers, okra, Irish poti