The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-10-02

counties in the state go around to the
back door and eat in the kitchen with
the servants in the matter of a display
at the state fair. This progressive
county has not only taken and filled
one-fourth of the floor space in the
main building. but it is crowding over
into the space reserved for the balance
OF the state and has a display that is
attracting great deal of attention.
The fruit display of the state is i-rgelr
redeemed by Weber county, and the
showing made in this department is
very good. Among the large exhibitors
of frAit are Wilson Brothers, L. s..
Helms, z. G. McGriff. :. w. Cragun
and Enoch Far-- The latter has seven
teen varieties of grapes IL a cabinet.
and the showing iC one that was never
before euualed in the history of Utah.
Joe Manley, young boy, has twelve
watermeIOns on exhibition that weigh
just 500 pounds, and he raised them
himself.
Weber county is right at the front,
too, with canned goods. Both the Wa
satch and the Salt Lake Valley Can
ming companies have fine displays of
canned fruit and vegetables. The for
mer factory is turning out 5000 cans
day, and the latter 1900. The pyra-
mids OF canned goods with their bright
labels make very attractive display,
a good showing for the state.
II 81 = AtAOLnGAS u OENtu nave a very
pretty display of wheat flakes, the
only breakfast food made in Utah The
bee industry of the state is represented
here by the Valley Bee farm, the larg-
est institution of the kind in the west.
All the machinery and apparatus need
ed in the scientfEc production of honey
IS here represented. The Ogden Valley
Creamery has "A fine display OF butter.
and modestiy claims to make the best
butter in the world. The Harrisville
cheese factory has a, good display The
Ogden WOODEN mills and the Ogden
Logan knitting factory were fixing up
an elabOr2 te display last night. They
were crowded out OF the Weber conner
for lack Of space. and are building up
a fine pyramid on the east side OF the
building.
In the Weber county department is
to be found the display of the state
school for the deaf and blind, and *
promises to be one of the great at
fractions Of the entire fair. 1t is COW
coded that the exhibit of apples maze
by this school is the finest ever seen
in Utah. This is all the more note
worthy in view OF the fact that the
apple crop of the state is a general
failure. Professor Frank NJ. Briggs.
who had charge OF the school display
yesterday, took great prize in telling
people how they raised such apples
There are about a half dozen varieties,
ana tney are slght Tor the gods
sound, uniform in size and very rich
in cOloring. Professor Briggs stairs
| thai 80 per cent of the crop is free from
worms. a statement that Will make the
appie-raisers of the state gasp for
! breath; in addition to that, the trees
are bending to the ground under thelr
load of fruit. The secret of this -
that the suggestions of the state board
of horticulture were followed to the
letter in the school; the trees were
sprayed five times during the season.
ana burlap was wrapped about Nhe
| trunks of the trees and removed oc-
| casionally to kill the moth. The dis
| play of the students at this school in
| the way of cabinet work. shoemaking
fancy work Of various kinds, works Of
art and book work Of many kinds will
be revelation to most people, 1t is
, the intention Of the authorities to have
classes of the boys and girls a the fair
to go through their regular lessons for
the edihcation of the visitors 1t is a
most interesting department Of the fair.