The Glenwood post., 1904-10-01
Record Breaking Display
of Potatoes and Fruit
Will be Taken to
St. Louis
BARBECUE WAS BIG SOCIAL FEAT.
URE, BRINGING OUT A THOuS-
AND PEOPLE ON THE
LAST DAY


great success so far as the exhibits
of fruit, vegetables and grain were
concerned. 1t would have been a sue
<cess in point of attendance had it not
been for the rain of the first two DAYS
The first day was devoted to getting
things into shape and no attempt was
made to make showing while on the
second day the rain kept hundreds
from coming although few braved
the elements and saw the portion of
the program that could be carried out
On Saturday the crowd was there,
showing what would have happ ned
had the other days been pleasant
The attendance Saturday was sutfi
cient to bring the financial part to a
point where there was small balance
on the right side of the ledger instead
Of deficit as had been expected. Ju-
piter Pluvius may have won the first
rounds but Hoover came in on the
home stretch.
None but words of praise was heard
lloil on oiC III i' S5hiu " thC '-NhIp
its of potatoes, vegetables, grains and
farm products in general and if any
body can beat the showing of potatoes
they can have an opportunity at the
fair at st. Louis where these exhibits
have been taken, That Grand valley
and the Roaring Fork can beat the
world in raising potatoes was pretty
well established by the samples that
were seen at the fair.
Squashes, pumpkins, cabbages and
general garden sass was there in
large quantities and butter and cheese
Athat was displayed showed that these
arts had not been forgotten, although
butter. especially, is one of the neg
lected products of the farm in Gar
field comfy, thousands of pounds be
ing shipped in yearly taking up the
best possible market, the home mark
ct. There is big opportunity for
the enterprising farmers of this sec
ton to occupy this field for just as
good butter can be made here as is
shipped here from Kansas and Nebras
ka.
Garfield county cheese is as good as
any cheese made in the world and
there is good profit in making it for
it nets double here what it does all
through the east and is higher at all
times. Wheat and other small grains
can be raised right here at home as
shown by the exhibits at the fair and
the prices obtained for these products
right at home should be an incentive
to displace the tons of -four that are
shipped in every year.
A plate of fresh Strawberries picked
up Grizzly creek was the center of
wondering crowds. That second
<crop of straw berries could be grown
was ha,dly thought possible on ac-
cou1t of the altitude and consequent
early frosts.
The showing of agricultural imple-
me1 is was rather small but We're ap-
propriate and next year there will
undoubtedly be much larger exhibit
as it will be an established fact that
Such things can be sold in the temito-
ry covered by the fair association.
While the fair was open at ten
o clock Saturday morning. the real
event was not scheduled until noon
but promptly at that hour hundreds
of people were on hand and around
the feeding place ready to partake of
the barbecue that had been provided un-
der the supervision of Charles Harris,
Bob Ware and Hube Strouse who pre-
sid d over this feature of the fair and
were assisted by many willing hands,
During the afternoon Rev. Barton
o. Aylesworth, president of the Agri-
cultural college at Fort Collins, deliy-
cred an eloquent address on agricul-
tural subjects, urging that greater at
tention be paid to the raising of good
farm pro iucts. He called upon his
hearers to make greater study of the
/soil and the possibilities contained
therein and to make the intensive
culture of the land scientific propo-
sition.
There was considerable interest dis
played among the patrons of the fair
as to who should receive the World s
fair trils to be given by the fair asso-
citation to the couples having the
greatest number of votes. Mr.. and