The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-08-30
COUNTIES ENTER
FOR RICH PRIZES
WONDERFUL DISPLAYS OF PROD
UCTS OF THE LAND.
Suuashes, Tobacco, Pomegranates,
Figs, Potatoes and Other Strange
and Common Gifts of the Soil Are
Observation-Disclosures Gardeners of
Minneapolis Make a Fine Showing.

Cotton grown in Houston county,
figs grown in Wabasha county, squash
weighing 100 pounds, gigantic pota-
toes, beets, carrots and other stand
ard vegetables, and the rare novel
ties of the vegetable kingdom, such
as the Compass cherry, combining the
qualities Of the red cherry and the
wild plum, lemon cucumbers, garden
lemons, pomegranates, okra, alsike,
bronze and scores of other things that
the jewellers in cities never heard OF,
may be seen in the Agricultural pal
ace. And the palace, by the way, is
one of the most instructive and enter
tanning places in the fairgrounds. a
talk with such men as G. H. Murphy
of Houston county, O. A. TIL. Solem
| of Norman county, and j. A. Howard
| of Wabasha county, will put the neo-
| phyte from the cities in touch with
much interesting information about
| the farm.
There are eight county exhibits en-
tered for the big prize, which Will
probably amount to about $500 this
year. Ordinarily there are a dozen
or more counties in the game, but
the absent ones will hardly be missed
by any one, as the competing coun-
! ties are making better exhibits than
| before.
Morrison County's Display.
It is seven years since Morrison
| county has had anything to show at
state fair, but the county is max
ing up for the missing years by the
excellence of it's display this year.
George La Fond and John Vertin OF
Little Falls. Morrison county IS
strong on grasses, showing blue joint
seven feet tall, mammoth red clover
| six feet tall, timothy with heads 10 7s
inches long, bronze grass IN the hnesL
condition. Bronze grass, or pam
bronze, as the farmers call 1t, is rap
idly coming into favor as forage
plant. In Morrison county, where
the soil is sandy, it needs to be seeded
down only once in twelve years; put
where the soil is richer 1t Will yleld
thirty years before reseeding is nee
essary. 1t is highly nutritious and not
at all hard on the soil.
Mr.. La FOND shows oats which ran
seyenty-six bushels to the acre, apples
of good size and appearance, ana corn
as far advanced as in the southern
part of the state.
Scattered thru the booths are large
Photographic views Of farm scenes IN
Morrison county and at Little Fails.
This busy little city is further adver-
tised by samples of material from the
paper mills-the spruce logs, the Wooo
pulp and newspaper paper In rolls.
Wabasha County's Honors.
Wabasha county carried off the
honors in the county sweepstakes lass
4 year and it's managers hope to DO SO
this year. The county's display IS
looked after by J. A. Howard, Daniel
Webster and M. Dewitt, all of Hamil-
ton What they haven't to show does
not grow on many farms. The Wa
basfas exhibit of last year, which won
! first prize, is now at St. Louis, so the
present one is new, and of this years
| crop, in every respect, with fifty va
rieties of grain and seventy varieties
of grasses, corn over twelve feet tall,
and fgs-the everyday fig of com
makes a fine showing. And there Is
red clover taller than the average man
and great variety Of standard and
fancy vegetables. An egg plant In
full fruit attracts considerable atten-
ton from the urban visitors.
Dakota County's Bread.
First to catch the eye on entering
the Dakota county booth is loaf OF
bread made by Herr Ketcheury, the
village baker at Pennington This
loaf Is six feet long, wide in proportion
dllu WEIGHS lllOIe tudl lilly pOulluS
The booth was arranged by Mr.. ant
Mrs. o. c.. Thompson and W. L. Park.
! err, all of Pennington. The display
contains all that goes to make up
| successful farm display. Among the
: rare vegetables are husk tomatoes II
grains. is shown a sample Of black bar
, ley.
, Stevens County's Diversities.
Stevens county has booth which
: has been arranged and supplied b.
a D. T. Wheaton Of Morris MINI. TIL
e county seems to be adapted to diver
s1f1ed farming, showing splendid for
o age plants, both wild and tame, am
:. a comprehensive display of vegetables
i Tobacco from Olmsted.
J. A big tobacco plant in full lea
and sturdy growth is the centra
piece in the Olmsted county booth
S This has been arranged by G. {
IS Gray, L.. Anderson and r. G. Keel, al
e Of Rochester. They point to a squas
g Weighing ninety-four pounds and as
d the rival counties to beat the record
Is There are ninety-five varieties Of ap
n Piles, sixteen varieties Of crabapple:
h thirty-four kinds of potatoes an
every kind a beauty. If Olmste
e county does not obtain special men
4 ton for it's potato display there wi