The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1905-07-21
STATE FAIR WILL. BE A HUMMER
Best Exhibit Ever Held in South Da-
kota Is Assured


The state fair to be held at Huron
this year from Sept. II to Is, inclusive,
will be the best ever held in the state.
Secretary George E. McEathron has
added new feature this year-a sale
Of pure-blooded livestock on the
grounds. The animals offered will be
confined to those owned or raised in
the state.
One Of the features this year will
be the exhibition of the six-horse
draft team that took the first prize at
the International last year. Mr..
Fletcher, who has charge of the cat
tie and horse department this season,
says that he has received advance no.
tice of large exhibits in his depart,
ment.
The contracts for the buildings are
all let and the agricultural hall win
be ready for it's first coat of paint in
few days. The other building are
well on the way, and all will be COM
pleted before it is time to open the
gates. The artesian we'll is finished
and is flowing into an artificial lake.
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trees and most of them are growing
and are doing well.
The amusement feature has not been
overlooked, and there will be numer-
Gus attractions of a high grade, but
nothing CT an immoral tone will be
allowed, nor will gambling be per-
mitted..
A general outline of what the state
agricultural college intends to show
this year follows
In response to the question as to
what kind of an exhibit would be made
at the state fair by the agricultural
college this fall, Prof. Wilson said:
"It will be one of All educational ma
ture throughout. Everything included
in the exhibit will have been produced
on the college farm. In the live stock
department we will have up carload
of grade calves that have been fed on
skim milk from birth. These calves
have been fed in four different lots,
and on four different grains. The
grains were added to the milk to sup
ply the fat which was extracted by
the separator, the object of which was
to ascertain which was the best grain
for this purpose. All the feed they
have received has oeen weighed and
. an accurate account kept.
"The calves are now one year old
and weigh from 500 to 900 pounds,
| and by Sept. l We expect to have
them weighing from 900 to loo
pounds. The cost of producing these
calves will be shown in tabulated
form on a placard where every one
can see and judge for himself which
! cross of the pure bred bull of the three
! beef breeds. namely, Shorthorn, Here
! ford and Aberdeen Angus, on the
common native cows has produced the
| best results. He will also have an
opportunity of comparing the quality
! of the flesh produced by feeding
, speltz. m;llett, corn and oats under the
! same conditions.
Another exhibit I will make will
be the progeny of six different pure
i bred rams on the native ewes of the
range. This is an experiment planned
| for the purpose of ascertaining which
breed of sheep is the most profitable
| to cross on these western ewes.
Representatives of our new breed
of swine will also be included in the
! live stock exhibit.
'In the agronomy division OF the ex-
! hibit there will be made as large a
| collection as possible Of the grains
and grasses and forage plants which
are under trial at the station, and es-
| pecially those that have been but re-
! Gently introduced here through coop
Grafton with the United States depart
| ment of agriculture. An exhibit Will
| be made of the forage crops grown at
the state forage testing station at
| HighmOre.
"The horticultural department or
! the station will have a collection or
| fruits, large number of which Will
| be of home origin.
This, l think, will be fair show
| ing of what the station is doing IN
these lines, and will be educational
from beginning to end"