Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1905-07-20
- In Qn0 About the State -
STATE FAIR WILL BE A HUMMER.
Best Exhibit Ever Held in South Da-
kota Is Assured


kota Is Assured.
The state fair to be held at Huron
this year from Sept. II to Is, inclusive,
will be tho best ever held in the state.
Secretary George E. McEathron has
added a 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 its 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 well is finished
and is flowing into an artificial lake.
About $500 has been expended for
trees and most of them are growing
and are doing we'll
The amusement feature has not been
overlooked, and there will be numer-
Gus attractions of high grade, but
nothing of 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:
at will be one of an 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 900 to 900 pounds,
and by Sept ! we expect to have
them weighing from 900 to 1920
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, millett, corn and oats under the
same conditions.
"Another exhibit I will make will
be the progeny Of six different pure
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.
GIN the agronomy division Of the ex-
hibit there will be made as large
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 of
the station will have a collection OF
fruits, a large number~of (which will
| be of home origin.
"This, think, will be fair show
| ing of what the station is doing in
| these lines, and will be educational
| from beginning to end"