The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1905-10-25
High School
Department
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
The Late State Fair, as 1t Was Seen
by Some Of the Pupils of the
North Yakima High School.
The Yakima County Exhibit.
(Wriffan durin q the fair

Inc 1ak1ma county ExnlDlt.
written during the fair.)
In the western section of the pa
vilion is located that portion of the
Washington State Fair exhibited by
the Yakima Horticultural Union, I'M
der the name of the Yakima County
exhibit.
AS you stand in the pavilion, just
west of a small center stand, and
look west, you see the most COM
plete exhibit in the entire building.
In the center of this long hall is a
narrow table or stand, with shelves
each one further back and little
higher than the one preceding, some
thing in the form of two flights of
stairs, which meet at the top, from
opposite directions. On this Is
placed the less important and smaller
vegetables and fruits. At the end
nearest us are two large cakes of ice,
in which are frozen strawberries and
cherries, and at the farther end Is a
smaller willow frame, which is used
as protection to some small plants.
We will now start at the east end
and pass down the left hand aisle.
On our left is an immense stand built
after the same manner as the one
have just mentioned, and stretched
from one end of the hall to the other.
Here are placed vegetables, fruits
and grains. and above it Is long
row of hops. which are fastened to
the wall, and serve as a sort Of back
ground. By this time we have reached
the center of the aisle, ana our at
tention is attracted by a fine grape
vine, trained on cross. on which
one can scarcely see a leaf for the
numerous large clusters of grapes.
At our right is the lower table, to
which very little attention is paid,
the exhibit being of much poorer
quality than that on the long stand.
AS we move on, we notice the i'm
mense size of the cabbage, melons,
pumpkins and squashes, but as we
near the door we have to look up
about five feet to see the ears Of corn
on the mammoth stocks.
Now, we will go around the end of
the center stand. and pass up the
other aisle What is the first display
which is so carefully Enclosed in wire
screening? 1t is a hive of bees and
solid wax is built miniature house
comb, and by the side of this little
house is very large cake of ex-
tracted honey, which has been pre-
pared so that it is in hardened state.
Here, too, is honey in the liquid state,
and that in the comb. The space
from this point to the center of the
pavilion, which is about two-thirds of
the north side of the hall, is set apart
to the display of apples. These ap-
pies are of three different colors, and
are so arranged that each co.or will
row diagonally across the space.
We will now go back to wnere we
started. and take a look at the ex-
hibit in general. On our right, the
apples, and bees at the far end; to
out left, the display of mixed fruits
and vegetables; and just before us
is the artificial ice. and the long CEN
ter stand with it's display. Fastened
to the side of the walls, and coming
to common center are long stream
ers of paper of the national colors,
which serve as canopy: the shelves,
also, are draped with bunting of the
same colors, to produce an artistic
effect