Durango semi-weekly herald., 1905-10-02

lite. Gano. Water Core. Rawles. Janet
Blush, Jonathan, Belle Plaine and
Strawberry. There are seven varie-
ties of pears and two of potatoes.
! r. W. kroeaer.
F. w. kroeger of the Animas valley
had three varieties of oats and two
of wheat. both in sheef. potatoes. two
varieties; apples. I've; pears, one
crabapples. one; squashes. four. and
very large carrots
Joe Day.
Joe Day of the Aninas valley show.
ed some fine varieties Of potatoes.
carrots. rutabagas, black timothy. red
top, alfalfa, fax. mlcaroni wheat and
oats. the grain being 1ll In sheaf.
J. T. SIeeth.
j. T. Sleeth OF tho Animss ,plley
had oats and rye ia sheaf, corn in
shock and beans On the vine; also
carrots and onions.
| J. n. Mccoy.
Some extra fine pie pumpkins weIo
shown by j. H. Mccoy Of the Animas
valley.
| bayfield,.
The exhibitors from Bayfield, had
their products all together. and they
spoke volumes for that section. Some
of the finest sugar beets were from
there.
John Everett's exhibit contained
| timothy, redtop, alfalfa. buestem. mil.
let narrowbladed slough grass. the
| second cutting of alfalfa, Big -Four
oats tboth in sheaf and grain, rye,
| spring wheat, Red Chnff wheat and
winter wheat
Il. G. Bates. sheaf wheat. The heads
are very large and heavy
John Judy Tartar King oats, Black
Diamond wheat. Tartar King wheat
fall wheat, meadow oat grass
w. h. Malloy, big sheaf of oats.
W. w. Akers. oats raised without
Irrigation. These oats looked as well
as some oats raised with irrigation.
being tall and well matured. He also
had some fine millet and very fine po
tatoes of the Chicago Market and Sun
light varieties.
r. N. Mason. oats very high, and
wheat.
John Moss, some fine potatoes.
w. b. Asher, some fine apples.
w. N. kieht.
W. n. Klght of the Sunnyside or.
chard at Pennington was on hand
with display that attracted great
deal of attention. He made a special
ty of apples and pears exhibiting no
other kind of fruit except persimmons.
His fruit was all arranged In plates
and he occupied Il space forty feet
long on the table. Mr.. Kight has
some photographs which he showed
visitors which were interesting. one
was of a tree which contained ton
OF apples. Another was of 36 apples
In three piles which weighed 30
pounds. Another was of a plate of
a foot up and down, Still another
was the entrance to his home which
showed some great shade and fruit
trees. The biggest apples he has at
the fair are the King OF Thompkins
County, New York. and they weigh a
pound and quarter apiece. Mr.
Right has cut his orchard down con.
siderably by selling a part. but he
has bought more and has three separ.
ate tracts OF land now, all embrac.
Ing orchards. His home place Is on
the east of Pennington and contains
twenty acres. He has an eight.acre
orchard on the north side of town
and u six'acre orchard on the west
Montezuma county, which always
sends an elegant display to the fair,
failed TO come this year, except with
five pounds of butter from the new
creamery. Durango regrets the alb.
sence of Montezumas exhibit and
many visitors inquired about II.
Ed Hendricks.
Ed Hendricks Of Aztec had nice
line OF vegetables, every one an ex-
cellent product.
Livestock.
The livestock exhibit shows that the
cattle and horses of this country are
| Improving. The past two years sev-
efai oil the best horses to be obtained
have been brought to this section, and
| from this time ON a marked Improve.
| ment In the grades can be looked for
Briesfer, the pretty Belgian stallion,
was brought in by the Bayfield, Horse
company. Briesfer is a bright bay.
was four years old last March and
weighs $50 pounds. He was brought
to Durango n year ago last spring by
the Bayfield, Horse company for their
horse farm at Bayfield,. The stallion,
according to custom In Belgium. Is
docked He won four medals before
DC was sent to America and he wore
these medals in the parade. They
were fastened to his neck by a string.
| Griffith brothers, OF Florida mesa.
entered their handsome black peroher-
on stallion. Mimac, The horse was
three years old last February and the
last time he was weighed In June, he
| tipped the scales at $50 pounds.
They also entered their Shire stallion
Pedro. He is Ave years old and
weighs 1900 pounds.
Philip Gilbert OF Thompson's park
has entered Lario, a handsome Nor.
man.Percheron stallion, weight 1900
pounds.