The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-10-27
PULLMAN WINS COUNTY PRIZE Awarded Honors for
 Best Exhibit. MONTGOMERY IS SECOND Home Farmers Secure Premium of
 $450 for Display. ,. R. McLendon Given First Place Over All Competitors h Individual Agri- cultural Entries.-North Ala
 anna Does Self Proud.

Cullman County has covered itself with glory. in an agricultural sense by its exhibit at the State Fair. The judges of the county exhibits paid q high compliment to the thrift and in- dustry of the German settlers of that county esterday where they awarded to the Cullman display championship honors in the inter-county competition than Its share of honors in the county contest Not only did Cullman win the first place and incidentally the grand and most artistically arranged county agricultural exhibit. but Madison one of the northen tier. secured fourth place In the contest, while Colbert took
 Montgomery County secured fine display of its products. which were ar ranged as carefully and as artistically as could be desired. but the farmers of themselves with the honor of appearine 2 in second place, with the additional fact that one of Montgomery County's prosperous farmers. J. R. McLendon captured the first prize for the best in Butler was the only South Alabama County that was awarded prize in th' county competition, securing thirt place.
 The full lists of awards in the col lective exhibits, both county and per. sonal, is as follows:
 Winning Counties. First prize for the best, largest and most artisticaily arranged county az. ricultural exhibit. carrying a purse Of $1, 900: Cullman County.
 Second best % S county agrienlturai ex
 Third best county exhibit. $250 in cash: Butler County.
 Fourth best county exhibit, S100 in cash: Madison County.
 Fifth best county exhibit, $100 in cash Colbert County
 First prize for the best. largest and most artistiQally arranged collective individual exhibit. sS5o in cash: J; R.
 Second best individual display. s15O in cash: w. L. Hilliard. Huntsville, Madison County.
 Third best individual exhibit. $IOO in cash, J. B. stephen of Montgomery
 In judging thess various exhibits. the the judges. based their awards upon tae ae being considered perfect: Agricuituit. 60 points; vegetables, 10 points; fruits. 10 points; home industry. 10 points. and artistic arrangement, 10 points. f
 Cullman's Fine Display.
 The exhibit that represented Cullmal County in the competition. and whicn won the grand agricultural prize or the Fair, was gathered within a radius town of CulIman. The exhibit was un- der the charge of J: M, Crutchheld. Joseph Schunck and Capt. w. M. Sel- den, all of that place.
 There are 213 different articles in the exhibit, grown by some eight or ten farmers. The exhibit embraces full car load of agricultural and horticnl- lii some articles that were sent to Mont aomerv by express. There are. as an Illustration O the completeness of the exhibit eighteen different waristies ,it or
 There are all kinds of vegetables, grains galorc, grasses of various kinds, hears and apples in abundance, jellies cannery, cotton and all its by-products sugar cane, meats. and various other articles. including seven kinds of Gull man County wine, all raised and pre- County.
 The Mei.endon Exhibit.
 The exhibit of MT. McLendon, which won the Individual championship, Is likewise clearly entitled to the honor accorded it. Mir. McLendon has In his exhibit cotton that was raised upon his 1S0-acre farm rear Naftel, that may be woven into clothes. and the material to furnish, and furnish. well, the table throughout the year In the hundred and one different aiticles that are to be found in the McLendon dis play there is practically everything that the human being really has
 Agricultural Awards. Other awards of premiums in the agricultural department were as fol- lows:
 Best bushel peanuts. any variety, J. R. McLendon, Naftel
 Best display of pumpkins. F. T.. Gilmore. Tuscumbia.
 Best display of cushaws, F. Y. Gil-
 Largest watermelon. '. P. Hite
 Best display of Alabama raised Tor age in standard bales. not less than hNe Machinery Premiums. Best ijndividual exhibit of steam engine and boiler combined. w. Caldwell, Montgomery.
 Best general exhibit of steam en- zines and boilers, w. K. Caldwell
 Best exhibit of steam boilers and trimmings; Janney and company Best exhibit of steam engine in op- eration, w. R. Caldwell, montgomery Best display of gas or gasoline en- zines, International Harveste,t Com pany of America. Chicago.
 Best display of gas or gasoline en- zine in operation. lnternationa! liar vester Company of America. Chicago zine, operating dynamo, International Harvester Company or America, Chi
 Best exhibit of calcium carbide Ra- chine and burners Mosley-Haigler Electric company. Montgomery. Best display of casting and foun-