The Sauk Centre herald., 1908-10-08
THE COUNTY FAIR
Sixth ANIMAL Exhibit of the Agri-
cultural Society
A CRfDITABLE SHOWING
Displays ;n Different Departments
Good, But the Attendance Was
Rather Small

The sixth annual fair of the Agri-
cultural Society of Stearns county,
closed Friday evening after a fairly
successful exhibit
The display was all creditable and
the attendance OF the farmers was
pretty good, but the townspeople did
not support the concern with their
attendance as well as they should.
The weather was very bad on
Thursday, the first real day of the
Wednesday was used to per-
feet the entries and the displays. 1t
was cold and windy on Thursday,
making 1t very disagreeable to be
OUT of doors. This kept the attend
ance down materially. Friday was
much warmer but there was a strong
southeast wind, which swept across
the grounds with almost the fury of
gale, making sight seeing unpleasant
tn Say the least.
The exhibits were all good. While
the live stock was not as large as it
Was last year, yet all the stock on
exhibition was of high grade and
took good premiums.
The poultry exhibit this year was
probably the best that has yet been
seen at the fair. The new poultry
building made it especially desirable
for poultry fanciers to place their
b...,..l; ca exhibition. These quarters
are comfortable and convenient and
t....t. lee few vacant cOops. C.. M.
Bryant, the we'll known poultry
faucier, was in chaI &c of this de
partment and worked hard for it's
success. MIR. Bryant secured the ser
vices of w. C. Ellison, of Minneapo-
lis, as an expert Judge. This gentle
man judged the exhibits and pro-
ncunced them all of high order.
I'aorc we're On exhibition in the
poultry building, 13O hens and cock
e1c,s, geese, IL guirea fowls,
ducks, 6 turkeys and eight doves. Of
the different varieties of poultry on
exhibition were the following: Rhode
Iz,---1d Reds, Buff Wyandottes, White
Wyandottes, Silver Lace Wyandottes,
Barred Plymouth Rocks, White Ply
mouth Rocks, Hamburgs, Brown Leg
horns, White Leghorns, Light Brah-
mas, Black Minorcas.
The display of agricultural pro-
duets in the booths under the grand
stand, was very creditable. AS here
tofore announced In Inc Herald, the
merchants of Sauk Centre divided up
the work of securing displays, and
tie result was very c-editable to all
concerned.
In floral hall the ladies reigned SUI
preme. Here the culinary artists
were queens and their wares were at
tractive. The displays VI iaucy work
We're very fine and attracted much
attention. In the southwest corner of
the room. was 2. display nf the pro-
ducts of the manual training depart
mcnt of the Sauk Ceatce public
schools, very creditabie and the CEN
ter of attraction. Wllwerding, the
!'::,aac,.;.si: Iu:Se:-gycc.:c, - was hers
l"e+ yea with fine lot "f howe
grown fruit, was on hand again with
an excellent display. Mr. Wiiwerding
proves conclusiveIy thu. Lish grade
fruit can be grown in Minnesota
On Thursday afternoon there was a
base ball game between Sauk Centre
, and Westport. The locals outclassed
the visitors to such an extent that
the game lacked interest. The score
was Is to l in favor OF Sauk Centre,
and Westport didn't deserve the lone
run hey got. Adams twirled for the
locals and did fine work. He is
bound TO make fine pitcher.