The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1908-10-01
"A GREAT
EXPOSITION
Brookings County Fair a Sue
cess ,.
|FINE WEATHER AND LARGE CROWDS
Over 1900 People Visit Fair
Grounds Four Days

Grounds Four Days
# On Friday the Brookings County
VI Eair association closed the best and
most successful exposition in its his
I4fory. The attendance was fine on all
four days and financially the fair was
"a winner and this places 1t securely
on it's feet for the coming year. The
excellent weather which prevailed
three of the four days, of course had
much to do with the fine crowds and
the policy of the association in adding
\ another day to offset the bad weather
4 proved to be a wise one this year.
The fair association was very fortu-
nate in having good weather three o!
the four days. Friday was cloudy and
cold. which kept large number away,
hut in spite of this there was good
crowd present. The gross recelpts
were about $4,000, and something over
500 was paid out in premiums. The
association came out well financially
and will have some money left to help
next years fair
The fair was not only success in
financial way, but viewed from any
other angle we could not see how IL
could be very much improved. The
exhibits were excellent and plenty OF
them in every department. The at
fractions were of the best and OF this
or any other feature about the falr
we did not hear one word OF censure.
The ticket and other business arrange
ments were unexcelled and there was
not the slightest friction or mistakes
in the four days hustle and hustle.
The crowds were the most orderly and
best nstured we have ever seen and
during the entire four days only one
man was put off of the grounds.
We believe that this years fair is
something which every citizen in the
county can take pride in, with the
knowledge that it was the equal of any
and superior to many of the county
fairs held in the older states in the
east. The reason for this success is
due in a great measure to the direc-
tors of the association, but they nave
been literally supported by every sec
ton of the county, and only in this
way can the fair continue to be an
exposition worthy of great ana
wealthy county like Brookings.
The exhibit of live stock was fea-
ture of the fair and proved beyond
doubt that the farmers of the county
believe in and have the money to stock
their farms with the best grades or
cattle. horses, sheep and swine. The
stock was housed in the handsome
new sale pavilion, which provided an
excellent place to show it to the best
advantage. On Thursday, the third
day of the fair, the premium winners
among he horses and cattle were pa
raded before the grandstand. They
were all we'll groomed for the occa-
sion and made a pretty and impress
siye appearance. Nearly every grade
was represented and all of the stan
dard breeds adapted to this section
were on exhibition. AS they passed
the grandstand the class or stock, TO-
gether with the names of the own
ers were announced.
The agricultural and horticultural
exhibits were revelation to the
stranger not aware of the richness or
our soil. containing as they did nearly
everything that is grown out or doors
anywhere. Plums, apples, berries OF
all kinds, beets, carrots, parsnips, cele'
ry. cabbage. caulif1ower, corn, wheat,
and in fact every product of the farm,
orchard and garden was present IN
nrofusion. The display OF corn was
such as to attract attention anywhere
and amply demonstrated that king
Corn" is at much at home in Brook
ings county as in the states farther
south The exhibit included speci-
mems from the old fashioned "squaw'
corn raised by the first settlers to
the latest product of plant breeding.
feature of this display was an exhib-
il from the South Dakota experiment
station and the State college dairy
department. The experiment station
exhibit was particularly interesting,
showing what has been accomplished
for the farmers of the state in the way
of bringing forth the different types
best adapted to this section. In the
horticultural department the State col
lege had on exhibition the new fruits
which have been discovered by Prof.
N. f. Hansen, who has and is doing a
work second to no other man In this
country. Prof Larson, head OF the
dairy department, made an excellent
showing In his department and clear
ly demonstrated the value Of the dairy
industry to the farmers of South Da-
kota.
The exhibit in the poultry depart
ment was large one and of sufficient
merit to attract and hold the attention
of everv fair visitor. There were
seventY coops, containing nearly every
variety of chickens, ard in addition
there were on exhibit turkeys, geese,
ducks, pheasants and guinea hens.
The exhibit was the best we have ever
seen at a county fair and was pro-
nounced by large number to be the
equal of the display at the state fair.
Wild Canada geese were exhibited by
S. ]. Rudolph, wild mallard ducks by
Wood Thompson and a coop of golden
pheasants by Henry Getty
The ladies had turned the Floral
Hall into a veritabla fairyland OF beauty
and the exhibits In this building at
tracted perhaps more attention than
any other. Here were grouped all OF
the products of the household and In
such beauty and profusion as to delight
and amaze the fair visitors and the
ladies who worked to make this ex-