Rocky Ford enterprise., 1908-09-04
ROCKY FORD. COLORADO. FRIDAY. SEPTEMBER 1, 1908.

good work in fruit and flowers by Miss
Pansy Sheldon. Miss Charline Cover
and Mrs. X. W. Rose are also among the
new candidates for ribbon honors.
The needlework department makes
perhaps the best show in the history of
the fair, indicating that our rising talent
does not all run to painting.
The flower show is necessarily limited,
for the late season gave the flower seeds
bad set back. Still the display of cut
flowers is not altogether bad In fact it
marks a. credtable persistency on the
part of our local f1oriculturists.
The burnt wood. painted china and
photogra phic work make abou. their usu-
al contribution to the art department.
1t has been suggested that special
"curio" exhibit could be made an attrao-
tive feature of this depa rtment Of our
Fair, and it should be tried by some en-
thusiast next year.
As an agricultural show the Fair is "up
to par" in the phraseology of P. X. Binn
Of the Experiment Station. this year.
Notwithstanding the late and unfavorable
spring the garden sass" display looms
up well. and the grains are not far be-
hind: while the fruits. which were sup
posed to be all killed by the late frost,
make a decidedly better showing tina n
last year.
D. V. Burrell makes an unique seed
display.
The beet growers have put in a few
good samples. so much so that the
judges had to do some fine work in maxi
ing the awards. But this is on the whole
an off year for beets.
Senator Swink sets the pace in the
honey exhibit as usual. but two or three
Of our bee men are still in the ring despite
the general falling of in local honey pro-
duetion Of late years.
The pantry stores and the pastry sx-
hibit always does credit to the domestic
ity Of the Arkansas Valley housewife. as
to both quality and quantity; and the
judges in this department had the usual
snap in sampling the entries.
Over in the poultry house there was
the usual eaekle on. Though there is not
the usual show Of fancy stock from out
side points that we have had in forme r
years there Is the best show Of local
poultry ever made. With two enthus-
iasts like Chester Johnson and o. G.
Ffsntz any Of the agricultural depart
ments could be made a rafting as well
as eaekling success. A new feature
this year is the competitive exhibit Of
ineubators. and the Matching Of fries
while you wait"
After the chickens comes the hogs. and
they are every one Duroes: thanks, no
doubt to the one man enthusiasm again
that Of c. F. Burke. While there is no
variety IN breeds there is some fine pork
on exhibition. the major portion being from
the pens Of Messrs Burke and Cover.
though few Of the hogs are from the
Western slope. This exhibit will be the
centre Of attraction today. when the first
public sale Of the Colorado Duroe Jersey
Hog Breeders association will be held.
In horses the show is rather light, un-
less we measure the exhibit by the draft
standard. In this class there are certainly
some heavy horses and few very good
ones. There are some very good speei
mems Of horse flesh in the other classes,
but on the whole the showing is not great.
The cattle exhibit shows some fine Jer =
seys and few good grades. The latter
do rot seem to have been especially
groomed for the show and are thin in
flesh. Our cattle show does not impress
the visitor that this valley is a great but
ter country. Gu. horse show ought to do
better, when we have the government t
breeding station located in this state. and
the natural conditions are so favorable to
horse breeding. Perhaps the auto craze
has something to do with It. At all events
the horse show does not grow as it
should.
There is always interest in the horse
races. II not in the horse fair. There is
an abundance Of racing horses and every
race is warmly contested. As the races
are still on when the Enterprise goes to
press, We withhold any report until we
can give complete returns.
Poultry Association
The poultry faneisrs Of the Valley met