The Greeley tribune., 1908-09-09
FINE PRODUCTS GOING To lNrhk-
STATE FAIR NENr WEEk
FINEST EVER COLLECTED
First Lot OF Grains and Alfaifa Al
ready Shipped.-More PERISH
able Crops to BE Sent as
Needed.-The Men
Behind

Weld county IL Soius " wv ">'
self proud at the Interstate Far IN
Denver, Sept. 7-12 and at the state
fair in Pueblo Sept. 1920.
For weeks the committee consist
ing of ]. F. McCreery and A. L.
Mumper ably assisted by NJ. II. Lowe
secretary of the commercial club
and by Harold McCreery have labor
ed getting together the stuff for the
best exhibit that ever lett this dis
trict. Hardly day has passed that
Messrs McCreery and Lowe have not
made trips far afield for their mater
ial and their zeal has been amply
rewarded. Their proceedings nave
been kept as quiet as possible, as II
was unadvisable for other counties to
get a line on the work being done
here. The fine exhibit will be pack
ed and out of the city tonight.
The list of the exhibits follows:
White Russian Oats, Walter Brey-
lev. Frank Mumper, Albert Mont
gomery.
White Side Oats, Chas. Wallace.
White Russian Oats, Ault District.
Fifteen varieties of alfalfa. +. r.
House. All of the varieties were
planted at the same time under the
same conditions and they range from
two to seven feet in heighth. Ihey
were all harvested at the same time,
and some of them have long since
gone to seed while others have not
yet bloomed. ,
Packing Case No 8. was filled
with an exhibit from E. P. House S
experimental farm. The contents OF
the case included samples of Nichol S
100 bushel wheat, Chillian wheat,
Durham wheat, velvet chaff or white
defiance wheat, one stool OF wheat
with SO stocks. Cleolome or Colo
RADIO Bee Plant, "a cross between the
sweet clover and a roadside weed,
some of Mr.. Houses own work
Champion Beardless Barley, Cross
between celery and asparagus tan.
other of Mr. Houses successful
experiments) Champion Millet. Mani
toba. Millet, Wormless Corn (each
kernel is enclosed in seperate
husk) Flax. Salzer Million Dollar
Grass, Siberian Millet.
Two Row Brewing Barley, E. r.
Bliss.
Stock Barley. ]. F. McCreery
Bald Barley, E. R. Bliss.
Alaska Wheat. ]. O. Fishencord.
Durham Wheat, Turkey Red
Wheat. Tea Wheat, ]. F. McCreery.
Defiance Wheat, n. d. Bartholo-
new.
Defiance Wheat, j. F. McCreery.
Sixty-three varieties of potatoes.
Prof. E. R. Bennett These potatoes
we're grown at Professor Bennett 5
experimental station on the E. R.
Bliss farm and were all raised from
seed. Considering the difficulties at
tendant on producing spuds in this
fashion. the specimens are of remark.
able size.
Early Ohio Potatoes, John Hicks,
LaSalle.
Early Pearl Potatoes, John Hicks,
LaSalle.
Tomatoes, John Hicks, LaSalle.
It is claimed b ymen in position
to Judge that this variety of melon
surpasses the far famed Rocky Ford
melon in every way.
Cauliflower, Sugar Beets, F. w
Steele, Greeley.
Cabbage. A cross between the Flat
Dutch and the Winning Stadt. F
W. Steele.
Greeley.
Sugar Cane, Carl Sanborn.
Red Scalloped Summer Squash, r
e. Martinson.
Buckwheat, Chas. H. Bliss.
Red Onions, yellow Prize Takel
Onions, grown on the lnsinger farm
White Onions, Taketa.
Cucumbers, summer squash, table
beets, horse radish, ]. F. McCreery
Hops, Manglewurzels, turnips, pie
pumpkins, field pumpkins. table car
rots, cayenne pepper, sweet peppers
W. Turner, Greeley.
All kinds of threshed grains.
Speltz or Emmer, j. l.. Ewing.
Turnips, l.. D. Massacre.
Turnips, potatoes, Jno. Hicks.
Twenty-Five inch cucumber, Walter
Breyley.
Swadley corn, Rose Seeding po
tatoes, H. G. Havener.
Sweet peppers, r. w. Harris.