The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1908-09-17

Next to the dairy department a sign
attracted the eye. South Dakota Honey
Leads the World This fact was demon
strated by an exquisite display of both comb
and liquid honey. In the center a hive of
bees was busily engaged in making honey
behind a glass front. The Western honey
producers are TO be congratulated on this
showing. Bookkeeping is in it's infancy,
but it's possibilities are unlimited. =
The Quincy Nursery Co, of Yankton,
had a fine line of trees and seed grains.
Mr.. Quincy is enthusiastic over the sue
cess of his Turkey Red winter wheat. having
several fields that yielded upwards of forty
bushels per acre. The Quincy business
deserves to grow and is increasing rapidly.
The Pomana gardens at Vermillion, E. d.
Cowles, proprietor, appear to be in a -four
ishing condition from the appearance of the
exhibit. Mr.. Cowles showed twenty-eight
varieties of apples that withstood an inch
of frost in the Seeding stage. These varie-
ties ought to be hardy enough for any point
in the state.
Geo. H.. Whiting, who has been in the
nursery business at Yankton for many years,
showed an elaborate lot of fruits. shrubs
and ornamentals. Mr.. Whiting has perhaps
done as much as any man in the state in
promoting prairie forestry and is an author
ity on hardy varieties and the handling of
trees on the prairie.
From the Black Hills. the riches of the
mines were brought and piled in high
heaps for the inspection of the admiring
public. Minerals are the kind of products
that mean industry and a rich market for
farm produce. The Black Hills region is
famous the world over as the richest hun
bred square miles in the world. That they
have the goods was demonstrated beyond
doubt. Besides the silver and gold ores
many of the rarer chemical and medicinal
metals which constitute rich by-products
of the mines.
The Dakota Improved Seed Co, showed
fifteen varieties of corn, the greater part
of it we'll matured. Their showing of small
grains and vegetables brought forth much
favorable comment.
The Newbury's from Mitchell, made their
usual creditable showing of nursery stock
and cut flowers. They have nearly an acre
under glass and upward of eighty acres
in nursery stock.
Passing from the horticulture pavilion
the machinery exhibit was the next thing
to be noticed. 1t seemed to the writer as
though there was nothing left TO invent in
the way of farm tools, but those shown
thi. year show marked Improvement over
the old. one Of the striking features of the
display was the manifold use of the.gasoline
engine. These little giants were to be
seen pumping water, grinding feed, running
gang plows and doing all manner of work
formerly done by hand, horse or steam.
The Hart Parr Co, of Charles City. Iowa,
showed a machine for breaking prairie
which will turn from thirty to fifty acres
in q day. In tnreshing machines the
steel Jacket for the separator has replaced
the wood. The Maple Bay Manufacturing
Co., of Crookston, Mimi. have placed upon
the market the most perfect tanning mill
and grain grader that has been contrived
up to date. 1t cleans and grades the grain
at the same time. One of the best features
is an oscilating feed so that when the mach
inc stops the feed stops. enabling the opera
tor to adjust at will. Anutber novel contriv-
pnce was a machine capat4e Of shearing from
three to five hundred sheep in a day run by
a gasoline engine. This outfit was shown
by the Davis-Martin Co. Chicago. Taken
as a whole the exhibit of machinery and
vehicles would be hard to excel.
The agricultural hall was one of the
first buildings to be filled. 1t it were seen
collective exhibits from fifteen counties.
Hanson. Hyde. Sphinx. Dawson Turner.
Clark. Hand. Clay, Hughes, Mccook, Kings
bury. Minnehaha, Brown. Codington and
Butte. Stanley county was unfortunate in
having her exhibit side racked somewhere
and were unable to make a showing. Han
son. Hyde and Sphinx won the first three
ribbons in the order named, In this result
there is a remarkable feature as the coun-