American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1909-10-02
'EXCELLED
EXPECTATIONS
EXHIBITS COULD NOT BE
BEATEN ANYWHERE.
The Greatest Show of the Kind Ever
Held in the State Every De-
partment Crowded With
a Creditable Display.

Marred only by the elements, which
none of us can control, the second an
nual Farmers Day here was in every
respect grand success. The weather
was rather bad, but the crowd Of visit
ors was good and the display of fruits,
grain, vegetables and flowers was bet
ter. In fact it was great, and can any
one doubt the goodness of this district
after viewing the exhibits?
The various displays of vegetables
and fruits, all of which were raised in
the near vicinity, only demonstrated
the wonderful results that can be OBJ
tained from the once-covered sagebrush
land. Occupying a prominent corner of
the exhibition hall was a stately sage
brush-or rather, sage tree bearing
the legend, I'm going; good bye. "
And how true the sentence! 1t was, in
deed, wonderful sight, the fruits and
vegetables, and the contrast displayed
between the big, majestic sagebrush
and the benches of products was most
remarkable.
Farmers from all the districts sur
rounding American Falls brought in
their products for display, and to say
that any one district made better
showing than another would be an in
Justice. They were all excellent and
the work of the judges was no easy
task. 1t was their duty to be fair, but
to award prizes on articles while all are
about as near perfect as can be possible
requires the judgment of an expert.
Many of the farmers did not understand
fully the rules governing displays and
brought their biggest products, giving
but little attention to regularity Of size
and uniformity. The quality of their
products was just as good but the man
having his display of vegetables of uni
form size and shape was the man who
received the prize This was plainly
demonstrated in the case of c. L.
Myers, of Aberdeen, whose display of
potatoes won first prize and sweep
stakes. Many of the farmers could
have displayed as excellent lot had
they given less attention to large size
and more to the regular size of their
displays.
William Walter, of Aberdeen, gave
Homer Pease, of Rockland, a hard
race for first prize for the best
display of all vegetables. 4 never in
all my life saw better display of pota-
toes, said a stranger in the town who
was visiting at the exhibition. The
prize winners here are wonderful and
the whole country will soon hear of this
district on account of its remarkable
potatoes. The first prize in this vege-
table was awarded to c. L. Myers of
Aberdeen. The display was of the Car
men No. variety and of the twenty
Ave potatoes that made up the display
there was hardly variation of an
ounce. E. D. Hines OF, Aberdeen also
had an excellent display Of potatoes,
but he, like many others, gave too
much attention to size. They were
beauties. however, and made an excel
lent showing.
William Walter of Aberdeen was
awarded first prizes for cabbage and
eucumbers, and second prize for mangel
Nurtzels. The cabbage on which Mr.
Walter was given the award measured
about fifteen inches in diameter. The
cueumbers, too. were fine and one
would have to hunt for some time to
fnd better ones.
The first prizes for canteloupes and
musk melons also went to farmers from
the Aberdeen district. c. NJ. Hepner
sof Aberdeen was given first prize for
the best musk melon, and A. j. Shreck
the blue ribbon for canteloupes. Mr..
a.Shreck was also given prize for the
best citron on display.
Farmers Of Aberdeen also demon
sstrated that water melons can be grown
In their district and the first prize in
this class was given to w. 5. Alvord.
u. d. Hines was awarded first prize for
the best satisfy or oyster plant and W.
atG. Stuffelbam, of Springfield, was
awarded first prize for the best hubbard
squash. Hosea Berg was awarded first
I prize for the best display of Dayton
pears.
Il All of the prizes awarded to farmers
smentioned were for products raised on
IRRIGATED lands. There was of course
much stuff on display raised on dry
YARNS which was good. but the irrigat-
cd products were much better in gem
J. .&ral. Among the disnlavs of rrains