The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1909-09-25

millet, Japanese millet Inine feet
high), brown top, and bromus; pea
vines; with a strawberry plant con:
tanning its second crop { 9f yell
developed berries.
There was caulihower, celery,
onions, cabbage, carrots, salsif,
tomatoes Zone giant weighing three
pounds), cucumbers (many sixteen
inches in lengthy, and many other
of the ordinary products of the
garden, all of which were perfect in
formation and development, showing
that the season is plenty long enough
to mature any class of vegetables or
grain, grass or corn.
Ten varieties of potatoes we're
shown, principally burbank, carmen
and early rose. These potatoes
were of exceptional quality and
caused much favorable comment.
Indicative of the extreme product
iveness of the soil of the county,
there were shown some varieties of
products that are really foreign to
the state and which it was popularity
supposed could not be raised and
matured in this northern section.
Several garden peaches we're
shown. which were fully ripened and
luscious fruit; ground lemons splen-
did specimens; garden huckleberries;
peanuts shown on the vine; several
tobacco plants; some coffee plants
with berries that were perfect;
Duchess and other varieties of
apples, raised at Itasca State Park,
in the southern part of county.
The display of dairy cattle, while
not large, was of the very best
breeds, and the animals were splen-
did specimens.
Guernsey bulls were exhibited by
L. Jensen of the Town of Leon, the
the Farmers club of the Town of
Eddy and the club of the Town of
Leonard, these sires having been
purchased at cost of $50 each for
the raising of we'll. bred dairv cattle
with which to augment the rapidly
growing creamery industry of the
county.
Hans Larson was present from
the Town of Bermer (having driven
thirty miles, with eight head of
dairy cattle, one of which was his
champion registered Holstein COW,
Kit" which has for the past three
years averaged 800 pounds of butter
per year and over 5000 pounds of
milk, the COW having been purchased
from the famous Schilling herd at
Northheld. The other members of
the herd are well-bred and valuable
dairy cattle. ~.
T. K. Bergland of the Town of
Leon brought to the fair tw o
splendid Guernsey heifers and other
cattle. Mr.. Bergland is the most
enthusiastic dairyman in the county,
and was the first to advocate the
following of dairying as profitable
industry among local farmers.
There were some excellent
chickens, of nearly every known
variety; ducks, turkeys and guinea
fowls, with a cage of rabits to sort of
round out" the exhibit.
In the building set aside for the
display of fancy work, household
products and display by the schools,
there was most excellent showing
This department was under the
supervision of Mrs. o. Barness, with
Mrs. T. Safer and Miss Gilbertson
as assistants.
AS a sort of guardian" of the
place, there was large glass case
containing swarm of bees, which
were busy'' making up a batch Of
honey. They were the property oil
Gilbert Tollefson, of the Town OF
Popple, who owns about eighty
swarms and deals quite extensively
in honey.
Mrs. Curtis had on exhibition two
specimens of pen work that showed
much skill; a cartoon drawing by
Miss Mabel Gilbertson was very
clever; the water color work, OF
painting and pen work of J. J. Peter.
son were good; the exhibits of draw
ing, etc., from the schools, including
the high school down to the primary
grade, was excellent.
There was a fine f]isn1av Of fancy