American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1909-10-09
700 EXHIBITS
FARMERS DAY
lO9 Entrymen Compete For
Premiums Offered.
Homer Pease Awarded First Prize For
Grains and Grasses--C. L. Myers
For Potatoes---Fruit Display
a Surprise.


The display of products Farmers'Day
is said to have been superior to that
made at the Bingham or Oneida county
fairs. So excellent was it that A. Nc
Pherson, the Twin Falls expert who
judged the exhibit, strongly advised
that it be taken to the state fair at
Boise. Nothing can beat it, " he said.
Some of the exhibits were-not we'll
selected, and while excellent in quality,
were not considered in making the
awards because they were oversize.
not uniform in size, or did not meet the
conditions in the premium list. Last
year the Farmers Day committee went
in for large products. The biggest
potato, the largest apples, pumpkins,
squashes, ETC., were the exhibits for
which premiums were offered. This
year quality, and not size, was sought
and premiums offered accordingly.
Some of the exhibitors, remembering
last years prize winners, selected their
exhibit with size the CONSPICUOUS fea-
ture. For instance, E. D. Hines, of
Aberdeen, exhibited thirty we'll shaped
potatoes which weighed rs pounds.
Along side of his exhibit was that of C.
L. Myers, of Aberdeen, with every
potato a true type of its kind, uniform
in size and not half so large, which
carried away the sweepstakes prize,
$40 heating stove. Most of the potatoes
exhibited were too large and shapeliness
was sacrificed for size. Radishes 2l
inches long and weighing ten pounds
were exhibited by w. B. Joslid. They
were grown in his garden in American
Falls and were center of interest, but
were considered only as "freaks" when
the prizes were awarded. Many ex-
hibits were similar but in the aggregate
the display was fine beyond expecta-
ton. Could every prospective home
seeker, who will be here this fall have
seen it, every acre of available land
would soon be taken. Cabbage weigh
ing twenty pounds, squash that would
fit snugly in barrel dry farm water
melons weighing upwards of thirty
pounds, apples weighing a pound, red
raspberries, the finest plums and
prunes, and grasses that can not be
surpassed.
Sixteen views of the exhibits were
taken. A portion of the exhibit will be
taken to the Dry Farm congress at
Billings, Mont, this month, and por-
tions Of it will be sent to the Chicago
Fat Stock show or to the eastern fair
circuit, A portion of the display will
be kept on exhibition at the CONNER
cial club rooms.
There were 109 exhibitors and 638
entries for prizes. Many exhibits
arrived too late to be entered into the
competition, so that the number of ex-
hibits probably exceeded 200. A list of
the awards, so far as they can be OBJ
tained, is given elsewhere but it lacks
considerable of being complete. C. A.
Warner, of Rockland, had the largest
number of entries, 46. Next followed
George Budge, of Rockland, A. VIM.
Walter, of American Falls, q. Homer
Pease, of Rockland, and A. S. Patton,
of American Falls, "A each. All had
excellent exhibits and all are numbered
among the prize winners. The number
of exhibits deserving of praise is too
large to permit of individual mention.
A series of illustrations, probably be-
ginning next week and continuing for
sixteen weeks, will be published by the
Press and will give better idea Of The
displays than is here possible.