The Cairo bulletin., 1909-01-11
HAVE FRUIT FARMS
NORTH YAKIMA WOMEN EXCEL
AS AGRlcULTuRlSTS.
Mrs. Rudkin has One Of Prize Cream
cries In State-Women Take
Most Of the Prizes OF
the airs.

North Yakima Wash--O the Ruu-
kin ranch, two miles from the Guy
the most up-to-date creamerles III the
state have been built. Some time ago
Mrs. Frank IL. Rankin, wife OF Judge
| Rudkin of the state supreme behch'
decided that North Yakima ought 10
have clean, pure milk and that she
| would supply it. The erection OF the
| new creamery is the result.
A concrete building supplied WIN
all the lateA machinery has Deeh
erected at cost of about $4,000 The
| floors of the barn are of concrete, the
walls and ceilings plastered, There
| is no wood visible about the INTERIOR
! There are movable lltters and ade-
| uuate methods of ventilation.
At the recent state fair some or the
| best awards, altogether exclusive OF
| those included in the woman's Duild-
| ing, went to feminine competitors
| The dairy department itself was uhdeF
| the management of woman, VINO mas
proved herself a good judge OF stock
| and an excellent maker of butter. Mrs.
| II. Carmichael of Yakima City. MIS-
| Carmichael has for several years sue
cessfully run creamery, ana hef put'
| ter finds it's way not only to nearby
| markets but to the sound.
The announcement of awards IN the
| plate exhibits of fruit at the lair
| showed nearly dozen women orchard-
| lists TO dispute honors with the men.
In proportion and importance OF prizes,
| TOO, their success was marked. Mrs. Z,
| A. Rhodes had among other things the
largest apple entered the best Bald.
wins. the best exhibit Of peaches OF hVe
varieties, and the best exhibit OF pears
of ten varieties. AS pear growers, 10
out of q awards went to the women
Mrs. Rhodes also took ribbons for sew
eral varieties of grapes. Mrs. =.
Brandenburg won honors from apples
to grapes, while her daughter Ruth
distinguished herself as cake-maker
Mrs. G. Starcher demonstrated not
only her ability to grow superior trnit,
winning awards for grapes, pears ana
Bellflower apples, but how to preserve
it. Her jellies, canned fruit and veg.
etables made her conspicuous winner
in the culinary department
Mrs. ]. L. Hughes, looked on more as
a society woman than a rancher, sur
prised her friends by exhibiting the
best Mann apples, the best yellow
Transparents. the best Duchesse dan
gouleme pears, and taking second place
for Flemish Beauties. Mrs. 5. H.
Raedle, who combines successful rose
culture chicken raising and horticul'
ture, was the best exhibitor of prunes,
showing also ribbon winning apples,
peaches and pears. Mrs. c. C. f. Nc
Whorter and Mrs. L. V. McWhorter
took prizes in apricots, apples and
pears, while Mrs C. o. Adams and
Mrs. A. G. Elder are prize grape grow
ers.
Mrs. f. G. Hall of the Mckee demon
strated that a woman can be good
cook and housewife and at the same
time devote herself TO some special
branch of industry Her pies, cookies
and cakes were decorated with rib
bons, she was a competitor in some OF
| lUt lduty~ Nblk tldS0to anu oHN ihN
the best Buff Rock chickens In poul-
try show which was declared to be the
finest ever seen in the northwest.
She took first ribbon straight through
for cock, hen, cockerel and pullet, with
some besides in the Black Minorca
class.
Her birds were so good that Judge
Clipp of Indiana, who made the
awards, purchased the cock. at a good
price, to take home with him, intending
to start family of irrigated Bun Rocks
in the middle west. Miss Berence
Barnes of Sunnyside had Silver Wyan.
dottes and Rhode Island Reds of the
first rank, while Mrs. b. +. Munday
of Ellensburg, was a large exhibitor i'm
a number of classes.
The champion chicken woman.
though, was Mrs Bertha NJ Storey of
Orange City, Ore winner Of the prize
for the best individual exhibit with a
line Of Hamburg and Polish birds
which cannot be beaten in the west.
Mrs. Storey took away $3.50 in pre-
mums. and as her entry fees totaled
up to only about thirty dollars. there
is money for her In the show business.