The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1910-10-15

tent was that made by the farmers OF
the Alberta country, Canada, through
the cooperation and efforts OF the
Alberta Board of Trade. headed by
their able president, A. r. Grady.
Mr.. Grady was given carte blanche to
put up the best exhibit he could
make. Almost every county of the
province of Alberta was represented,
and nearly all of them won prizes.
Mr.. Grady takes home with him seven
blue ribbons, ten or dozen red ones
as second prizes and one purple
awarded the last day Of the fair as
special prize for the handsomest ex-
bibit, by the Spokane Chamber OF
Commerce. Mr.. Grady brought down
nearly hundred and fifty bushels of
oats grading thirty seven pounds to
the bushel, nearly as much wheat
grading sixty-five pounds to bushel,
while a consignment from Lethe-
bridge in charge of the Lethebridge
board of trade, had bin full of wheat
that looked to be about five hundred
bushels, and grading nearly as high.
on but two inches OF rain fall during
the growing season. Surely somebody
has been educating them in the prin-
ciples of the Campbell system of dry
farming.
The best county display, Spokane
county being barred, was made by the
Commercial Club of Wilson Creek,
Washington, second the Mcleod dis
trict of Alberta, third to Phillips coun-
ty, Colorado The best individual ex-
hibit of grains, forage and roots all
grown by one exhibitor was made by
Tillman Berter, of Madras, Oregon.
10 give further list and the awards
in the dry farming tent alone, would
be to fill an entire page OF this paper.
Wheat and small grains seemed to
hold the prominent place in the dry
farming tent. However, plenty of
vegetables, apples and other fruits
we're shown. The university of Idaho
and the Washington college had very
interesting and extensive exhibits.
The next tent in Importance at the
fair was devoted to the horticultural
exhibits 1t was about half the size
of the dry farming tent but the ex
hibits we're much more densely pack
ed. Here were apples from every part
of the state. Some from Idaho, Mon
tana and b. G. Grant county carried
away the prize for the best showing
of fruit, bet she had no walk away
from enterprising and newly organic
ed mem bership of the Stevens County
Federation of Commercial Clubs.
The Stevens county men are certainly
an enterprising bunch consisting of
nearly two thousand members, twenty
| two clubs of which make up the single
federation named above. They are
newly organized in this federation
and Grant county will have to hustle
| if she desires to hold first place
for another year. Part of this tent
was given over to very interesting
mining exhibit. In one corner of the
same a single booth was given over to
the exhibit of Hutchinson, Mimi,
creamery Co. In one corner of an
other tent given over to individual
exhibits by manufacturers, another
creamery company from the same town
exhibited its butter products. These
were the only butter exhibits made
on the grounds.
A fine exhibit Of poultry was made,
and most of the city as well as some
of the country folks enjoyed the dog
show given in tent by itself.
Many new styles of farm implements
/ were shown. One of these which re-
ceived great deal of attention was
grain header and thrasher propelled
by gasoline engine called the Cater
piller, because of its manner OF
traction Four low wheels two on
each side are circumscribed by chain
| belt whose links are made uI of large