The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-08-24
BIG DAIRY SHOW
Greatest Display Ever Seen in
the State
Being Made Ready for Topeka
State Fair.
AN UP TO DATE DAIRY
One Will Be in Operation on
Grounds.
Poultry Exhibit Also Promises
to Be Large.
An UP TO DATE DAIRY

There viii be the greatest display Of
dairy products at the state fair ever
displayed at an exposition in Kansas.
Dairy Commissioner d. NJ. Wilson is
working on a display of products which
show the magnitude OF the industry in
Kansas, and B. K. Daniels of st. Paul
Mimi, a sculptor or national fame,
viii take hand in making the exhibit
artistic.
Dairy Commissioner Wilson's dis
play will be an eye-opener.' said T. A
Borman, president Of the Kansas State
Fair association today. It will be rep
resentative Of the great dairy industry
in the state and will be much more
comprehensive than any similar exhibit
that has ever been made in Topeka.
IF. A Daniels, the famous sculptor.
has made a magnificent piece of butter
sculpture for the fair. He was here
Immediately after his return from Lon
don where he made a display for the
Canadian government, using so front
feet of space for the exhibit.
Wilson has arranged with a ma
chine company and a modern refriger-
ating system will be in operation in the
department In years past the old
fashioned ice method Of preserving per-
ishable goods has been in vogue
IT have been over the state and I
find people are talking about the fair
as they have never talked before and
my prediction is that Wen have a
great crowd"
The superintendent of the poultry
department. Russell F. Palmer, and
Secretary II. L. Cook made a trip to
the fair grounds this morning to look
into the proposition of housing the
fowls
Last year there were 500 birds in
the show. while to date there are 1000
entries for the show in September. and
It is expected that the number will
reach 5000 before the entries close.
Superintendent Palmer was recently
in Holton where a meeting Of poultry
men was being held and he was sue
cessful in getting $50 entries from the
bunch OF fowl enthusiasts.
"The livestock show viii be double
that OF last year" said Secretary Cook
today. THE large number of entries
which ara being received daily at this
office assures a display such as which
has never before been seen in To-
pelSa-
Increase in All Departments.
The increased number of entries
however, are not confined to the live
stock departments Entries in farm
machinery and in fact in all depart
ments are coming in most satisfactory
fashion.
Great things are expected Of the
chickens that will be entered for the
poultry show. The fowls that have beer
shown there heretofore when the build
ing was on low ground near the main
road to the grandstand, will sing Ions
and loud over the present high and dry
location of the poultry building. 1t
will be the highest exhibit building on
the grounds, and since put on its new
foundation will be one of the best, ex-
cept the new brick and cement pavil-
ions"
The show of Shetland ponies this
year viii be a source of delight to the
children who attend, as well as many
Of the older folk. Competition is great
among the breeders of the midget
horses, and they are provided for il
the big new horse pavilion. with rows
of stalls built for their especial use
with lower partitions and shorter in
length than those of their big cousins
Some of the largest importers and
most extensive breeders of draft horses
in the country are coming to the Kan
sas State fair this year. The Percher-
ons. Belgians, French draft, English
Shires and Clydesdales. in all theil
proud array OF ribbons and deckings
viii be represented in great numbers
in the show rings, and the French anc
German coachers will have a stronger
lineup than ever before, on these
grounds. The special premiums Offered
by the societies registered these classes
of animals added to the state fail
premiums, makes showing profitable al
this fair