Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1911-10-12

souri, river shows some handsome
corn specimens, big fax, good wheat
and her coal deposits are illustrated
and explained. Among the exhibits
is lot of native gems, or garnet
jewelry, gathered along the Missouri
river, and another tempting display
is lot of honey made by North Da-
kota bees from Mercer county clov-
er. The cheese and creamery indus
try is also shown.
One of the best displays of grasses
and grains comes from Towner coun-
ty.
The Burleigh county exhibit is in
charge of Farmer Field, one of the
old time residents of the county, who
has taken charge of exhibits in Chi
cago, Cincinnati and many other
places. He states that in no year
since his residence of 29 years in
North Dakota, have the farmers
shown such an active interest in
changing their order of crops, going
into other things than wheat. The
Burleigh county exhibit shows up
we'll in potatoes, canned fruits and
all kinds of vegetables. There are
oats, five feet tall, a big ripe tomato
display. There are citron and wa
ter melon, red peppers, egg plants,
Alaska peas, large feed pea. The
wonderberry used for canning and
tasting something like a tomato, is
also seen.
A big butter display from Burleigh
county is also shown and among the
novelties showned are some durable
baskets of attractive design, made by
children from corn husks. Farmer
Fields has medals for the Northern
Pacific exhibit made in Cincinnati in
1883 and in Buffalo, N. Y, in 1885,
in competition with the Southern Pa
cifc exhibit.
Morton county's exhibit shows the
principal industry to be the dairy and
the creamery, and a number of prizes
and trophies won in other exhibits
by residents of the county are dis
played, together with the large dis
play of other products of various
kinds.
Wells county shows curious pic
kle plant and some immense cab
bages, in addition to a very good
general display.
Hettinger county also has good
display for a new county.
Among the most interesting of all
the county displays is that of Mo.
Henry county, which shows several
alfalfa plants, with the long roots
which have been excavated, to show
the vitality and water seeking
tendency of that plant. These roots
are over 10 feet long in the main
stem with many branches. The al
falfa specimens shown in McHenry
county are certainly wonderful, and
]. J. Hill stated that he took of his
hat to the man who raised them.
LaMoure county's booth is promi-
nent for its fine corn display, parti-
cularly of the Northwestern Dent.
Energy's Display
Among the other exhibits is fine
showing from the town of Ener-
gy, in Mclean county. Energy as
yet is little but a name and the I'm
derwood people Joined to make the
display, which is quite a remarkable
one.
Here are found samples of winter
wheat that yielded 35 bushels to the
acre, oats that went Is bushels, pota-
toes that are turning out $50 bushels
to the acre, winter rye that yielded
81 bushels, cabbages weighing 20
pounds, squash weighing 80 pounds
pumpkins, beets, onions, radishes,
carrots, canteloupe, watermelons,
rhubarb, mangels and every kind OF
vegetables, and the finest display of
ripe tomatoes, all of a size and quail
ty that puts this section of the. state
in class by itself. Good specimens
of fruit are shown as it is picked and
also in preserved form. Enormous
currants, gooseberries, plums, cher
ries, berries and all of the many va
rieties Of native fruits that are found
in the Energy district. And they
not only have bread and butter out
there, but honey and cheese with It..
These do not seem to be the only
resources of this remarkable COM
munity, for aside from an excellent
soil they have a 12-ft. seam of coal
that is worked at three places. big
deposit Of cement rock, pottery and
brick clays in large quantities and
excellent qualities.
Energy is situated In the center OF
1900 acres of land that can be irri-
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