Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1911-10-19
ITS JUST REWARD
Lincoln County Proves Itself the
Banner County of the State

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Just reward than was witnessed last
week when the Lincoln county farm
exhibits made clean sweep of pre-
miums in all classes entered at the
State fair. The management of the
Lincoln county fair early in the
preparation for the event adopted
the Slogan, County sweepstakes
for Lincoln county at the Inter-
Mountain FAIR This was q prize
it was thought worth striving for
although its attainment seemed i'm
possible considering the rich and
we'll developed counties lying in
proximity to the seat of the State
Fair. At first thought it would
seem impossible that land one or two
years from the sage brush at a dis
lance of from one hundred to two
hundred miles from the exposition
city, should send an exhibit of farm
products that would outclass the far
famed and widely heralded displays
from the rich and highly cultivated
communities of the Boise and Pay
cite Valleys. Nevertheless that is
just what happened. Lincoln county
pulled down the 5000 cash premium
for the best display of agricultural
products over all counties in Idaho.
With only eighty entries the plum
was taken from Canyon county with
more than 300 entries. Some idea
of the quality of the Lincoln county
display can be gathered from the
fact that 30 points out of the posi-
BILE 100 went to Canyon on account
of the size of its exhibit. This Co.
made up for its lack of quantity by
its quality. This proves beyond a
shadow of doubt that all the seem
ingly impossible things that have
been said in regard to Lincoln coun-
ty soil productivity are true.
A late report of the United States
Agriculture Department credits Ida
no with the production of the best
grain and vegetables both as to
quality and quantity. These State
fair awards put this county at the
top of the column in this state. So
we have it proven conclusively that
right here in our own community,
we have the best agriculture coun-
try in the United States and that
means the world.
Lincoln took down the prizes in
the lines most worth while, except
fruit and time will tell tale in that
line too. We took the sweepstakes
on potatoes and it did not take an
expert Judge to decide that. Any
casual observer could easily detect
the superior quality of the Lincoln
county product, over the potatoes
from the heavier and sticky soils of
the lower parts of the State. Lin
coin took first and third prizes on
alfalfa seed, which proves that this
will be the future home of that
valuable product. The sweepstakes
on onions also came to this county
where it belongs. The famous herd
of Duroc-Jersey hogs belonging to
D. c. MacWatters took either first
or second on every entry made.
MacWatters had the sweepstake
boar and Lawshe the sweepstake
SOW.
The fact that this county was
able to make such an astonishing
showing, was due primarily to oul
County fair. The fair furnished ar
assembly ground for these exhibits
Mr.. Aitkin, the very capable show
man, employed by the North Side
Land and Water Co... selected from
the local exhibit and took them t.
Boise where they took down tn,
premiums. Much credit is due Mr.
Aitkin for the excellent arrangement
and neatness of the display.
Probably the prize of the mos
worth that comes to this county as
a direct result of the county exhibi.
ton, is the State Trophy in the
shape of a silver cup offered by
Dean Carlyle of the State Univer-
sity for the best dairy COW record in
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