The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1911-10-07
Bafaga Grange
Wins Out.
L,Anse Girl Takes second In the Corn
Contest 1t Fair.

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LAnse Girl Takes second in the Corn
Contest 1t Fair.
Baraga county took two good prizes
1t the ninth annual fair which closed
at Houghton last Saturday.
The Fair this year was one Of the
most successful from the point Of view
Of the quality Of exhibits. The great
and growing interest in the spread of
agriculture in Northern Michigan, as
we'll q the interest now taken in hav-
ing the finest breeds Of horses, cattle,
hogs, sheep and poultry, has been
brought about by the cooperation Of
the best people Of this section. The
bringing together Of the products Of
the farm at one point as has been done
has done more for development Of this
northern country than has any other
one factor, if we except mining. Our
people are now raising, successfully,
crops that were supposed few years
since, could be produced only in semi
tropical climates. The quality of what
is raised in this section of Michigan is
fast gaining reputation all over the
eastern part Of the United States.
Strawberries raised in the Upper Pen
insula are better than those raised any
where else in the world. They come in
at time when berries raised south Of
us have disappeared from the markets,
consequently they command fancy
prices.
This has been known for years, and
what is true of Strawberries is also
true of practically everything else
raised up here, but which is not uni
versally known. Our potatoes for the
past couple of years have been in great
demand, large proportion of what
have been raised up here, finding a
good market in the east, and as far
south as Texas. The tubers are like
the more aristocratic strawberry, be-
ing just right, when the ones raised
further south are out of the market.
The trip to the Fair was one replete
with interest and surprises at what can
be successfully grown up in this coun-
try which is even yet associated, in the
minds of the uniformed, with icebergs
and eternal frost.
SCHOOL Corn CONTEST.
There was much interest in the
school corn contest, of which Professor
Leo. M. Geismar of Chatham was
Judge. Ontonagon county won over all
competitors. The following were the
awards:
Best corn grown in the four counties
First, Ed. Millard of Ontonagon, gold
medal; second, Phoebe Jackson Of
L'Anse, silver medal.
Baraga county - Phoebe Jackson,
L'Anse; Theron DeDude, Baraga; Geo.
Latendresse, Keweenaw Bay.
Essays for prize offered by Commits
sioner Clinton Of Baraga dounty First
Teresa Scrantany of Baraga; second,
Ida Sinula, Alice Gomach and Lempi
Luuka Sinula of Keweenaw Bay; third,
Lylithe Chosa, Francis Mathews. Lama
Sinula, Alice Gomach and Lempi Luuka
all Of Keweenaw Bay.
GRAINS AND GRASSES.
Only three oranges had entries in the
contest for grains and grasses. The
prizes were awarded as follows: First,
Baraga grange second. Fayette grange,
Delta county; third, Trap Rock River
grange, Lake Linden.
In the grain department. Superin-
tendent Cosgrove showed samples of
wheat, corn, oats, barley. rye, peas,
beans and grass seed which he declared
coule not be beaten in any farming re-
gion of the United States. He would
pick none of these things as a crop on
which farmer might build q speciality.
But the close investigation seems TO
reveal that corn will be king in this
country in years to come. There were
256 exhibits in the school corn contest,
to say nothing Of the exhibits by farm
ers.
Superintendent Croker of the vege-
table department insists that an Upper
Peninsula farmer can specialize on any
thing and make success Of it. He is
firm believer in the fnture of our
farms and il certain . farmer in this
region could make fortune raising
onions, potatoes. turnips. pumpkins or
anything else II he turned bis attention
seriously to the matter.
BsnefIt Dance.