Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-09-13

Altho central Iowa was blessed with
and there was. at one time, talk Of
crop failure, visit 10 the agricul-
tural hall at the county fair. will dis
suade one Of the idea that a crop fall
ure in Marshall county was among
I: the possibilities. Despite dry weather
and unfavorable crop conditions Mar
shall county farmers are able to exhibit
products Of the farm and the garden
which will compare favorably with the
best that has ever been shown during
| previous years. Apparently the large
pumpkins and squash, the beet, cab
| bage, and other products of the gar
/ den are not in less abundance than
heretofore judging by the large num-
Der of entries for the prize ribbons.
| The same may be said Of the farm pro-
ducts proper. Finer corn than now
/ exhibited has not previously been
shown. and small grain is Of the finest
| quality.
| In short, the exhibit of garden and
| farm products is probably the largest
shall county fair. All available space
in the big hall is filled and the exhib-
its excited great interest yesterday
owing to the high quality.
! Fruit in Abundance.
The exhibit OF native fruit easily
excels all previous efforts. Upon one
or two occasions heretofore it has been
found almost impossible to make a
creditable showing in this department.
| but this year the farmers of central
Iowa have been blessed with bountiful
crops Of fruits of all kinds. The ex-
fibit Of apples is we'll worth trip
| to the fair Dozens of varieties are
shown and the fruit is large and Of
| high grade. It was not found nee
essary this season to give space to
land companies to fill the space allotted
| the growers Of fruit.
| A farmer came near the unvarnished
/ truth yesterday when he remarked
that the Marshall county fruit to be
seen at the fair this year made as
fine an appearance as the fruit Of the
famous countries to the south and to
the west which have been given space
l at other fairs.
: One noticeable feature OF the apple
| exhibit is the wide range Of varieties
| shown. It is apparent that in good
| fruit year Marshall county may grow
| successfully practically all varieties and
| grades OF apples.
! Pantry Stores and Kitchen Products
Marshall county housewives did their
share toward making the fair suc-
cess with their large contribution &c
the pantry stores and pastry division
and the Judges were busy Tuesday de-
Gliding the prize winners and awarding
the blue and red tags Of merit. The
| small bow who was out for holiday
was greatly impressed with the though
that the pies and cakes were even bet
ter than mother usually makes, ant
the filing seemed little thicker thar
~ does at home The Marshall county
lass put In q strong bid Tor The young
mans favor with her exhibit OF fudg'
ana other choice candies Of home man
ufacture.
Building Crowded Turnout Day.
All day Tuesday the agricultural hal
was crowded and at times one had dill
hculty in edging thru the great Grove
to the interior. The interest this yea
seems greater. than ever before, prob
ably due to the unusual fruit yield
| A throng OF people crowded aroun'
| the fruit tables from opening unit
closing time and doubtless from an cd
/ ucational standpoint this exhibit fa
proved one OF the biggest successes
the fair.
lows Corn Aiways . Winner.
Naturally one expects to ind cor
exceIling all other products at an low
agricultural fair. This year is no ex
lception. During ALL the great cor