Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-10-06
JOE MILLETT AT STATE FAIR.
He Writes Letter to Hudsonite Tell
ing of Prizes and Honors for
Lincoln County Exhibit.

LluCUll SUlihly EAhIDlls
thought it would be interesting
to the readers Of the HudSOnite to
hear little account of my fruit eX-
hibil at the State Fair at Huron, so
will try and tell you something
about ii, and at the same time thank
those that let me 60 into their orch
ards and take their choicest fruit |
could find for the exhibit which gave
me second money on sweep stakes,
and got 81 prizes by plates, - hrstS,
II seconds and thirds, and | took
| first on wild plumS, and second on
tame. and first on grapes and second
on pears, second on farm exhibits Of
| fruit second on collection Of 20 varie-
ties of standard apples, first on col
| lection of l5 varieties Of crab apples,
and also got first for the largest
apple, which was raised by MyrOn
KenHiSOn Of FairView township
Peterson pierce'S Patterns Greetings
came under the wire, away ahead of
the rest. got first on his Wealthy,
only Pete called it a WineSap, and it
increased my wealth to the extent Of
one dollar
Everybody praised my exhibit,
which made me feel glad that | un-
derstook the work Even Hanson, Of
Brookings College, said had fine
assortment of fruit, good enough so
lac, tn ; To Rrnnly
College, TO be used in school work, so
| let him have il. He also wanted 25
or 30 bushels Of my Siberian crabs
just for the seed to plant, so | will
ship him that amount My wild crab
apples we're much admired They re
minded so many of their childhood
DAYS, back in Wisconsin, Illinois,
Iowa. or some of the other middle
western states, whore mother pre-
pared them in 50 many different ways
for them. A great many made the re-
mark that they had not seen them in
25 wears. | made the sign "LincOln
County Of wild crab apples, which a
good many said was the huest seen on
the grounds. If | could have had just
a little help | could have had the
first prize for the best collection Of
fruit in the grand state Of South Oak
ota, which very few states can equal.
| think that every co.fnty ,euaht to
take some interest in our state fair,
and see to it that it is represented
there with some Of its products
| find that the people who 90 there
and find their county represented, are
proud of their county, and those who
90 and do not find their county rep
resented, are very much disappointed.
W. are all proud to have something
that the other fellow can't beat, and
that gives us an interest to improve
and that is as it should be.
They used to take their small griSt
to mill in a sack thrown over the
horses neck, SO they tell me, and
they put the griSt in one end Of the
sack and a stone in the other to bal
ance it. An old gentleman thought
he would let his boy take griSt to
mill one day, and the boy did not put
the stone in one end Of the sack, but
divided the grist instead, and when
the old gentleman found out what
the boy had done he was mad ard
told the boy he was no better than
him, and that he had always carried
it with a stone in one end Of the
sack, and he wanted him to do the
same.
| noticed the mortgage maker, the
running horse which we have no use
for, in this state, gets big money, and
the hog. the mortgage litter, if he is
the best hog on the ground, can have
a $40 prize, and if he takes fourth
prize he can have one great big round
dollar.
In conclusion | want to say that
the Fair is one Of the best schools for
young and old that we have, and |
am glad indeed to hear that it had
over 81, 900 students. Everyone can
learn something there if ne tries, and
at the same time have good time.
Yours,
J. E. MILLETT.