The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1912-09-12
FAIR IN PRGREss.
Fine Indications of Big Crowd
To-Day-Good Exhibit OF
Stock, Poultry, Farm
Products, &c.

have prevailed and the further fact
that to-day great many people took
advantage of the opportunity to see
the big circus at Flat River who
otherwise would have gone TO the
fair While the light rain OF Mon
day did much toward making condi-
tions at the fair grounds more pleas
ant for sightseerS the respite from
the oppressive heat and dust was OF
short duration. However, it seems
that our people are determined that
the fair shall live and hence a goodly
number from the towns and the
surrounding country have attended
each day. Locally most OF the stores
and business houses closed Tor the
afternoons yesterday and to-day and
both proprieturs and clerks attended
the fair.
Many Fine Exhibits This Year.
Those who have attended the fair
this year have been well repaid Tor
their trouble, for the exhibits in
several departments are very fine
The exhibits in floral hall are not up
to those OF ofrmer years. but many
OF them are very fine and are worthy
OF special note. As usual the State
Hospital has very fine exhibit OF
field and garden products including
most everything from hundred
pound pumpkin to radish, This eN-
hibit was prepared by Henry Berry.
the Steward. and Philip Lucthlc, the
Gardener, a, the Hospital. and is
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pital and to this farming section, as
showing what can be grown TO per-
lection here under proper care and
cultivation. The m exhibit at Floral
Hall includes number OF beautiful
specimens OF oil. wafer aud china
painting also many beautiful pieces
OF irish crochet work. Miss Smith,
patient at the State Hospital. has
two beautiful irish crochet bags and
one raffia bag which are worthy OF
special mention. ---.
Live Stock Exhibits.
The exhibits OF live stock are the
best ever seen at local fair. In the
horse barns there are to be seen many
fine horses, Jacks and jennets, while
the show rings have also brought
out a large number OF extra hne
animals. But it is in the cattle and
swine exhibits where the present fair
excels over those of former years
In the cattle barn there are number
of very fine herds as follows Here
fords-The Stony Lot Stock Farm
]. d. Rion. superintendent, has bull
3 cows, two-year old heifer and :
! calves The stalls occupied by these
animals are fairly decorated with blue
ribbons Oscar Rion also has year
ling bull. {. b. Denman has / COW
ycarlng helers. male and heller
cali. t. T. Swink has I bull, 5 COWS
/ heifer and bull calves. W.infei
Bros. have an aged bull. 3 cows.
two-year-old hciier. / two-year old
male. | yearling heiier. hciier ant
bull calves. One OF the cows cN'
Injected. Bernice. won the champion
ship as a yearlng and as a two-year'
old at the Illinois State Fair. Short
horns-Ed Wilson. OF Hazel Run. ha,
two-year-old bull that weighs 1906
pounds, I ycarling male and heifcr
also a male and heifer calf. McCor
mick & Whitby, also OF Hazel Run
have two-year-old bull, Red Sultan
that will weigh 1900 pounds and tina
won third in the international Stool
Show at Chicago last year. The!
also have / COW. two-year-old COW
yearling heifers, heifer and bul
calves. n. A. Aubuchon, OF Frencl
Village, has 4 bulls, including Whit
Sultan who will weigh easily 200
pounds. cows that will weigh 100
pounds each. One of them. lmporte'
Fancy Flower, won second at the Hi
nois State Fair last year. He ais
has 2 yearling heiters and : heife
calves. Aberdeen-Angus-F. II. Bes
has Z cows and Z calves.
At the hog and sheep barns will i
found the largest and finest exhibit
OF swine ever made at Farmingtu
fair. II consists OF 81 head OF Ham,,
shires. - Poland Chinas. aS Dulot
Jerseys and II Bcrkshires. Hamr
.hircs--C. Il, Denman has an Il
months-old SOW with pigs, her
boar. a young boar and young gilt
T.. l.. Swink has one sow and gilt
also 3 big boars. The SOW won Sc,
ond at the State fair. and one OF I'll
boars. Horace v. won first at til
State fair in 1909, and second in bot
1910 and 1911. Missouri Ike. anothe
won second at the State fair in IoI
and third in 1911. Garland. Jr.. wo
, second at the State fair in 1911. !
B. Pierce, of lronton, has ! RamI
shire pigs. Ellis Byirgton has SO
and spring pigs. !. 7. Sides has
, pen OF ; males and , sows. all your
! hogs. Poland Chinas-A. {. Knau
has several pens. including Nelson |
registered yearling boar that wi
weigh right al 500 pounds, also
I yearling gilt that will go about 4C
3 pounds. also 9 spring pigs. Stoi
/ Lot Stock Farm, ]. ID. Rion, superb
1 tendent. has one large sow and
!. pigs. 3 yearlings and one young shos
Duroc-J erseys-Dock Mackley has
U fine exhibit, but we did not get Il
I number OF animals. Frank Highl,
+ has , young males and 3 gifts, Rel
, hardt Lang has fine large boa
, Geo. S. Hill has SOW and 8 pig
1 J. w. Yeargain has a large herd bo
: and pigs. Jim Robinson has p'
/ OF young hogs. Lee Reariden has
). large boar.
In the sheep pens. I'D swink h
: an exhibit of Shropshires consists
Of ] yearling bucks, ewes and
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