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Dry Land Products.

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Dry Land preduets.
Entering the exhibit and turning 70
the left Is the space devoted to dry
land products. 1t IL very interesting
to note the size and quality Of the
corn. oats, wheat, barley. alfalfa. etc.
shown In this exhibit. Dry land in
this county. when properly cultivated
and worked. produces excellent re-
suits
In front Of the foregoing are the
apisry exhibits OF Mr.. Townsend and
Of Mr.. Mallet. containing working
bees, honey. bees wax, etc.
eroean and Jameson Exhibit.
Then comes q really flne exhibit Of
fruits, grains, grasses, farm and gar
den products grown in the famous
Willow river valley At Brogan and
Jameson. above Vale. This magnifi-
cent exhibit was gathered and In
stalled by the Brogan Commercial
club. This energetic club is glad to
announce that beginning Monday of
this week the towns Of Jameson and
Brogan are given daily railroad and
mail service from Ontario and Vale.
Brogan and Jameson are Justly proud
Of the high quality and quantity Of the
orchard, farm and garden products
grown in the rapidly developing Will
low river valley. Their exhibit Is at
tracing much favorable attention. A.
A. Reed is in charge Of the exhibit.
He is secretary of the Brogan Com
mercial club
Nyssa's Fine Exhibit.
Then comes the largo space occu.
pied by the exhibitors from the Nyssa
district. AS usual. the Nyssa exhibit
is coming in for a large share Of at
tention and interest The artistic ar
arrangement Of the display and the
splendid quality Of the products of
the orchard, farm and garden shown,
are eliciting many favorable remarks
from the thousands Of fair visitors.
Beautiful Exhibits BY Ladies.
The north half Of exhibit hall Is de-
voted to the culinary department,
fancy needle work, art, and other de-
partments, presided over exclusively
and with great credit by the ladies'
This Is the real part Of the fair for
the thousands OF ladies' attending the
big fair this week. Never before have
the exhibits in these several depart
ments been so large and so beautifully
displayed. An attractive feature Is
the fine exhibit of work done by the
Ontario schools.
Beautiful Floral Display.
A fitting and beautiful feature Of
exhibit hall is the really beautiful
floral display occupying the central
position in the large building. 1t is
one Of the finest arranged floral dis
plays seen at any OF the fairs in this
vicinity.
Splendid Live Stock Show.
The live stock show at the Malheur
county fair is interesting from the
fact that the quality of the stock
such as the horses, cattle, swine,
sheep, poultry, etc, shows a decided
improvement over that shown last
year This is one Of the real advant-
ages and values of this fair, as It
tends to educate the various breeders
how to improve their stock. and they
are doing 1t.
The poultry show Is an excellent one
and contains more pens than ever be-
fore.
850Pound Hog.
The exhibit of swine is an especially
shown in swine breeding in the Snake
river valley year after year This Is
to be commended from the fact that
hogs are counted among the best
farm mortgage lifters" In the world
]. NJ. Royston Of Payette, has a
pair Of great Poland Chinas at the
fair. He has a boar, coming four
years weighing $50 pounds. This is
the famous boar Idaho Expansion. He
has a two-year- SOW that weighs
$40 pounds. She will make 700
pound SOW by the time she is four
years old.
Mr.. Royston's swine exhibit Of Po-
land Chinas is one OF the real features
of the fair He has 25 head OF pure
bred swine here
AGO.. Pound Sheep.
The sheep exhibit Is a very good
one. The largest individual exhibitors
are Farmer & Skillern, whose head =
quarters are at Boise. They have "a
head Of fine Cotswold sheep here. The
largest ram in the exhibit weighs 400
pounds and is four years old He is
a magnificent specimen OF the Cots
void type. There are two two-year-
old lambs that weigh 275 pounds each
and two two -year- old ewes that weigh
215 pounds each.
The exhibit of cattle. horses, stall
lions. etc, is in every way meritor-
ious.
Track In Good Condition.
The track is in extra fine condition
for the races, buckaroo sports, flying
machine fights. etc. Large crowds
are expected during the next three
big days OF the fair. Those so far In
attendance here declare themselves ia
be well pleased with the courteous
treatment received, with the splendid
amusement programs. and with the
excellent exhibits