Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-01-12

1ic - a giant COTTON SAAlh nine AecA
In height and bearing eco boIls.
none OF which the management as.
sert. are glued on.
The Rusteberg and Tandy coIIec-
tions contain practically the same
vegetables and field crops a. shown
by the prize winner. In addition Mr..
R~usteberg shows milk. various pre-
serves. NORWOOD. tanzel. spear
mint castor beans and sausage. and
Mr.. Tandy d's- avs appetizing speci-
mems OF home cured bacon and ham.
Airs. Geo NJ. Smith the fourth
largest individual entrant gathered
In blue ribbons while ]. r. Compton
has a display, small In number Of en-
tries. but OF high quality. he taking
first prizes for bacon. ham. sausage
soap and rutabagoes.
In the competition for the asso-
citation exhibit sweepstake. the Rio
Grande and Gulf Coast association
triumphed owe the Brownsville
Growers association. The latter.
which Is independent OF the individ-
ual and community exhibits. while
good In the classes shown Is smaller
than that OF the other association.
The latter occupies the middle room
on the lower floor OF the commissary
building and Is an interesting display
OF usual and unusual irrigated and
dry farm products. Chief among the
latter Is the Swiss chard. which az
first sight resembles an exaggerated
celery plant. This was grown by
A. p. Wright OF Mission and. accord
lag TO Secretary Lindsay Walters.
who IA In charge OF the exhibit. ~
much favored OF connoisseurs. when
properly cooked. the stalks like as
paragus and The leaves like spinach.
Some fine samples Of evergreen onions
grown by w. :. Hornbeck or Ricardo
attract attention as do a number OF
varieties OF peppers the chilli cosco-
vel. chilli t0basco and chilli ancho anu
some Japanese and Chinese velvet
beans, grown by r. Pomer0y OF
Donna. Fine lettuce from the Emer-
son farm az Mercedes. splendid cab
bage and %caulihower. peanuts from
Raymondville. sugar beets from
Monte Christie. raselle jelly. blue rib
bon alfalfa grown by A. w. Cunning
ham OF Harlingen and some lint anu
seed from the ? ga bale cotton
raised by $. s. Ross at Harlingen are
also worthy OF Q N In this Zhibit.
Some OF these would undoubtedly
have taken prizes II they had been
entered in the separate classes In
stead OF in the association cHss.
The Brownsville Growers Associ-
alton also have a generous display Of
vegetables and field products and
numerous varieties ~ seed. All the
vegetables samples are exceptionally
good. A feature OF this display l. y
thin slice Of deer meat about 4 feet
long by two wice opeI-air cured.
The awards in the agricultural
department follow:
Farm Produrts-ClasS q.
Best display OF broom corn. II or
more stalks. ! set OF enameled kitch-
an ware. given BY the NarIty store
Co.. G. w. Starck.
For the following five. box fine Ct
CARS each. given by T. Crlxell.
Best bale OF sorghum. r. y. Cole
Best bale Of alfalfa. A. ". Cunning
ham. Harlingen.
Best 20 or more stalks or sugar
cane. quarter sawed golden oak
wardrobe. value $50. given by the
Howse Furniture Co. c. w. Starck.
Second prize. handsome lap robe.
given BY w. II. Clay. q. W. Starck.
Jr.
Best two COR more stalks Of cotton
bolls attached. s. cash prize. given
BY the Acme restaurant. q. NJ.
Starck.
Best u ears OF corn. pair $40
trousers. given by Batsell and Cow
en-. c. w. Starck; ?, A. n. Tandy.
Best cotton in lint. $50 National
process gasoline stove. given by
Hicks Hardware Co. {. ". Starck:
=, r.. w. Rusteberg.
Best : pounds Of cotton seed. 20
ID. ham, given by the American Meat
Market. +. w. Rusteberg; =. "A. y.
Tandy.
Farm Pr0ducts-ClasS -
Best half gallon jar OF syrup. made
from ribbon cane. 200. Geo. g.
French.
C1ass 3.
Best home cured ham. $500; }.
II. Compton.
Best home cured bacon. x2.uO; J.