Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1912-09-30
ADAMS. COUNTY.
FAIR SUCCESS,
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cess. The weather could scarcely
have been worse; the attendance
was of course not, twenty per cent
of what it otherwise would have
been; an outdoor program was, prac
Etically an impossibility; but the ex'
cellence of the exhibits and the keen
interest taken in them By those who
did brave the weather 70 attend, made
the fair a real success--a phenomena
success, everything considered. The
exhibits we're a revelation as to guam.
'uty, quality and the manner in which
hey wehe displayed Every grain and
vegetable, grown in this latitude was
on exhibition. The live stock and
poultry exhibits while not SO com
prehensive were first class as to quail
ity. In the ladies departments toe
there we're exceptionally good exaib'
Its OF fancy work, painting. baking,
preserves. pickles, etc. The school
exhibit was fully as attractive and
interesting as the rest and a credit
to the schools Of the county. go.
The grtain and vegetable booths
were such as would convince the
most skeptical that the Hettinger
country is not to be excelled in the
matter of producing farm and gar.
den products. Many of the fair Wis.
itors who have attended fairs in
Minnesota, Iowa and Wisconsin ex.
pressed the opinion that the Gilstrap
township booth was the best that
they had ever seen. This booth took
first prize as the best township ex.
Lhibit, the prize zeing sulky pow.
The exhibit was made by two farm.
'ers of Glstrap township, everything
lin the exhibit being taken from the
farms of G. Fl. Siedschlag and Phil.
lip Gerber. The booth was trimmed
and decorated as If by the hands OF
an expert and filed from top tobot.
tom With the finest of grains. vcge.
tables and grasses. About half Of
this exhibit was grown from Hun.
garian seed and all the Hungarian
varieties appeared to csclipse the do.
nestle varieties. In fact this differ.
ence was very striking. In this
booth were placed three, kinds OF sug.
ar, beets, white mangels, two kinds
off, table beets, several kinds o.
squash including Hungarian var
Lefty that for size easily eclipsing any
thing that we have ever seen. water.
melons of various kinds colcrs and
fiavors, cantalpupes, Hungarian
stock turnips, cabbages, tomatoes.
carrots, several kinds Of
onions, ndeTbEres, satisfy, jpal'
ships, a single bush Of beans with
.f2O pods, tobacco plants. Japan se
water radishes, pepper, a stalk of
Hungarian spinach more than flvc
feet tall, dill, snow white lettuce,
sorghum, Hungarian /, millet that
made five tons to the acre., bronze
grass, timothy; Ave varieties Of field
cbrn all fully matured, seven yarie'
ties of potatoes Of phenomenal size,
five kinds Of wheat, three kinds OF
oats, Hungarian = barley, winter rye,
parsley horse radish, etc. 81 ~: =.
+, Chas, r. Smith represented Lodge
pole with an individual. exhibit that
was a credit to Lodgcpole and to
Mr.. Smith as well and that carried
toff the cow which was given Tor the
best exhibit made by any one man.
The appearance of his artisticapy A.
ranged booth filed with the choicest
of samples attracted everyone and
chat one farmer. should, have raised
them all on his own farm made the
display all the more wonderful. Mr.
Smith. lives lii section IL, township
a, range ~, five, miles from Lodge
pole, and he has had but four years
j: to- get his. farm i'm condition to pro
duce the various grains; grasses and
vegetables that he bad on display
/ In this, exhibit were WOnderberries
| ground cherries. cantatcupe, t0ma
toes, onions, cucumbers, squash, COW
beets, carrots, rutabagas, cabbage
(rmillet. nine varieties Of corn all raised
on sod and all fully matured. water
melons, citron. wheat, oats 4 and flax
Mr.. Smith deserved the COW and the
people of the Lodgepole community
! should tender him vote Of thanks
for, tie manner in which he ;re:'fe
sented, them at the Adams county
fair. 5a95rSg Hif ~ - ~; ~
Hettiager,>. Reeler- and Serum
each had q booth and made a yer,
good showing but none Of these dis
plays were to be compared with ths
Gtls trap or the Lodgepole booths
though they added a few products
to the list, notable alfalfa, red clover
and sweet clover. Their samples oi
these were first class. ~. 5s ,n..s u.
4, One of the most 'significan1
\ Though perhaps mot the most i'm
portant and to many people perhaps
|no 1.-THE most attractive) feature 4 0i
| Tho Women's department WAS TIT
display of small fruits and berries
This exhibit appeared to Us as slgni
Kcant in that it proved that these
things can be grownzin this section
Among these, exhibits were plums
ana apples grown by @. d, Berg. .oi
Haynes, cherries grown by. M. j
Hunpseth. Then 4 there were sam
PIES of the .melon-peach and jams
jelites aud preserves made from the
BONE grown ground cherries, .buGale
berfies and such. q. ..7rE Il. Ia
u. The poultry sxhlhat was ssarpris
/ iugly Y; gyod. altheugh. y the, farmers
we're not as web represented asg.ir
AAc NJ other departments. Neverthe
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