The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1912-09-19
BR00K|NGS COUNTY EXHIBIT
WINS FIRST PRIZE At STATE FAIR
EXHIBIT FROM THIS COUNTY AGAIN CARRIES OFF GRAND PRIZE
AT HURON OVER ALL OTHER COUNTIES OF THE STATE
-MINNEHAHA is SECOND AND CLARK THIRD
BOOuNg IS FOR THE SECOND YEAR THE BANNER SOUTH DAKOTA COUNTY
Gathering of the Exhibit This Year Was seset by Many Difficulties and the
Victory is Especially Appreciated-Much Credit for the Victory
is Due to the Brookings Commercial Club

Brookings county is again the Banner Agricultural County Of South
Dakota. For the second time in two years the exhibit Of agricultural pro-
duets from this county carried off the sweepstakes at the state fair at Huron,
and this announcement is a sourceo OF pride and qualification to every citizen
of the county. The judging was completed and the winners announced on
Thursday afternoon. Minnehaha county s given second honors and Clark
county third The Brookngs county exhibit scored 944 and cloths ut OF a
possible 1000 points.
The winning Of this prize means something, when it is taken into con.
sideraton that v thirty counties entered into the competition, all of
them with the n purpose in vew-to beat Brookings county, the winners
las year.
Owing o certain circumstances that arose last year, the winning of this
years victory is doubly gratifying. Last year one or two counties made a
studied effort o rob Brookings county of the glory that attaches to the
winning of this prize. They said that the Bookings county exhibit had been
raised under the direction of the college and when this vas successfully
refuted they claimed that the judges vel prejudiced, which as absurd
on the face Of it, They also said that we were lucky, just happened to have
a good crop in a poor year so this yea we went back principally to show
that u victory last year was n o fuke. This year the judge was from Min
and the decision leaves n O question of a doubt IS to Brookings county
being the Banner County of South Dakota.
To the Brookings Commercial Club is due the major part of the credit
for winning this years honors, as well as the prize last year. Very little
interest in a county exhibit a manifested throughout the county, and the
commissioners had refused to do anything. but the club by a unanimous vote
decided to go ahead with the work and guaranteed the entire expense,
which IA between six and seven hundred dollars. Later som of the public
spirited citizens in the county helped ut and the county board was
induced to make an appropriation OF $50, but the major part of the burden
fell upon the president Of the club, assisted by the members and the Womens
Civic League. The greatest individual factor a John T. Sarvis, to whose
skill in selecting classifying and arranging thu exhibit as largely due to the
winning of the grand prize. Brookngs county, of course, had to be able to
produce the proper grade OF agricultural products, but NJ matter how good
they were they would have failed to win without the genius OF Mr.. Sarvis.
A. E. Thornber and Fred Killing and son Harry and S j Rudolph also aided
materially in bringing the honors to Brookings.
The ladies of Brookings had a exhibit of fancy work entered in the
city competition at the fair and won second prize, o that the name Brook
ings loomed large at Huron.
The county exhibit was not brought home, but will be taken iron Huron
to the Mitchell corn palace.
1t Is not probable that Brooktngs county will have n exhibit next year
There is talk of not allowing the winning county to compete for the two
following years, and in cas- this rule is passed Brookngs will not be
greatly disappointed.
But for the coming year Brookings will continue to be the Banner
County of South Dakota.