Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1913-01-09
general good.

general good
In the associations display will be
Hubbard squash. the first ever displayed
here, and said to be of good flavor and
can be grown on valley soils, huge pump
kinS, lettuce, 4 display of cabbage, one
head Of which is the largest on cXhibi-
ton. and which weighs over twelve
specimens Of egg plant, new potatoes.
kaifir cor. Il tomato display. showing to-
matOes in every stage from the vine To
the can; sweet potatoes. seven varieties
Of peppers, on the vine, dry, bell and
others; sugar cane, sample of Roselle
jelly and juice bottled and made from
the ROsellc berry. an Australian product
that can be grown here and should be
riSd by farmers for home consumption:
sorghum. miilet. caulitlOwcr, carrots
mustard. turnips in seven varieties. wax
beans, radiShes, bects. green peas in the
cotton and alfalfa.
VARIOUS OTHER EXHIBITS.
The Sharples Cream Separator Go. Of
Dallas is exhibiting six different sizes of
cream separatOrs, and the first exhibit
of that kind ever seen in the valley.
These people believe there is Il good field
in this section, and were persuaded To
, exhibit ut the Brownsville fair by +. L.
Shaffer. who is in charge Of the exhibit,
and is assisted by Joe +. Adams. both
being travelling representatives Of the
company. Several machines have already
been sold in this section. and with the
increase of population there is bound to
be an increase in dairying products,
which field is sought by the cream sepa-
rator The Sharples Company has a huge
factory at West Chester. Pa, and is one
Of the Oldest companies in the cream
separator business.
The Marshall Manufacturing Co. of
Marshall. Texas. has big display OF
baSkets-lll kinds of baskets. buShel
baskets. groccrs' baskets. truck baskets
and baskets Of al sizes and descriptions.
The exhibit is attractively displayed and
is in charge of w. &. Ncrnalen of Mar
shall. who travels this section in the in
tcrcSt Of his company.
I The paragon Confectionery of this city
| has arranged an attractive sales exhibit
| in the Agricultural tent. They have the
only soda fountain on the grounds. The
fount was secured especially for the fair.
with bunting. and it is topped attrac
lively with vari-cOlOred bunting The
! f0unt is on the right aisle of the Agri-
cultural tent, while to the rear, on the
left aisle. the confectionery has Il well
displayed arrangement of candles. and
on the walls hang numerous advertising
banners. They also have on display Il
general line of cOnfectioncr's goods. The
exhibit is in charge Of j. q. Perkins.
One of the most expensive displays of
the fair. and one that will be of interest
to all automobile owners, as well as
those who want to be automobile owners,
is that of the WhittleSey Garage and Ma
chine Co. of San BenitO. This is one Of
the several prospective San Benito firms
which have taken space at the fair, with
G. W. Whittlesey, president Of the com
pany. in harge. They have on display
! two Overland automobiles, one a 10
horsepower roadster. and the other 30
| horsepower touring car, and Ford tour
inf car. They also have OH display gen
eral line of automobile accessories.
Fire extinguishers may also be found
on display, the product Of the Pyrena
Company of Texas of San Antonio. Hen
ry A. Appel of Mercedes, who represents
the company in this section. is in charge
of the display, a full line of fire eXtin-
guishers for general use. and Mr.. Appel
gives demonstrations frequently.