El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-10-09
RALPH ELY, HEAD OF NEW MEXICO
FAIR, GREATLY PLEASED WITH EXHIBIT
Mesilla Valley Well Represented at New Mexico Fair
the College Being Particularly in Evidence One Ell
Paso Exhibit at the Far-An Automobile Ac-
cident During the Automobile Race

, Huttinger had an easy win over
Sperry.
Clovis Gets Butter Premium.
Butter premiums were awarded
Wednesday; first prize for creamery
butter going to the Sunshine creamery,
! of Albuquerque; third to the Clovis
creamery.
For dairy butter, Ralph c. Ely. of
Deming president Of the New Mexico
Fair commission, third.
Awards for Livestock.
IN the livestock section, in charge Of
Prof. H II. Simpson, Of the A & NJ.
querque, secured first award on a
Jersey bull two years and under three;
first for a Jersey bull under one year,
and the ribbon for the champion Jersey
or over, the Matthews dairy secured
first award and W. A Corners, second.
In the same section for a HOlstein bull,
two years old and under three, George
E. Mann, of FIT Sumner, received the
first prize. He also received the rib
bon for the champion bull, which was
a blue ribbon winner last year at the
Iowa state fair. First prize for a HOl-
stein COW. one year old and under two,
went to O. B. Clark, of Albuquerque.
The award for the Holstein heifer calf
went to the Matthews dairy.
Competition Is Keen.
In the grades of milk cows there was
the keeneSt competition. there being II
entries for prizes for year olds or over.
First prize went to ]. P. Jackson, with
a Jersey; second to Matthews on a Hol-
stein and third to James Bezemek on
a Jersey. First and second prizes for
a milk COW, one year old and under
three, went to J. P. Jackson In the
grade milking Shorthorns, first and
second awards were received by James
Bezemek.
A. & VI. college Exhibit.
In the livestock section, the A & NJ
college is well represented. From the
college at MesilIa Park the directors
shipped beef stock, having on exhibit
a cross breed Hereford and ShorthOrn
steer, a Jersey bull, two years old;
Aberdeen Angus cows, two and three
months old. Three Berkshire hogs are
also exhibited, the heaviest Weighing
$40 pounds and the lightest 345 pounds
In the sheep division the college has
Shropshire eve and a lamb.
In the agricultural hall, the college
has an extensive exhibit showing the
lines of experiments conducted for. the
benefit Of the farmer. In the pure line
grains are exhibits Of wheat, oats and
barley. Models Of irrigation systems
for orchards and alfalfa fields are also
shown From the department of engi-
neering is an interesting collection of
rope knots, bitches and spices. In the
horticultural line are shown Is varie-
ties of apples, casaba melons and the
Spanish sweet onion
Wood and iron lathe work and pat
term work are shown in the exhibit
from the engineering department Sam
pies of typewriting and other work
completes the commercial department
exhibit.
Industrial Display.
One end of the hall IS devoted to a
display BY the Boys and Girls Indus
trial club. Here are shown sewing,
baking, canning and field crops, the
work of boys and girls between the
ages OF 10 and IS years. Lessons are
mailed from the college to the mem
bers Of the club, and the finished pro-
duct is then returned to the state in
stitutiOn to be judged One pint Of
fruit, vegetables and jelly form the
lesson in the canning competition. The
exhibits of the college will be retained
and will be shown again at the State
Teachers association, which convenes
in albuquerque in November.
Miss Pearl Hall, head of the House.
hold Economics department., was sched-
uled to reach Albuquerque today to
judge the work of the Boys and Girls !
club, and also the fine arts exhibit Of
the fair. Prof Fabian Garcia, direc- |
tor Of the experiment station; Prof |
H H Simpson, Of the animal hus-
bandry department: Prof. E. P. Hum
bert, agronomist, and W. T. Conway, |
in charge Of the college extension de- |
parIment, are in charge Of the college I
exhibits.
Exhibit From Ell PasO.
In the manufacturers hall FL Paso |
is represented with a coffee exhibit by 4
the Western Coffee company, the only Il
Ell Paso exhibit at the fair.