Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1913-07-11
COUNTY EXHIBIT
FOR SPOKANE FAIR
Federated Commercial Clubs Have
Arranged for the Collection of am
Exhibit Worthy of Old
Whitman

Whitman county is to have win
ming exhibit at the Spokane Inter
state Fair as fall At the recent
meeting of the Federated CONNER
cial Clubs of Whitman county held
at Palouse in June, appropriation
was made for such an exhibit and
committee consisting of Mr.. Co
megys of Thornton, a. F. Brownell
and j. l.. Dumas of Pullman was APP
pointed to take charge of the work
of collecting it. This committee
met Immediately and formulated
plans for getting together the best
possible exhibit of the county's pro-
ducts. Suitable storage room has
been provided at Pullman and a
number of grasses have already been
gathered and are being cured.
To give the members of each com
munity an idea of the nature of this
exhibit and to give them aid in gath
ering and preparing their individual
contributions. the committee wishes
to make the following suggestions:
The exhibit will include all the
principal soil products grown in
Whitman county
1t is desirable that each district or
part of the county be well represent
ed in the exhibit. The local Cham
bers of Commerce or Commercial
Clubs will serve as receiving sta
tons for products, and from these
stations they will be taken to CEN
trail station and there prepared for
shipment to Spokane.
The smoothest, most uniform, av-
erage products are desirable and not
the plant prodigies, "milk-fed pump
kins," or other monster fruits, grains
or vegetables.
Grains-The gathering of the
grains and grasses naturally comes
first and the following rules should
be observed: Sheaf grains should be
cut as close as possible to the
ground just at the time when the
stems of grain have become a rich
golden color and while the joints are
still green, spread out to cure in
cool, dry place, and bound together,
when cured, in sheaves eight or
10 inches thick at the butt.
Grasses should be taken with the
roots attached, If possible. Uni
formly fine specimens should be
gathered, and should be labeled with
the name of the variety, grower and
locality.
In case it is impossible for the in
dividual grower to gather an ex-
hibit of his grain on account of lack
of time or of knowledge concerning
such gathering, he should make 1t
known to the local Commercial Club
authorities that he has grain suitable
to exhibit and provision will be made
for gathering it, either by the man
sent out over the county on this
work or, if he is not available at the
time, by some local man.
Vegetables and Fruits-The exhibit
of vegetables and fruits will, of ne
cessity be seasonable, and it is de-
sired to get as large variety as pos
sible of fine uniform specimens dur
ing the three weeks preceding the
fair, which occurs September Is to
FL inclusive. These specimens also
should be placed in charge of the
local Commercial Clubs or of the
county collector. While Whitman
county had very creditable exhibit
Of fruits last year, In 80 far as quality
was concerned, there was not enough
variety displayed, and the same was
true of vegetables. With a small
amount of work on the part of indi-
vidual growers this year an excellent
display can be gathered, and when
this has been done the biggest part
of the task will have been accom-
plished. The Federated Commercial
Clubs have provided ample funds for
the setting up and identifying of the
exhibit at Spokane. Such exhibits
as are not used at Spokane will be
divided between other fairs of the
Northwest or sent east to the big
land shows.