Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-09-09

the STICK and dry PICK nnetnou. As
fowls are pricked in the roof OF TINS
mouth. and bled so that no cut shows
externally. The trussing and bonlng Of
chickens will also be shown.
Thru sets of lantern slides Mr.. Mlxa
will show different breeds of chickens
and how to distinguish the different
markings; poultry houses, and killings
trusting. and boning for market.
The college has on display different
models Of poultry houses ideally con-
structed for this climate. colony
brood house. with a mother ana her
chicks. is used also in the display.
Carl Dare, Of Des Moines will be-
gin the Judging of the poultry wed
nesday morning. George 'Moehrl is su-
perintendent of the department, and
John Moehrl assistant.
Sights Of Agricultural! Hall.
Agricultural hall. displaying the pro-
ducts of the farm, orchard, garden, and
pantry. is one of the really lntefesl''s
buildings on the grounds.
Fair officers declare that the display
Of corn, which is larger this year tnan
ever before, excels that OF the Iowa
state fair. All varieties OF the yelloW
dent corn, many varieties OF whlte'
calico, etc. are shown. the corn is OK
an excellent quality, and II 1t IS any
indication as to the crop in Marshali
county, there need be 40 cause Tor
alarm locally.
In tne grains department oats OF dr.
ferent varieties, wheat, both spring ana
winter; barley, and buckWheat snow
the varied assortment Of grains pro.
duced from Marshall county soil. Red
and alsyke clover seed, End timothy
seed that for freeness from hull, Is
declared the finest quality ever shown
locally. are on display
Other products Of the farm include
popcorn, sweet corn, potetoes, beets,
onions, turriips, tomatoes, pumpkins,
squash, cucumbers, watermelons. and
muskmelons. A beautiful display OF
garden products is made by r. A.
Relius as private exhibit. Z. X.
Lynch is superintendent OF the farm
products section, and S. E. link is his
assistant. Grant Cha pman, OF Bagley.
will judge the exhibit.
In the horticultural section OF the
hall. of which w. A. Cope is superin-
tendent and D. E. Hole assistant,
good idea is gained of the many varie-
ties of fruits grown in the county.
Thirty or more varieties of apples are
shown. together with dozen different
varieties of pluns, eight Of grapes. six
of pears and last, but not least, some
real peaches. Peaches grown in Mar
shall county are somewhat Of a novel,
ty and Mr.. and Mrs. l.. NJ. Osborne
have exhibited a half dozen Bakaras.
grown il this city. that rival the cele-
brated Colorado peaches. Charles Gar
rett, Of Mitchellville. will judge the
fruits.
In the pantry-stores section there rs
the usual large display Of canned
fruits, jellies preserves, Jams, etc. Mrs.
3. F. Robinson is superintendent OF
this section, and has Miss Clara McLe-
land as her. assistant. Mrs. Grace
Smith, Of Des Moines, will judge ths
exhibit.
Art Hall Crowded.
In the art hall the display is larger
than ever before, and the exhibits OF
unusual beauty. Hand painted china
was never before shown in such large
quantities, several out-of- town exhibit
tors being entered. y Water color work
and crayons help make up the large
display in this section, of which Mrs.
Charles Wiley is superintendent and
Mrs. F. B. Wiley assistant. Mrs. Ella
Wells, Of Des Moines, will judge the
exhibit.
In the department Of textile fabrics.
in the same building, of which Mrs. G.
H. f. Boardman is superintendent and
Mrs. F. w. Alban assistant, the usual
large display Of embroidery and fancy
needle work is shown. Mrs. Maude
BATHS is the judge of this exhibit.
Schools Exhibit Large.
All Of the grades of the different
wards and the high school, and some
of the town and rural schools, includ-
ing the recently organized CONSOLE
dated schools. are represented by the
work Of their pupils in the school ex-
hibit The Central Iowa business Col
lege has a small space devoted to an
exhibit of penmanship and designs
made on a typewriter.
The school exhibit ranges all the
way from simple designs cut out of
pa per by first grade pupils to furniture
and dresses made by the high school
pcpils of the manual training and
The State Center and Albion schools
and the new Clemens and st. Anthony
consolidated schools and few OF the
rural schools have very creditable ex-
hibits. The water color work OF the
State Center pupils and the samples
Of mechanical drawing from this
school are especially worth seeing.
The new consolidated school at
Clemens, which was organized only
last January, deserves commentator
for the penmanship Of It's pupils and
their map work. st. Anthony school
has less extensive exhibit.
Among the rural school exhibits
there is an especially interesting one
from district school No. l of Timber
Creek township, the pupils OF which
made a series of signs from different
varieties of corn glued to card board.
Some of the samples Of plain sewing,
and button hole making, show the
commendable effort the rural schools
are making to teach domestic science.
Part of the furniture and some OF
the dresses made by the high school
manual training and domestic science
classes. and some brass and copper
work made by the pupils of the former
class, occupy very prominent place in
the exhibit.
OF the several complete doll houses
made by pupils the one from the fourth
grade Arson school, taught by Miss
Ruth Moscrip, is especially excellent.
The little house consists OF four rooms.
and tho children rnodo a II the furniture