Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1913-09-23
THE MARATHON COUNTY FAIR.

o1'0uliSt spent a very pledSdnU uds
iasO week in attendance at the Mara
Ihoh County Fair, held at Wausau.
marathon county is one of the best
agricultural counties in the state of
wisconsin. The soil is generally
good, native grasses grow luxLriantly,
water is line, climate is good, farmers
are largely of German descent, Indus
Ifious, and thrifty, consequently good
crops are grown and very good live
stock is kept.
| The county is fast coming into the
DAIRY business. We never sew bet
ter display of dairy cattle at a county
faif In this state. The show of Hol-
stems was fine. We noted in particu-
lar the herd of Nick Grimm, Ringle,
wisconsin, also the head of the Rosen-
dale Farm, at Stanley, Wisconsin, and
The black and whites from Oak Grove
Twin Farm of Oxford. f. T. He'll of
Fleith, showed ten head of Holsteins.
The Guernsey show was surprise,
the finest lot of Guernseys that we
ever saw, even at the State Fair
There were several heads represented,
all of them good cattle, showing form
in abundance, though not quite so
much finished as they might have
been, owing to the fact that they are
owned by farmer breeders, and the
cattle were largely direct from the
pasture, not finished for show.
Among the herds of Guernseys we
noted in particular the one owned by
b. Il. Wilson who is president of the
Marathon County Agricultural Socie-
ty. Mr.. Wilson is pretty keen Judge
of Guernsey cattle. He has herd to
be proud of, one of the best in the
state, comprising many very excellent
animals. We could nat remain at the
fair long enough to see the finish in
the judging ring. We anticipate,
however, that Mr. Wilson carried out
the bulk of prizes for Guernsey cattle
The week before last, he won all the
prizes at the Lincoln County Fair.
+. j. Bandy, Flieth, Wisconsin,
showed nine head of excellent Guern-
seys. Also A. Thompson of the same
township, showed nine head Of Guern-
seys. Roy G. Buzzell, Stanley, Wis
consin, had an exhibit of twenty head
j. j. Bean & Son, Wausau, showed
sixteen head
I N 4 lan- Inr wi, al A
Anderson, OF Flieth, with five excel
lent animals. The Maplewood Farm
Jerseys we're in evidence. This farm
is located at EIderon, Wisconsin. It's
proprietor is Mr.. A. j. Peterson.
There were seven head in this exhibit |
Mr.. l.. Rupprecht of Merrill, Wiscon-
sin, showed twelve head of Jerseys.
There was a splendid herd of Ayr
shires owned by James Finn of White
water, Wisconsin. They attracted
good deal of attention.
There was one herd of Red Polls, |
the property of G. Leuck of Ham
burg.
For further evidence that Marathon
County is fast becoming noted for its
dairy products, we cite the fact that |
there was not a single head of any
one of the beef breeds shown at the |
fair. nothing bat dairy cattle.
The show of horses was very good. |
Marathon County has long been noted |
for its fine draft horses. The farmers
of the county much earlier, gave at
tention to the raising of draft horses
than they did to good cattle, but they
are slowly coming to use pure bred
dairy sires and in this way grading
up their herds to higher production.
The Marathon County School of Ag-
riculture is an important factor for
the upbuilding of better agriculture}
in that section of the state. This |
school was established some twelve
years ago, one of the firstin the state,
and has been doing excellent work !
ever since that time.
The school had an exhibit in which
was shown work Of the students in
the various departments, with cream
separators, Babcock milk testers, gas
oline engines, work in stump pulling,
horse shoeing, splicing of ropes, max
ing of cleyises, chains, etc. Bordeaux
mixture, spraying, utensils, needle
work, drawing, etc.
The show of vegetables, fruits,
grains, ETC., was fully what We ex-
pected il would be in a county like
Marathon. We never saw a better
display of all kinds of vegetables,
grown in Wisconsin than was exhib-
tied at the Wausau Fair. This was
also true ofsquash, pumpkins cabbage,
melons, citrons, and of apples, plums,
grapes, etc. The potato show was of
high class.
Professor r. A. Moore of the Wis
consin College of Agriculture, judged
the grain. We had nice visit with
Professor Moore, aud he said that the
judging was giving him lot of hari
work as the exhibit was large one,
and IF such hign quality that it re-
quired careful work to properly place
the awards.
We met a good many of our sub
scribers, as we'll as old acquaintance
at the fair. Many of the live stock
breeders are among our oldest sub
scribers, read The Agriculturist regu-
larly, and have nothing but words Of
encouragement to all. Mr.. j. d.
ChriSty, secretary of the Marathon
County Agricultural Society, is one of
the good farmers of the county Who
stands high in the estimation of his
fellow citizens. The same is true of
Mr.. Wilson, president of the society.
| Both of these gentlemen are Mara