Weekly journal-miner. [volume] (Prescott, Ariz.) 1908-1929, 1913-11-19
(From Fridays Daily

Yavapai county scored heavily III
the individual awards for farming eX-
hibits at the State fair last week.
Dry farming products raised or
collected under the supervision OF
L. L. Bates, superintendent OF the
Dry Farming Experimental station,
especially attracted attention.
Following is the list OF prizes won
by Yavapai county in the agricui
tural department OF the Second An
nual State fair, held at Phoenix.
Nov. 3-S:
Dat hay, best two bales, c. D.
Willard, Cottonwood. second prize;
best two bales wheat hay, /. /.
Bates, Prescott. second prize; best
half bushel alfalfa seed, Linsey Lane.
Cornville. second; best hall bushel
sorghum seed. L. L. Bates, Pres
colt. second: best bushel Dward
milo seed, l. L. Bates, Prescott,
second.
Mr.. Bates also received second
prize Tor the best bushel OF standard
milo, and first for best bushel OF
white milo. In two classes, of white
wheat, he also won first and second,
and second for macroni wheat.
Best twelve ears OF yellow dent
corn, J. R Alexander. Mayer. won
first and second. Best twelve ears
OF any other dent corn, Bates first.
Best twelve ears OF popcorn. J. R
Alexander, Mayer, first He also
won first on rice popcorn.
c. c. Galloway. Camp Verde, had
the best hall bushel OF Ohio red
potatoes. and c. D. Willard. Cotton
wood. and w. NJ Goddard. Camp
Verde, stood first and second in the
Burbank Irish potato class c. B.
Colson and J. c Maxwell, both OF
Camp Verde. won first and second,
respectively. on pink vans f. w.
Monroe. Camp Verde. showed the
best class in Mangle Wurtzel beets.
Rinehold Hohensee, Cornville, took
second on onions. Charles Burrus,
Cottonwood, had the best and largest
squash. and c. D. Willard won out
with the best Hubbard squash Best
sweet pumpkin, first prize for L. L.
Bates. Best and largest muskmelon,
first. NJ l. Osborn, Camp Verde;
flat Dutch cabbage. first, L. l.
Bates; best flat turnips. first. J. /.
Alexander, Mayer Best peck pink
beans, J. ]. Neuman, Prescott; best
Indian beans, first. J. J. Neuman,
Prescott; best field peas, first, J. J.
Neuman; best watermelon, c. D.
Willard. Cottonwood. and w. L. Os-
born, Camp Verde, first and second,
respectively. Mr.. Osborn won first
for the best celery. and the United
Verde Farm and Orchard Co., rank
second in cucumbers.
l. l. Bates showed the best cauli-
flower Under the head OF sheaf ex-
hibits, Bates won second on amber
tame; first on barley; first on rye;
first on millet; and first on the best
and largest showing of dry farmed
products. In this class, in competi-
ton with Apache, Navajo, Coconino
counties, Bates cleaned up the fol-
lowing firsts: Best macroni wheat
best Mexican beans. first and second
best white teparies; best any other
variety OF beans, best potatoes;
Best navy beans. J. J. Neuman, first
Mr. Neuman also took the follow
ing: Best potatoes, second; best and
largest pumpkin, first.
John Bianconi captured the fol
lowing firsts in peaches: liberia
Heath cling, Krummell, Late Craw-
ford, second; any other variety, first;
largest and best collection OF peaches
by one exhibitor, second; Anjou
pears, second; pound, first; seckel
first; any other variety, first Largest
and best collection of pears grown
by any one exhibitor, first Ship
pers' pride plums, second. Any
other variety, first Largest and
best plum collection by one exhibitor
first. Mission grapes, first. Best
collection shown by one exhibitor
in lots 213 to 22O inclusive. first
Apples, Akin, first; Ben Davis, sec
end; Baldwin, first; Chicago, first;
Champion, first; Cofelt. first; Fall
Pippin, first; Gravensteins, frs.i
Rome Beauty, first: Rambo, second;
Winesap, first: any other variety
first and second. Largest collection
OF apples grown by exhibitors. first
APPROPRIATENESS Blacks, J. o
Hurst, Cornville, second; Akin, w
G. Wingheld. Camp Verde. second: