Arizona republican., 1914-11-14
YAVAPAk WINS
GRAND COUNTY
PRIZE At FAIR
Maricopa Captures $50 Cash
Prize for Best Exhibit
From ANY One County,
With Yavapai Second.


cellence of her apples, won the grand
county challenge cup for the best
exhibit from any one county in the
agricultural display at the Arizona
State Fair yesterday This prize is
given this year under somewhat diff
ferent conditions from that of last
year in that Maricopa county is ex-
cluded from showing for the county
prize. However Maricopa county won
4 the $50 cash prize for the best eXhi-
bit from any one county. Yavapai
county won second prize in this
class of $40 with Yuma and Coconino,
third and fourth with $50 and $40 as
tn prizes respectively. Graham coun-
ty took a special prize of a blue rib
bon and Navajo county one of red in
the same contest In the Dry Farm
ing exhibit Frank Wells of Snow
lake in Navajo, took the first prize
for the best dry farming exhibit from
any one exhibitor In judging this
section of the fair Prof w. H. Law
renee had for his assistants the
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Arizona composed of Hirst, Vance,
Levitt, Craigbaum and Whiteside,
and he received lots of assistance
from them.
Yavapa County
| Yavapai county having taken ad-
vantage of the fine display exhibited
at the Northern Arizona fair at Pres
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tive and instructive exhibit.
| In the Log Cabin in the south wing
| of the Agricultural building the Mile
High county this year takes sweep
stakes in all kinds of fruits except
the citrus family. In corn blue rib
bons were captured on white dent,
| yellow dent, yellow flint and pop
| corn. The supremacy of Yavapai
county in the principal types of
commercial corn is again demon
strated in spite of the fine compe-
tition this year from the Indian
growers of the state. In every class
of beans entered except one Yava-
pal county took first honors. For the
first time in the history of the Ari-
iona Fair the northern county cap
tured both first and second in kef-
fier pears, a product for which the
Salt River Valley has always been
famous. Color turned the trick this
wear. the Upper Verde Farm &c Or
chard co. having been the victor.
Yavapai county. in view of all these
exhibits and the splendid arrange
ment of the same, takes the giant
silver cup for the best county ex-
hibit in 1914, and the cash award for
the largest and most comprehensive
display over one hundred and fifty
ribbons were captured by the Mile
High county.
The exhibit this year is in charge
of John BiancOni and Malcolm A.
Fraser Mr. Bianconi is the owner
of the Granite Dells Orchard ana
stands first in this exhibit as to the
number of prizes taken. He had the
most varieties of apples and the best
and largest fruit exhibit shown at
the entire fair.
Yuma County
Cereals and products of the vege-
table garden as well as tropical
fruits are attractively displayed at
the Yuma county booth, which con-
tains one of the best exhibits the
county on the Colorado has ever
sent to the state fair. Here oranges.
lemons, figs and dates and piles of
fluffy cotton serve to demonstrate
the variety of tropical and semi
tropical products that are grown sue
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Yuma In addition there Is a fine
display of grapes, pumpkins and corn
that advertises the number of pro-
fitable crops that can be grown on
the rich mesa land Of the south
western part of the state.
feature of the display is tie
prize winning bale of cotton in front
Of the booth. This cotton in this
bale, the first ginned in the state
this year, was grown and ginned by
E. F. Sanguinette, who realized $1535
from this one bale, winning the state
prize of $1,000, the Yuma county
prize Of 5000, and a 5000 commercial
club award. The bale sold for $S5.
Graham County
Although the hay and milled grain
exhibits from Graham county failed
to arrive in time for the fair, the
display from the upper ella valley
is one that illustrates the varied re-
sources of this section. Practically
every variety of grain is shown IN
the head and in addition there is a
complete display of vegetables.
Apples and strawberries are among
the fruits here displayed. The fer
tility of the soil and the results OBJ
tainable under irrigation are well il
lustrated by twelvefOot apricot
trees, one year old grown with only
enc irrigation. The booth is taste
fully decorated with chrysanthemums.
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This exhibit carried off a number
of blue ribbons in hot competition,
winning first on Arkansas black APP
pies and Stayman winesap apples.
First on priZetaker onions, large
white radishes, spinach, English wal
nuts, Strawberries and nearly all the
different varieties of deciduous
fruit trees grown up in the fertile
ella valley near Stafford
Dry Farming in Navajo
To the eastern tourist. whose
knowledge of the resources of Nava
10 county has been gained from the
car window of a transcontinental
limited, the display of dry farming
products is little short of the miracu-