Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1914-07-12
Valuable STOCK IS
OFFERED FOR PRIZE
S. A. ORCUTT DONATES A
SHORTHORN CALF;
OTHERS GIVE.
COUNTY FAIR LOOKS BIC
Tulsa County Show Grows Every
Day; May Use the League
Ball Park Now.

A Tulsa county rancher has placed
the climax on private donations for
prizes to be awarded in the county
fairs Of the state this fall. The fol-
lowing letter WAS received yesterday
by Or. T.. G. Earuhart county agIicul-
tural demonstration, signed by ). A..
circuit. showing something Of the in
tercst which is being manifested gem
orally by the land owners of the
county in the Tulsa county fair.
MY Dear Sir
/ see by the papers that Tulsa
county is to have a fair in Septem-
Der, and have also noticed that our
old friend, Campbell Russell, is Of
fering 20 the boys in the congressional
r~istrict, including Adair, Sequoyah,
Cherokee, Wagner, Muskogec, Has
kell, Mcintosh and Okmulgee couu-
ties, n one hundred and fifty dollar
Hereford calf.
Now, | am not running for con-
gress, but | do realize that the intro
ductiOn OF pure bred stock is AN ines
Unable value to a community, Real
izing this fact. / hereby oyer "A one
hundred and fifty dollar (Sl50) pure
bred ShOrthorn calf to the man or
boy who makes the best score under
the rules or the FARMERS CO-operd-
tive Demonstration work at the Tulsa
county falr. IAe only proNlso TO TINS
offer IS That the calf be kept IN tho
county Tor two years IN order mat
the county be benefited by this
means Of stock Improvement.
The sire of this calf cost S225, when
a calf, and he is a direct descendant
Of pure Scotch blood imported stock.
Many Ct his breed sell for S2'OOo To
81, 500 each. wishing the IUlSa coun-
ty tair a success and hoping ihht an
exhibit Of live stock can be included,
/ remain very truly yours,
tNlEucdJ $ A OltClTT'
Gus Orcott goes Hon. Campbell
Russell eight better, as ho is Offering
in n county what Russell offers IN
eight. Other I've stock breeders are
willing to give pure bred stock u
money Tor prizes IN the county talr.
The success of the fair is assured Ny
such letters as the above, n numer-
GUS offers Of assistance from the farm
crs and merchants of Tulsa county.
ThIs Indicate thal thocr is nothing
short about the Tulsa county farm
boosters, ana nothing snort about
Their cattle put tnelr hornS' the lat
ter beng polls. ne a OF the long
morn Is past ll Ulsh county, says MT.
circuit, who has one Of the finest
ranches in the Arkansas valley lie
makes a specially Of pure Dled STOCK
and realizes the EIeat value OF alIaIta
IN the STOCK raising business, Whlch
is shown by the TACT that ne mas 10"
acres I'm alfalfa row ana expects To
have 400 acres mere by thls lalL
W. J.. North, VINO mas been breed
ing inc buroc Jersey hos LOT years,
and has very prolific, big type, rapid
growing strain nt TINS breed. is OTTER
ing 10 the hoNs oil thlS county a DE
for a prize IN the Boys corn cluh.
The grandmother o. the pls 'il rnd
raised seventeen PIGS IN n Iltter.
mother a sI! mas eleNeh ntaltny
squealers all roouns 10 make lhe IAN
and Tulsa county famous MI. W J.
Bently, the state agent, purchased
two of these pigs TO SEND to ms son
who lives on "A rRrch In IeNas'