Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-09-16
MANY INTERESTING EXHIBITS TO SEE
AT GREAT MARSHALL COUNTY FAIR

There are enough interesting tea
lures az the Marshall county fair t.
keep an ordinary pair of eyes buss
abou, three afternoons. If one wants
10 see everything.
Each year it seems as tho the fair
could not be bigger the next year and
when the next year arrives ore mar
yels at the vastness of the displays
and The increase in size over the yeal
preceding. As one Des Moines mar
put Al YESTERDAY, II looks more Ike a
There's a wealth of blue blood and
quality. to say nothing OF quantity in
the live stock divisions of the county
fair. No fancier or farmer can afford
TO miss seeing this live stock. and city
people will find any number OF indi-
vidual animals that will cause them 10
wonder Not only is much OF the cream
OF the best of the county. but some OF
the best of half a dozen central Iowa
counties is in the stalls and pens.
Taken altogether the live stock makes
an exposition OF proportions large
enough 20 fill the entries of many ex-
elusive live stock shows. In number
the animals total about 500: in value
they represent comfortable fortune.
A count Tuesday evening showed 547
hogs. sixty one sheep. 100 cattle. TWEEN
ty-six horses and about thirty ponies.
The only division that is below the
average is the horses.
An Exceptional Swine Snow.
The swine division is the premier
section. It's of state fair proportions
and as 10 quality an equal number of
better hogs has not been exhibited in
the state this year G. r. Stansberry
of Gilman. superintendent of the d.
vision for many years, says its the best
exhibit of swine the county fair has
ever had.
We've got the finest lot of hogs ever
shown anywhere in the state. not ex-
cepting the state fair" ne said Breed
ers on the ground agree in this state
ment. and it is very probable that the
swine division viii be turned into an
immense sa!esroom before the fair ends
The local fair is notable as a sales
ground for swine, for IL furnishes the
opportunity for buyers to choose from
the pick of exceptional herds. Selling
! mad even begun Tuesday.
All the popular breeds are represent
ed by long lists of entries. In numbers
the Duroc Jerseys lead. with the POLAND
Chinas and the Chester Whites. about
equal in number. next. Fixe or si1
years go where there were but one OF
two entries of Hampshires. there are
now eight or ten represented by sixty
seven individuals, many Of them O
/ prime quality.
| But for the muddy roads Monday AND
\ Tuesday the swine show would hay'
been even larger than II is. Exhibitor
. say they were not able to get help 4
/ haul their hogs to the fair on accoun
I Of the mud, and a number Of them LEI
4 part Of their herds at home.
l Among the Duroc jersey exhibitor
4 are N. T. Tweed & Son, Of LeGrand
yearly exhibitors: 8. c. Kellogg AM
/ ". 4. Kellogg, also Of LeGrand; AM
/ Roberts Bros. Of Melbourne. Robert
!; Bros. showed ct Grtnnell last week an
won number of firsts. They find tn
competition here very much keener bot
in quality and quantity.
The Poland China exhibitors are al
timers at the local fair. They In
c1ude r. G. Tweed, Of LeGrand; F.
Paul and E. c. Wetherbee. Of near thi
city: J. w. Malloy. Of Albion: and A. /.
Banks Of Montour.
There Is quite a big SHOW Of Cbcste