The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1915-11-13
AsPlEND.D SLOWING.

proilfc variety.
c. E. Speed, Ashly, End, Calhoun Re
Cob.
R. C. Web, Delta, End, best yield o.
ten acres in state.
A. E. Kell. Duckport, 9Th, best 10
100 ears any variety.
Fl. P. Purnell, Alton, 1st, Alfalfa.
w. VI. Scott, Tallulah, LIST, Lespedezs
j. W. Cobb, Alton, 3rd, Alfalfa.
SHEAvE..
R. X. Boney, Duckport, list, Rye
Mr.. Gambling, Tallulah, End, Broom
Corn.
Maxwell Yerger Co., Mound, End
Oats.
THREsHED GRAIN
R. K. Boney, Duckport, list, Rye.
K. X. Boney, Duckport, LIST, Ret
Clover.
Leo. Shields, Roosevelt, 1st, Wheat
E. B. Sanders, King, 1st. Oats.
j. A. Moberly, Tallulah, LIST, Les
pedeza.
WIN. Scott, Tallulah, End, Lespedeza
Leo. Shields, Roosevelt, LIST, Washed
Wool.
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General Display Pecans, 1st.
Sam H. James, Mound, Ord, Hall
Peck Pecans.
VEGETABLES.
Fred Litzlider, Newellton, list,
Ground Artichokes.
The list above does not include
Six Blue Ribbons, three Red Rib
bons and two Grand Champions
won by John Robert Reed with his
Duroc sow and pigs, entered in the
Boys Pig Club, nor does it include
the ribbons won by the Utility
Farm of Mound, La.
. R. C. Webb, Delta, La. also won
first place on the best yield Of acres
of corn offered by the v. S. & P.
Railroad.
In another column of this weeks
issue of this paper we show the list
of premium won at the louisiana
State Fair, Shreveport. La, by
East Carroll, Madison and Tensas
parishes, of which we fe 4 proud.
It's true, we only go: sixth place
in the general parish exhibit, which
we will explain:
lst ..tvhen we. got t. Shire epor
Monday, November list, Bossier,
which, took first place. had It's ex,
hibitsup and ready fo- entry tag,
Clair5ourne, Richlan1 AMI Lincoln
were practically in tn, same fix,
wni;e we had everything yet 20 Go.
End, Being late in getting to
Shreveport, all the desirable booths
had been taken, and the .eRiy place
FOR US to show our exhibits was on
a blank wall with no chance to err.
close the space or cover it in any
way, and it was possibly 2 o'clock in
the afternoon before we got space
enough to even get to work t.
build our foundation. Nearly all
of the lumber we shipped from
Tallulah had been used bJ others,
and their boxes and a general out
of-doors mixture, piled on top of
our goods.
3rd, What we hal to show had
been shipped from Tallulah after
our Fair here October 13, Ia and
Is, and looked pretty well done up
after so long a time in boxes and
barrels. We had absolutely no dec
orations at all, and the only thing
left for us to win out on was QUAIL
ITY of our goods.
4th, We are quite a distance
from Shreveport and the prize-win-
ming parishes a very short distance
and every day some new goods
would come in. either by express OF
automobiles to freshen up the looks
of their booths, AMI, the judging
was based largely on general ap.
pearance, it is perfectly evident We
were not in IL:
The good planters of Madison
East Carroll and Tensas have prom
Used to help US another year plant
small grain and grasses for jus!
such purpose and have 1t on bane
when We are ready for our Parish
Fair, as well as the state. At the
permission of Mamie M. Miller
Demonstrators of the Ouachita Girl
Tomato Canning Club, we hav,
adopted her Motto, ITO MAKE THU
BEST BETTER" and we feel tina
when our farmers determined Of
this we shall be in position to max,
just as good a display at the Stat,
Fair next year as our sister parish
Bossier; did this year.
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