Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1915-09-09
SAUK COUNTY At
The STATE FAIR

I'LL UtniL lHIII
For many years Sauk county has sus-
tained an enviable reputation for the
extent and excellence of her fruit ex-
hibits at the State Fair. AS business
enterprise some of the newer counties
of the state are making great efforts
to secure first honors at the State Fair.
We have the fruit and we should not
miss the splendid opportunity of letting
the consuming centers know that Sauk
county will be in the market with q
first class pack of apples. This year
provision is made for county ex-
hibits of fruit at the State FAIR. Sauk
county will max competitive exhibit
under the direc tion of L. H. Palmer,
who will give information in regard to
fruit needed. The Commercial Club of
Baraboo City will help to guarantee the
success of the undertaking. Of course
there will be the usual individual ex-
hibits of fruits, flowers and farm pro-
ducts. In our desire to promote on r
Ion Sauk County" thought we should
give all help possible to the Sauk coun-
ty exhibit of field products at the State
Fair this year. This exhibit as before,
is under the auspices of the Sauk Coun-
ty Order of Experimental Associations
of which Riley Martiny is president,
and e. w. Davies of North
Freedom, secretary. Secretary
Davies will be pleased to get in touch
with those who are willing to help with
contributions of material for the exhi-
bit The requirements for the show
are classified to the following scale of
points toward awards. Corn, 10 ear sam
ples, $50 points; wheat, 100 points; ;oats $50
points barley, 125 points;peas and beans,
100 points; rye and buckwheat, 100
points; clover and grass-seed, 100
points; the foregoing in quart sam
pies Grains in sheaf, inches IN diam
eter, 100 points; clover and grass in
sheaf, inches at band, $50 points; for
age plants, LOO points, potatoes, peck
samples, $50 points; of each variety,
Is points; culinary vegetables, of
each variety, $50 points; fruit, 300
points; greatest number of varities, 300
points; taste in arrangement, 200
points.
We won the first award last year and
hope again to be in the front this year
The material is in the county and the
men who arranged for success last year
will again put up the show for us. The
question now is, who have and will fur
nish the products? With SO much cool
weather we will need to make extra
effort to secure such things as need
warm weather like beans, melons. egg
plant, peppers, squash, pumpkins, grapes
and seed corn. To facilitate getting
together material for the exhibit, the
following committee has been appoint
ed: For fruit and culinary vegetables,
A. K. Bassett; seed corn, Pierce Mar
tiny; potatoes and stock vegetables.
Prin. W. E Smith, Wilbur Cahoon; ;sheaf
grain, Albert Wichern; threshed grain;
VIM. Shale, Sam Borck; clover and
grass seed, R. j. Martiny, Fl. M. Esch-
enbach; forage plants, III. M. Eschen-
bach, Willis Ryan; miscellaneous, Earl
Thomas; peas, beans, buckwheat, Ak.
Kleeber.
If the threshing machine has not ar
rived, it is not difficult to pound out
from the bundles over binder cover
with lath a sufficient quantity of
grain to clean out to four quarts. The
various members of the committee will
be ready to receive any kind of offer
ing, and see that it is properly placed.
F. A. Nehs and ]. Briggs, the feed
store man, are requested to receive ar
ticles from those who cannot conven-
emily meet with any of the mem bers
of the committee. The car which will
take the exhibits to the State Fair will
probably leave Baraboo on Friday even
ing, Sept. 10th, and all material should
be in the hands of some member of the
committee not later than Sept. 9th.
WILLIAM TOOLE.