The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1915-09-24

ally GOOD Guernseys at the fair.
The second day OF the fair opened
under much more favorable cOndi-
tons than the first day. The weather
was glorious. just the kind to make
enc want IN go 10 d fair. The cloud
less sky was not less propitious than
the west wind. and there was sum-
mer warmth that was good for corn
and humans. II was ideal fair wealth
or. and the crowds began TO gather
at the grounds before mid forenoon,
and increased all day. Yesterday S
attendance. owing 10 the threatening
weather. was not what had been eX-
pected. the paid admissions totaiirg
only 1884 Today partially made up
for this. and with good weather to-
morrow. il is thought that the total
attendance viii come up TO any
prcvious record IL not exceed IL.
There was a splendid attendance this
afternoon.
A good part of TO-DAY was devoted
10 Judging the exhibits in the yari-
Gus departments. and most Of this
was expected to be completed by
early afternoon.
Patterson Judged Livestock.
r. C. Patterson. professor of ami
nal hushandry IT the state agricul-
tural college. Judged the live stock of
all kinds. He WAS here a year ago.
at the ,imc of the Swine breeders
ASSOCIATION. and showed how to cut
up = hog correctly.
Judd Cornell of Mapletou. surerin-
Of ha
ent classes were promptly gotten ont
for the judging. Fred Huen, who
bought the old Adams farm recently.
is the superintendent o. the cattle
department. and l.. I. Silkey OF the
hog department. There are no sheep
entries.
There arr uinety-nine horses en-
tered. sevcnty-6ve cattle and forty
one hogs There are also about 800
entries OF farm products. ana about
225 of fruit
The Judging of the exhibits OF the
different farmers clubs was done this
morning and by Professor Curran. of
the state agricultural college. and the
Indian Lake club took first prize of
$25. scoring ca points out OF pos
sible LEGO. Tho Judson club. known
ms the Hub. took second prize Of $50.
with G45 points. and the Kennedy
Fridge club took third prize OF SIS
with 375 points. These were the
three clubs exhibiting. The exhibits
have attracted n great deal OF atten-
ton and favorable comment.
In Horse Department.
I'm the horse department. the Cldycs-
for i,.Ha al,
and ]. d. Slater's fine draf: stallion
of Winnebago, took first prize. 7. ID.
TaylOra's OF MapletCn. second. and
George Larg's OF MapletOn third. OF
the two-yeaT old stations. T. H. Tay-
lor's took first. and x. +. Jones Of
Lake Crystal. second I'm the one
year old stallion class OF Slydesdales.
Mr. Jones took first prize and Mr..
Taylor second and third. George
Lang's mare captured first in the
three year old class. and he also took
first I'm the two-year- class OF
mares, and Mr.. Taylor second and
third In the one-year old mare
class. Mr. Lang took first and Mr..
Taylor second. MIR Lang also took
first with a sucking colt. and also
with a brood mare and colt.
The Percherons were next called
out. and ]. Gamble took first with a
beautiful white stallion thai has at
tracted much attention. William
Hoehn took second and Judd Cornell
third. with stallicns. Among the two
year-old stations. L. +. Maker OF
Lake Crystal took first and third
prizes, and Mr.. Hoehn second. With
three-year old mares. l.. +. Maker
took first and third. and Mr.. Hoehn
second. Mr. Hoehn took first with Il
ycarling mare, and Mr.. Maker SEE
Ond. Mr.. lloehn took first with n
yearling stallion, and also first with
q sucking colt.
The following is the complete list
of exhibitors in the horse depart
ment: c. G. Nelson. Thomas Foley.
n. Z. Thurston. A. b. Chapman, Clark
Jones. A. r. Wendtlant. l.. r. Maker.
II. A. Hanson, II. ID. Burnett, Judd
Cornell. William Hoehn. !. Gamble.
ID. NJ Jones. Martin Wiltgen. T. b.
Taylor. George Lang. J. ID. Slater. r.
F. Jones. Carl Landgren. J. Gamble,
A. Allen and Ray Davis.
Mr.. Taylor's cIydesdsies.
Mr.. Taylor OF Mapleton entered
sixteen registered Cytlesiales. and
also seven head of Shorthorn cattle.
He had these Clydesdale horses at
the state fair and won two firsts and
four seconds. which brought him
5000. At the county fair at LeSueur
he received thirteen firsts and four
seconds, and at the county fair at
Garden City he captured something
like ten firsts and four seconds. He
has all of these ribbons attached to
a banner In the horse Darn. where
they are attracting much attention.
He certainly has a fine bunch of
Clydeslales. as has Mr.. Lang. also.
The latter has siy entered.
Besides his horses. Mr.. Wendtlandt
brought down from his Good Thun-
der farm a carload OF Holstein cattle.
One of these is a bull weighing 2,I0O
pounds. He got pretty tired walking
the eight miles TO the station. He Is
not a fat animal, hut is OF large bone
and Drawn. and makes an ideal head
for a beef herd.
Some interesting Displays.
Among the different exhibits on the
fair grounds. detached from any build
ing, are several OF interest aside from
the extensive machinery display. The
Minnesota Pipe and Tile company has
an exhibit OF it's concrete culyert pipe
and large size drainage pipe. These