Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1915-09-20
Interesting Oregon Exhibits
Coming to Eposition Now

for competition in from one to five
box lots, but the Grand Sweepstakes
will be awarded to tho best five box
lot There will be very strenuous com
petitions between California, Montana,
Idaho, Arkansas, Washington, Missouri
and Oregon. All entries for apples close
November | and the following ratings
will be used by the judges in awarding
the prize: Quality 20 points, color 70,
size to run from so TO ll2 with more
of a leaning toward SS to 96) 10 points;
form 10; freedom from blemish 90; to-
tai so points. Pack, Bulge 1 points,
alignment 4, compactness 4, attractive
ness and style of package s, total 20
points; grand total 100 points. Not all
growers will care to engage in eompe-
tition, but doubtless many with superior
fruit will be glad to send small guam
tity for display purposes, simply tnat
they may say that tney exhibited at the
great exposition and helped win laurels
for Oregon. The Eastern Oregon booth
would be glad to have some fine prunes
from growers in Eastern Oregon while
the Willamette valley booth is crying
out for fruit os all kinds, as well as
vegetables Coos is going to have
fine display of graventsein aples. The
Southern Oregon booth is now showing
a magnificent display of several varie-
ties of peaches al pears. Those who
I send even Il small quantity of fruit for
display purpose should send only tne
very finest, for it will be in the pres
enee of some other mighty fine speci-
mems. However, Oregon raises the best
there is, and it is merely q matter OF
getting it here.
some Real Crowds.
With an average daily attendance OF
70 900 during the past thirty days tho
exposition s grand total has passed the
10000 900 and there is hope of reaching
ls.000.0O0 The week of September 8
brought two of the largest crowds OF
the exposition period; Labor Day with
III IFS l3S.000 and Admission Day with its
/ $4,000. Figures for other large days
are as follows; Opening Day, 225, ,li9;
July (Bryap Day. l90,S46, Second
Vanderbilt Cup Oay, 1858, First Van
derhilt Cup Day, l29,6l0, Uall.Post Day
T, 1872, $50. Examiner Day (May Day. 1867
. g37. Three of four other days passed
the one hundred thousand mark.
, Labor Day probably brought the larg-
T; est crowd OF all to the Oregon building.
: This day they came early, and tho
crowd continued throughout tne day and
|, the remarkable fact shown by the regis
!. ter is that few of those who wrote their
; names in the book were from San Fran
|. cisco. The register itT September oth
! shows an unusually large number OF
:. names Of people from distant points
4; Heretofore about ten per cent OF the
s visitors to the Oregon building have
taken away copies of the Oregon Al
3. manac, tne comprehensive booklet is
% sued by the state for those who wan
e. facts rather than pictures; this bool
5, is being placed Where all may get !
r. without the asking. On Labor Da,
,t something more than 5000 of these al
ID nanacs were taken, indicating that no
In less than 10000 people passed throug
IL tho building The estimate Of attend
n. auce Is that fully 10000 were in tn
il. building during the day.
to A Ten Acre Irrigated Farm.
Mt r. M. Sherman, of Lebanon, has jus
"A. .Ireconetructed his tea-acre farm exhibi
On in the Oregon section of the Palace 0
IL Agriculture. This now contains so va
NO rietics of wheat, SO of potatoes, " u
of barley, 80 Of oats, ) kinds OF clover,
d. kinds of vctch, many kinds Of grassel
vegetables, dried and canned fruits, u
endless variety Of seeds, aud II score
rs. other products possible to a ten-acr
en- larm. The exhibit is placed withou
ro enbollsnment, though it is decided
IA. attractive in arrangement, and is Il
in tended to give the farmer an exat
n idea of what is possible ON Willamett
in valley soil. The varieties are there f'
ny comparative purpose, and all grains an
of prasses are tied with binding twin
m. rather than ribbon, Mr. sherman say
10 he will produce more than 800 diffe
ke ent varieties of products this year. L
ci- has farmed eight acres for eight yea
he and placed himself in excellent fina
by cial circumstances, though ne had b
i'd $50 and i'll health TO start with. Ol
re- year ago last February he added "
m acres at 1925 per acre, and the known
ones laughed. Mr. Saerman's expe
on. enee todd him that he could afford
nd pay 800 per acre, and he smiles
,ox those who talk of high land values. \
ial Sherman won second at the state II
,nt last year and is exhibiting there al
red this year.