Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-09-07
PRIZES AWARDED
FOR COUNTY FAIR
Nerdicts Reached by Judges at JosIin
Exhibit Announced By Secretary
Homer DALEY.
PUBLIC SALE FOR OCTOBER o
Bears From. Prize Herds to Be Dis.
posed of at Fair GrOunds-Var.
iOus Winners OF 1916.

Announcement of prize winners at
the Joslin fair. held last week. was
made today by Homer Daley of
/ Hillsdale, secretary of the Rock Is
land County Fair association. W. w.
/ Cain and Son OF Hillsdale carried
away all the ribbons in the aged
mare and young colt Percheron class
es They are building up splendid
herd of animals.
A NJ Sayre and Son of Moline won
many ribbons. They carried off hon
ors in the aged stallion class for
/ both Pecherons and Clydesdales, also
winning the grand champion, all
breeds and ages in the stallion class
with King David, a gray Percheron-
W. w. Cain and Son won the ribbon
! for grand champion mare. all breeds
and ages. John Bailey of Coal VAL
/ ley had some fine Clydesdales en-
tered and carried away several first
and second ribbons.
! Fine Cattle shown.
! Hereford cattle exhibited by ". H.
Moody of COrdOva were the talk of
the fair. In his herd the judges
found both the grand champion bull
and the COW, all breeds. William
/ showed some fine Shorthorns. Red
Polls entered by a. E. Genung and
Sons, also breeders of the upper
end of Rock Island county, excited
much interest and drew warm praise.
/ In the dairy breeds Paulie Farber
/ Of Geneseo showed some fine Hol-
stems, carrying home the grand
! champion ribbon for best bull of all
breeds. Ed Wainwright, besides
taking many other ribbons, was
awarded one for grand champion COW
of all breeds He had a fine herd of
I Jerseys entered as did John kruck-
( enberg, who WED with Wainwright
for ribbons in the several classes.
Honors, insofar as number of rib
bOns secured by the two exhibitors
go, were about even.
SO0-POund Hogs Shown.
In the hog department several
good herds were displayed. John
Hanna of Geneseo showed Berkshires
and 4. L. Sand and Son OF Geneseo
/ exhibited Jersey Durocs, and to these
two men goes credit of winning all
the prize ribbons for stock in these
I classes. They showed pigs under
six months of age S fine as could be
seen anywhere, and their older hogs
were exceptionally good. S. L.
Lawrence of Spring Hill, Ill, showed
some DurOcs that won favorable men
ton.
Isaac Wainwright of Hampton was
/ chief winner in the class for Chester
/ Whites Jesse Walker of Hillsdalc
is given credit for versatility as a
breeder He showed a greater variety
than any other one exhibitor, with
some fine Durocs, Chester Whites,
Mule-fOOted and Poland China hogs
being his entries.
i Public Sale October 8.
Homer A Daley and John Durbin,
both of Hillsdale, exhibited Poland
Chinas. They showed boars weigh
/ ing more than 500 pounds each, and
sOws that ran more than 700 pounds
each. To these two herds goes cred
it for having the champion boar and
champion SOW over all breeds ex-
hibited at the fair To Homer Daley
goes credit for having won the grand
champion on boar, any age, over all
breeds, for the last five years, and
he has taken similar honors three
different years at Joslin for SOW. His
record speaks we'll for him as a
breeder and there is considerable in
terest among farmers of this and ad-
joining counties over a public sale
that will be held at the fair grounds
+ Monday, Oct g. when Mr.. Daley, with
Messrs. Durbin and Pearsall, will dis
pose of a draft of boars from both
herds.
Best Show in History.
All in all this years was one of the
best stock shows ever held in connec-
ton with a JOslin fair. While the num-
Der of entries was smaller than has
been the case in some previous years
the animals showed better in aver
age quality. In the sheep barn was
"a fine herd from the Warwick stock
farm of AledO. Just how good this
herd is would have been better
shown had there been competition for
the animals, and it is regretted that
there were no entries pitted against
it. Henry Frels of Hampton
showed some fine Angora goats.
+ Henry Fender and Son of Port
Byron were easy winners in the poul-
/ try department, with entries of Ply
mouth Rocks and White Leghorns
&c. c. Claybough of Sterling made a
/ creditable showing, however, as did
many other exhibitors.
/ NJ. d. Hauberg and Edgar Wal
] thera, both of Coe township, were
main exhibitors of fruits and farm
/ produce Mr.. Hauberg's exhibit oc-
| cupied sixty feet of space and he
took down more than $50 in prem
iums. All told the fair association
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