The Clayton citizen. [volume] (Clayton, Union County, N.M.) 1906-19??, 1916-09-21
"Best Fa ir We've
Ever Had" Say
All Present.


number of exhibits of all classes en- |
tered. The. display of agriculture is
very fine and surpasses the most OPP
tomistic prediction as to quantity,
while the quality is par excellence.
Everyone is exhibiting great interest
and we feel that this will be the best
fair in the history of the county.
The exhibits entered today were as
follows: Clayton Horse Improvement
Co. three-year old stallion; Eklund Ho-
tel Ranch & Irrigation Co., Holstein
Bull; A. 1. Ratcliff, light draft stall
lion and prettiest pony; Homer Plain,
colt under one year old; Jacob Nut
ter, driving stallion, over three years;
A. /. Ratcliff, Jack colt and two Jacks
con. ..nnding for first prize; Willis Plum
kett from &C ~"umpa, one SOW, eve,
ram, and pen of Sheep domer PIaln'
team driving horses.
1. W. Kingdom, ten ears corn,
bundle Sudan grass, 5 squashes, 6 Gu
clmbers, milo maize heads, broom
corn pulled and broom corn in stalk;
Bruce Grimes, bundle Sudan grass,
sumac cane, milo maize; Ray Leigh
ton, bundle Sudan grass, sumac cane,
corn in stalk, watermelons to COM
pete for the largest and best, one peck
potatoes; ]. F. Hunter tomatoes; ].
W.. Smith, ten ears corn, Sudan grass,
sheaf millet, bundle feterita, maize
heads, corn in stalk, one peck COW
peas, milo in bundleS H. E, Pace,
bundle milo maize; T. E. Callahan,
corn in bundle, maize, ten ears corn,
milo in bundle, best one farm exhib-
it, plate potatoes, tomatoes, 5
squashes, pumpkins, 6 cucumbers,
largest and best watermelon, wat
ermelons, two entries of six canta-
loupes, plate of beans; J, c. Caldwell,
bundle of broom corn; T. H. Chafin,
5 squashes, plate tomatoes, plate rad
ishes, display celery, plate tomatoes;
]. w. Ham, 5 squashes, pie melons,
ten ears corn, plate turnips, two
bundles Sudan grass, maize heads,
maize in bundle; Robert Collier one
farm exhibit, bundle maize, bundle
corn, bundle Sudan grass bundle
broom corn, bundle cane, plate rad
ishes, plate beans, watermelons, one
largest and best watermelon, pump
kins, cantaloupes, II carrots, IL par
snips, plate turnips, two entries, plate
table beets, IL onions, plate peppers,
6 cucumbers, 6 tomatoes, late radishes
one peck potatoes.
Willis Plunkett pen ducks, pair
Hamburg ducks, pen single comb R. l.
Reds, single specimen R. ]. Reds, two
pens white Wyandottes, two single
specimens white Wyandottes; Homer
Plain, pen Leghorns, single specimen
leghorns; Bob Turpin, pen Rhode Is.
land Reds, single specimen Rhode Is.
land Reds; S. o. Penick, pen Buff Or.
pingtons, single specimen Buff Or.
pingtons, pair Pearl Guineas, pen leg,
horns, single specimen leghorns, per
Rhode Island Reds, single specimen
Rhode Island Reds; J. W. Ham, two
pens barred Rocks, two single speci
mems barred Rocks.
Mrs. LYDIA, exhibits of needleworl
and crochet for old ladies over G.
years of age; Miss Inez Eklund exhib
tied knitted and crochet work, liner
and cotton embroidery, one center
piece; Miss Vendla Eklmd, exhibit,
cotton embroidery, one silk embroid
cry; Mrs Carl Eklund, dolly anC
dresser scarf; Mrs. G. E. Massie, ex
hibit of household fabrics; Mrs. w
Moreland of Seneca, dolly; Rachel Ma,
Jones, special exhibit for girls unde,
ten years old, collar; Anna Hauser O
Seneca, lace work; Bette Brooks
knitted and crochet work; Mrs. A. G
Steele four exhibits knitted and Gro
chet work, exhibit of household fab
rics, two centerpieces; Mrs S. o. Pen
lex, dolly, drawn work, lace work
table spread, two exhibits househol,
fabrics; Mrs. Nicman, three exhibits
work for old ladies over 60 years old
Mrs. Earl Sampson, four pieces tat
ting; Grandma Sampson of Seneca
aged eighty years, dresser scarf
Ruby Rayburn, special for children
under ten, one piece lace work; Misses
Herringa, three pieces for children un
der ten years old; Mrs. j. .JHerringa
two exhibits of knitted and croche