The Palatka news and advertiser., 1916-12-01
C0L0N|ST'S FAIR
At ORANGE SPRINGS
Was Splendid Revelation of
Sections Wonderful De-
velOpment.

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Florida Farms and Homes, Inc, who
has been doing so much to advertise
Florida and particularly Putnam and
Marion counties and to develop this
section Of the state, has scored an
other great triumph in the success of
the Colonists Fair at Orange Springs
last week.
Mr.. Murphy last spring invited
representative men from the various
communities in his territory to meet
INN at Orange Springs and there laid
his plans for a fair before them stat
ing that he would donate liberal pre-
NUNS and give them every assist
ance to make the fair success. He
stated that his purpose was to pro-
mote a spirit of cooperation among
the farmers.
How well he has succeeded is
best told in the action Of the repre-
sentatives of the Marion County Fair
Association and the Marion county
Board of Trade who visited the fair
in search of deserving exhibits. They
had just returned from the Alachua
County Fair at Gainesville and stated
that the Orange Springs Fair was
far superior in every department ex-
cept the display of live stock. AT
Ocala they called special meeting
of the Marion County Fair Associa-
ton and the Board Of Trade and sent
special committee to the Orange
Springs Fair with proposition to
pay for the transportation of the en-
tire fair to Ocala and back. The
Colonists Fair Association held a
meeting and agreed to cooperate with
the Marion County Association.
The exhibitors got busy and plann-
ed for a greater display for the Oca-
la Fair and it is safe to say that
the Orange Springs Fair is the big
gest and best feature of the Marion
County Fair.
There was a great deal of friend
ly rivalry for the principal prizes at
the fair. Kenwood Star local of the
Farmers Educational and Coopera-
tive Union of America took the first
prize for the best collective displays
of agricultural products and live stock
by a permanently organized coop
erative association. These prizes
were each twenty-five dollars in gold.
The second prizes, ten dollars each IN
gold, for the same contest, were won
bv Lake View, near Interlachen, the
exhibit being the combined display
of the members of Alligator Creek
local of the Farmers Union. This is
splendid object lesson of what CO.
operation means among the farmers.
Among the other principle prize
winners were the following:
Individual making the best and lar
gest display Of agricultural products
First prize, pair of Duroc jersey
pigs. Tony Heini; second prize, pen OF
white leghorn chicks.
Best Display of Hogs-tlrst prize,
SIS in gold, T. M. Pierce, TT. Mccoy;
second prize, $40 in gold, G. c. Har-
dy, Florahome. ,,
Best Boar-First prize, $40 in gold,
G. C. Hardy; second prize, SIS in gold
A. NJ. Probst, East Palatka.
Best brood sow-$5 in gold, Anton
Heini, Kenwood.
Best milch cow-$1O in gold, T: c.
Smith, Kenwood; second prize, 50 IN
gold, Anton Heini.
Best bull-First prize, $40 in gold.
H. T. Mann, Mannville; second prize
$3.50 in gold, Anton Heini.
Best team draft horscs-First
prize, SO in gold, D. NJ. Waldron,
Bav Lake; second prize, S. in gold,
H. J. Custead, Mannville.
Best saddle horse-First prize, 81
in gold. w. Woods. Kenwood: second
prize. $3.50 in gold, ]. M. Chesser,
Hollister.
Best ram-First prize, S. in gold
H. NJ. Fell, Kenwood.
Rest ewe-First prize, So, H. M.
Fell.
| Best team mules-First prize, S.
in gold, w. Woods, Kenwood; sec
ond prize, $3.50, Anton Heini.
Bes farm wagon-First prize, So,
Anton Heini; second prize, S1.5O, W.
Woods.
Best 25 ears Of corn-First prize.
s5 in gold, Tony Heini: second prize,
$3.50. Hall & Laxton, Burbank.
Best Natal hay-First prize. S.
in gold Mat Leonard, Kenwood.
Best general display of hay-First
prize. SIS in gold, Toni Heini.
| Best sugar cane-First prize. 81 so,
7. w. Goolshv Burbank; second prize,
81. W. J. Teuton, Burbank.
Best Japanese cane syrup-Sl, H..
J. Custead. Manville.
Best sugar cane syrup-$1 Hall
& Laxton, Burbank.
Best sorghum svrup-S1, A. Swell
reen, Orange Springs.
Best velvet beans-S2.5O, E. Vol
novski, Hollister.
Rest peanuts-s2.50. H. !. Custead.
Best lettuce-S5, H. c. Miller, Lake
View, Interlachen; also won second
prize. $3.50.
Best strawberries-First prize, S5,
second nrize. $3.50. divided between
Fl. Kalin, Fl. A. Bradley, Mannville.
and T. ]. Wilmington, Hollister.
Oranres-FirSt prize, $3.50, B.
Rrarm. Ft. McCov; second prize, 81,
". Woods, Kenwood.
Granefruit-FirStp prize, $3.50, H.
c. Miller, Lake View; second prize,
w. Woods.
Best combination citrus fruits