Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1917-09-20
THIS FAIR THE BEST EVER

notwithstanding the fact that the
rain of the early morning made the
ground very muddy and interfered
with the entries at the Trego county
Fair Tuesday morning the exhibits
now on display are far better than
it was expected could have been gath
cred together this year owing to the
continued dry weather which prevail
ed until the first of August. There
was no rush of entries at any time
during the day but there was steady
run and by evening the big exhibition
hall was well filled with display of
vegetables and fruits, works of tex
tile and art, and almost everything in
the domestic science line. The stock
sheds and pens were filled with cattle
and horses, but the swine pens were
very slow in filling owing to the fact
that the farmers have nearly gone
out of the hog business on account
of the scarcity and high price of feed.
A pleasing thing about the exhibits
is that they come from all parts of
Tregocounty. The first person to en-
ter swine was Ed Cass from over
north of Collyer and he deserves much
credit for showing enterprise enough
to haul his hogs over twenty miles
in order to get~them to the fair.
The exhibit of cattle is far better
than at any previous fair. There are
twenty pens of first class cattle both
of the beef and dairy type. These
cattle are as good as can be found
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to see. In fact L. H. Gallawoy was
recently offered $1,000 for the Here
ford bull which he has placed with
his display. There. are also some good
fellows in the other breeds but they
have not had the chance to win the
reputation.
If you are an admirer of fancy
horses there are several for you to
look at when at the fair and you have
only one more day to see them. The
farmers are taking considerable inter
est in bringing in the best they have
and they are also getting more of it
into the county. The exhibits are
not all from new parties who have
not exhibited at the fairs but several
II them have been coming to the fair
for the last several years. They have
not won prizes each year but they are
proud of what they are raising and if
someone else has better quality, it is
all right and they go home with the
determination to have something bet
ter for next year. This determination
has gradually improved the quality of
the live stock as is exemplified by the
1917 exhibit.
The day before the fair commenced
citizen was heard to remark that
"there won't be anything in the veg
etable and grain line on exhibition
up there tomorrow. 1t hasn't been
raised this year," but by Tuesday
night he had changed his mind There
was one of the best vegetable and
grain displays ever shown in this
county. Of course the grain was not
matured, like it ought to be, but is
far enough along that if the frost
holds off little longer than usual it
will make mighty good feed. The veg
etables are as good as can be found
anywhere and there are lots of them.
There are great big pumpkins and
squash, fine beets, onions and cabbage,
celery, tomatoes and everything that
grows in a western Kansas garden.
OF course, the greater part of this
has been under irrigation but that is
just another evidence of the possibil-
tiles of the results of properly plan
ned irrigation in this county. 1t shows
what can be done if the water is ap-
piled in systematic manner. Very
little, if any, of the kafir, cane, milo,
sudan grass and other fodder crops
was raised under irrigation, and yet
there are samples of these crops which
stand over ten feet high that are ON
display.
The exhibit of fresh fruits is small
but there is something nice in it. The
late frosts and freezes last spring
accounts for the smallness but it is
like the other displays, better than
was expected.
In the works of art, domestic
science and flowers the ladies are
making a good showing. There are
many beautiful bopuets of cut flowers
and they tastefully arranged to pro-
duce a good effect. The display of
textile and art is very large and some
excellent work is on exhibition, which
if it were sold for what it really is
worth would bring a nice bunch of
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