Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1917-09-28

will be a mile auto race, $50 purse
$25 first, SIS 2nd, $40 third.
Admission Saturday evening free.
Il have attended six county fairs,
said Fred Krahenbuhl. of Barron, to
the News-Budget Wednesday" and
RuSk county has the finest and largest
exhibits of cattle and produce L have
seen anywhere. The town exhibits are
especially fine
That is the general verdict Every
thing told in the bills is shown on the
inside of the tent" 1t is Il good fair
and as an exposition of what Rusk
county is doing with her rich soil, is
an emphatic and powerful argument
to prospective settlers, an inspiration
to those already here, and promise OF
a golden and prosperous future.
The Town Exhibits.
Especially good are the town ex-
hibits. Stubbs won first prize. The
exhibit was made up from the display
at the Weycrhaeuser Gala Day show
From the new cream brick cheese to
the onions. the showing is thoroughly
good. l.. E. Stiles is in charge and on
the job all the time.
Grant, with X. E. Scott in charge,
took the red ribbon and right here in
and about Ladysmith there is fine
showing of garden products.
Richland with its wooden pig eat
ing at an ear of aenemic corn and a
collection of excellent vegetables, in
Guiding tobacco, II varieties of beans
and top notch celery. got the third
prize Louis Radiker is in charge and
the author of the wooden pig and all
the vegetables and other products
shown.
c. p. Clausen. who is some artifi-
Ger in straw with guns. crosses. swords
and wreath i'll grains, put up a most
excellent exhibit for the town OF
Murry.
Flambeau with its melons and other
perfect vegetables and ThOrnapple also
competed in the town displays.
lpGiIIpII NONlitN O1ItItN pow IOI IllO
best town display at their fair, but
not an exhibit was made
Exhibits too were shown of potatoes
by the Boys and Girls Club and the
LadySmith WOmenS>~ Club and the
Garden Club of the County Council OF
Defense. IN the individual exhibits
there were few signs of backward sea
son or killing frOSts Potatoes were
tOp-nOtchers. cabbageS unequalled, and
pumpkins. squash. sugar beets and
everything one might think of present
in prOfuSiOn.
Great Cattle Show.
All statements about the size Of the
cattle show were verified. There were
more cattle than ever before shown al
Il county fair in this section Herds
were in evidence. T. r. Stare's herd Ot
AyreShircs were a pleasing sight. Six
teen head of HOlstcins by Fred Krah
enbul, City View far of Barron
got II firSts. four seconds, two, thirds
three champions and one Crane
Champion in cows.
COcroft & McArthur'S head of Here
fOrls, Helm Farm Guernseys. Ma
they's GuernScys from Barron, Wal
ters Bros Hcrefords from Chppews
Falls. The Powell & Smith herd OF
Jerseys from Rice Lake took fiv,
firstS. two seconds for individual en-
tries bull. COW, and heifer champion.
and bull and COW grand champion pro
duce of COW. j. A. Schmdt's Holstein.
from LadySmith, c. $. ArnOld's fine
Red polled herd from the town o.
Willard, and scores of individual eX
hihitS were in the Judging rings.
y parade of the live stock exhibits
Thursday afternoon was one of th,
big and interesting features of tn,
day.
Col. w. ii. Krause, of Thorp, Wis.
judged the cattle. explained the gOOt
points, why he decided as he did ant
gave much valuable information to th
crowd of cattle raisers He said
was the best cattle exhibit he had eve
seen at any county fair in Northern
Wisconsin,
j. y, Boyer, Il stock raiser of Lady
smith, got some blue and red ribbon
for his Jerseys. W. B. Sergeant VIII
has only been here since May, wol
four firSts and two seconds on hi
Holsteins. He also had the sole en-
tries of coach horses, getting one blu
and one red ribbon.
Raisers of sheep said there wer
too small premiums offered and n