The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1918-08-09
THE LIVE STOCK SHOW
WILL Be INTERESTING
Great Display Of Blooded
Cattle Is Expected
PROGRAM OF The SPORTS
Splendid Attractions That Are
Slated; Dates Are Sept.
IL, Is and IA

L lie MduhdlO ldlI 10 uoW dooulCu VI
being the biggest fair outside of the
state fair in Minnesota. The COM
mittee on live stock reports that it
met with great success In xilling the
different classes with good registered
stock.
The committee on cattle, composed
|of Tom McGovern and ]. C. NARROW,
has been out in the country visiting
the noted pure bred herds and now
have two hundred head of choicest
cattle signed up and guaranteed to be
in the barns on the fair grounds on
September IL, Is, and A. There will
be not less than three hundred head
|of cattle shown at the Mankato fair
this year.
Visitors will be repaid many times
over for the time spent at the Man
kato fair next month. Think of it!
Three hundred head of the choicest
cattle in the surrounding country.
These win include state fair winners
and national show winners.
The exhibits in other live stock de-
partments will be very large. F. NJ
Washburn, the owner of the $4,000
hog, has signed up to have this fine
animal on exhibit.
HI. e. Hanson of Mapleton will show
his herd of Polled Angus cattle. They
are worthy of being shown at any
fair in America. William More of
Maplaton will also show Polled Angus
cattle.
T. B. Thomas of Mapleton and C. HI.
G.. Hazel of Good Thunder will be
out with some excellent Shorthorns.
Ralph Healy of Beauford, o. w.
of Mapleton will show some fine
Herefords.
Some of the Guernsey exhibitors
are: Tom Norman, H. r. Howard of
Lake Crystal; Frank Richardson of
Garden City; A. A. Mitchell and l.. A.
Yaeger of Rapidan and Edd Burke
of Good Thunder.
Among the Holstein breeders who
will exhibit we find: Randall Brothers,
Jense Johnson and Wallie Anderson
[of Lake Crystal; f. HI. SOhre and son
of Good Thunder; A. M. Brush and
son, N. P. Grass, H. E. Salsbery,
DIuSu DIOInCIS VI ahlpOJ ledy VlOou
|of Garden City, Carl J. Ullrich of
Rapidan; George McCarger, w. w.
Randall, and L. j. Odden of Man
kato.
Others who wish to exhibit cattle
will please get in touch with either
Tom McGovern or J. G.. NARROW at
the earliest date possible. The fair
association will make arrangements
for suitable accommodations. The
buildings will be enlarged, new
barn built, and extensions made in
other departments.
There is great spirit of co oper-
alton among the farmers and business
men of the community in promoting
and making the Mankato fair one OF
the greatest fairs in the state of
! minnesota, second only to the state
fair.
The Boys and Girls clubs exhibits
= will be one of the great attractions of
the fair. There will be livestock
parades, boys and girls livestock
Judging contests, draft horse pulling
contests, two horse draft team hitch,
mule race. Many other features.
both educational and entertaining
will be staged on the 18th, 18th, and
/ 18th of September at the greatest
i fair in Minnesota. Don't miss the
I big tug of-war. The best men in
Southern Minnesota will take part.
Make your plans now to spend
every minutes time you can spare at
this history making event. Remem-
! Der the Mankato Fair will be SO. big
and so good that it will be the. talk
of the country. You will meet your
friends there as everybody is coming.