The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1919-09-11
Bio Crowds Swarm to Grounds and
Displays are Best Seen in Grady
County Aese Show
For Years.
SENTIMENT SAYS TIME
RIPE FOR FAIR GROUND
Every Variety of Farm Product On
Display; Textile Department and
Domestic Science are Winners
Whitehurst Tomorrow.

j. A. Whitehurst, president of the
state board of agriculture, is booked
as the principal attraction on the
program prepared for the Grady
County Free fair tomorrow. Mr.
Whitehurst will speak at 8 o'clock
Friday Hf ernoon.
There is nothing short about the
Grady County Free fair, except a
place to exhibit the products. les
the best fair that Grady county ever
offered to the public, the biggest
crowds that ever attended a like
event in Grady county are swarm
ing to the grounds and the whole
show would be world beater, il
Grady county had been provided
with suitable buildings and fair
grounds in which to show her
wares"
These were some of the express
sions heard yesterday afternoon at
Shanoan' Springs, where the fair is
being held and it was pointed out
that above all things at this time,
Grady county needs a set of "regu-
lar' fair buildings and grounds, with
the suitable provisions for amuse-
ments to accompany the display Of
products. Yesterday, the solo
amusement, in the way of conces-
sion, was a doll rack that was much
overworked.
Best Displays Ever.
That the farm products, domestic
science and textile displays at the
Grady County Free fair are supe-
rior to the displays at previous fairs,
is the belief Of superintendents in
charge of the exhibits, who declare
that this opinion was frequently ex-
pressed by visitors yesterday
]. w. Owens, county agricultural
agent, is in charge Of the farm pro-
ducts department; Mrs Owens is su-
perintendent of the domestic science
displays and Mrs. ]. B. Ratliff in
charge of the textile department.
Seven Boys Clubs.
Seven boys clubs were represent
ed in the farm products display.
They were: Corn club, 26 entries;
peanut club. entries; grain sOr-
ghum club, 81 entries; cotton club.
Z entries. potato club, l entry.
Displays in the farm products de-
Yartment which many of the visi-
tors declared, are far superior to
the quality of material showed at
other fairs, consisted of pure bred
corn, rop corn, kaffir, milo, fetrita,
soft wheat hard wheat, rye, oats,
barley, Sudan grass, sorghum seed,
broom corn seed, COW peas, Spanish
peanuts.
Wheat, in bundle; rye, in bundle;
oats, in bundle; barley, in bundle;
mllet, in bundle; vine of peanuts,
and vine Of COW peas.
Vegetables on display were: Po-
tatoes of the several types. sweet
potatoes, turnips. beets. peppers,
pumpkins, watermelons squash. lima
beans, etc.
Fruits: Apples several types;
grapes, and pears.
Domestic Science.
Thirty-five varieties of canned
fruits and jells were on display in
the domestic science department un-
der the direction of Mrs. J. w. Ow-
ems. This included canned pears.
canned apples. peaches, apricots,
blackberries, plums. cherries, rasp-
berries. and tomatoes, beans corn'
peas, carrots, beets and soup.
Entries we're also heavy in the
preserves, sour pickles and cake dis
plays
The girls division consisted of
displays in white bread, layer cake,
ether cakes. cookies, doughnuts. iel
lies. canned fruits, canned vegeta-
bles. canned pickles, and canned pre-
serves.
Textile Displays Beautiful.
Never before. declared those in
charge yesterday afternoon. were the
textiles displayed at the county fair
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