Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-09-27
Excelled Anything of the Kind
Witnessed in the Northwest
Viewed by Thousands of
People.
GIVEN OFFICIAL REVIEW
Two Beautiful Floats Repre-
senting the Horticultural and
Agricultural Industries Prove
Feature.

The grand livestock parade at 3:15
/ Friday afternoon on the race course in
front of the big grandstand az the state
fair was by all odds the biggest anr
best ever held in the state, and ex-
celled anything of the kind ever wit
messed in the northwest. The create
est throng ever seen at any Idaho state
fair witnessed the great parade and
enthusiastically cheered many of its
features.
The parade moved in the following
| order, led by Bosses famous munich
! pal band:
Five autos with civil war veterans.
One auto containing members of the
state department of agriculture.
Fair ground directors and depart
ment superintendent on horseback.
Auto with world war veterans and
war relics. On big banner was in
scribed "Idahos Pure Bred Fighting
Stock" 1t received a big cheer
Then came a string of livestock
breeders on horseback followed by
these four floats: Canyon county pig
club, state champion clubs, Caldwell
canning clubs, Junior clubs of Twin
Falls, which were followed by a large
delegation of Twin Falls boys and
girls club members on foot, followed
by an auto containing the Gooding
county sheep club, and the Franklin
pdecinct Ada county canning team on
a float.
TWO BEAUTIFUL FLOATS.
! Then came two magnificent floats,
new departures In a livestock parade.
The first one represented the horti-
cultural in dustry of the state, carry
ing specimens of apples, peaches
prunes and grapes. all packed in COM
mercial containers. AS center piece
an apple tree in full bearing supported
by a banner upon which the figures
showed the 1919 fruit crop of the state
to be: Apples, 10000 cars; prunes, 200
cars; peaches, 800 cars; cherries, 400
1 cars.
| The fruit department this year has at
tracted unusual interest due to high
prices of horticultural products, and
: the industry Is creating a new interest
on a commercial basis.
| The fruit growers from all sections
that We're able to be represented have
worked increasingly to make the fruit
display at the state fair of commercial
value to all fair visitors. The fruit
districts such as Twin Falls, Boise val
ley, Emmett valley and Payette valley
were very creditably represented.
Immediately following the horticul-
tural float was one carrying blue rib
bon specimens of other kinds OF soil
products such as corn, wheat, oats, hay,
melons, pumpkins, garden produce of
most excellent quality, all showing the
productivity of Idaho soils.
These two floats as unit represent
ed Idaho agricultural products and
served their place in the parade in re-
lation to the wonderful livestock dis
play, giving the spectators an oppor-
/ tunity to see the finished products of
ldaho's agriculture.
SIS HORSES AND CATTLE.
Then followed the rs horses in the
great horse show which included Shet-
lands, English Shires, Percherons, and
Mules
Following the horses came 500 head
of the finest cattle ever before assem-
bled At one time at any place in the
northwest. First came 200 head of
Shorthorns. then 100 head of Here
fords, 100 head of Holsteins, so Jerseys
and so Shorthorns that were offered in
the bog auction sale at the fair
grounds.
The parade was very impressive and
Is one long to be remembered by the
, ,it a