The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1919-09-04
LAKE COUNTY
FAIR in PROGRESS
EXHIBITS ARE CREDITABLE AND
CONSIDERABLE INTEREST
APPARENT

The Lake County fair was to have
had its opening on Wednesday, but a
fall of rain that put the roads in
bad condition interfered with ar
rangements to such an extent that it
was deemed best by the management
to run the date over to include Sat
urday.
What was to have been the open
ing day of the local county fair was
turned over to the arranging of stock
and exhibits that had already arrived
on the grounds. Previous to Wed
resday, the buildings had been put in
shape for the reception of all articles
that were intended for display. The
shelves and tables in the building de-
voted to horticulture and the domes-
tic arts received a thorough cleaning
and those whose duty it was to tag
and arrange commodities went to
work at once, classifying and plac-
ing exhibits.
Simply judging from the character
of the cattle, hogs, fruit, vegetables,
poultry and sundry things now ready
for exhibition it is easily apparent
that, with period of nice weather
instead of rain and mud, the fair
would surely have been fitted out
with some excellent exhibits. 1t is
not too late yet, since Saturday is to
be added to the list of dates. All
who are contemplating displays are
asked to hasten matters and help fill
the spaces provided.
A recent visit to the buildings and
grounds discloses the fact that, no
matter how large a crowd attends.
there will be small reason to com
plain about mud, since the enclosed
field is entirely covered by short
cropped grass. All the buildings are
rain-proof and indeed quite spacious.
In the horticulture building a good
start has been made with exhibits
Here are found sections devoted TO
fruits and vegetables, also corn and
seeds. In another part may be seen
articles of fancy work, pastry, gar
ments and miscellaneous things ordi-
narily found in the home. Mr.. E. R.
c. Groce has a fine display of fruit,
consisting of apples, crabs and plums.
Some excellent samples of the differ
ent varieties of corn and vegetables
are already in place and tagged for
the judging. In the fruit section
there are on display several punches
of forage grasses, including millet,
alfalfa, Soudan grass, all of great
height and rich foliage, also soy
beans, etc.
The hog barn, with it's well built
pens and strong plank flooring, is
sure to attract attention the next two
days. Few of the pens are unoccu-
pied. The Madison pig clug is COM
ing in strong for prizes on its exhibit
of sows, yearlng pigs-Durocs, Berk-
shires and Chester Whites, being the
different breeds represented. A no.
tice hanging there announces that
the pig club will hold a ale on
November Is.
The cattle barn is entirely filled
with a fine run of stock. Here, too,
another Lake county club comes into
prominence. The Holstein calf club
has several head of stock, some year
lings, and the others milch cows with
production records, awaiting prize
winning decisions.
Robert Westall & Sons, of Winfred,
have brought to the fair a number of
ranking Herefords from the LaBelle
ranch that are in excellent condition
and fitting object lessons for those
farmers who desire to begin stocking
their places with a quality herd of
thoroughbreds. They also have in
the barn several Scotch Shorthorns
that were brought from their Will
lowdale farm.
Any one interested in poultry will
find it profitable to compare the
size, shape, colorings and general ap-
pearance of the Rhode Island Reds,
Barred Plymouth Rocks. White Ply
mouth Rocks, Black Minorcas and
Spotted Hamburgs now being fed and
cared for by their respective owners.
Given a rush of entries and even
one sunshiny day and this years fair
will be well worth attending. though
Its full enjoyment has been curtailed
somewhat by unfavorable weather
conditions.