The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1919-07-12
lcrowdei onl Last week.l

4 The nfSt dnhuAl ANehAo@M AnAA t1t
the Crystal Falls district was held
Saturday. June 2sth. al the Athletic
park and was voted a success BY all
those attending This Is q new fea-
lture which II is hoped will spread e
the other communities in the coun-
try. The idea behind II IS 10 get the
farmers of each community TO bring
some of their best livestock together
once year to see what progress Is
being made along this line, TO study
the stock. and plan for greater inn
4 proyement In the future. II was
hoped that a speaker could be Sc
cured for the occasion but this was
not possible. This feature will be
had next year.
The purebred stock in the Crystal
Falls district is practically all Hol-
stein and all exhibits were Of this
breed. There were only two anil
mails present that were not purebred
The cattle as lined up Tor the fair
made very good showing and the
county agent secured some splendid
b ctures which will be shown with
the stercoptican at the meetings next
winter Those who brought stock
were. wills Brothers, Gustav Casa
granda. John Soderman and Carl Sho-
lander from the county farm. Twenty
head were on exhibition and there
were also two fine colts exhibited by
Wills Brothers.
The Iron county poor farm exhibit
was worthy Of special notice because
IL showed three registered Holsteins
which have just been purchased as a
foundation for the farm herd. UP 10
this time there has been no purebred
stock on the county farm. II was
felt that this farm shonld be more or
less OF model for the farmers OF the
county and as such should have pure
bred stock So a trip was made TO
Newberry and two fine young cows
purchased for the farm. They were
brought over by Mr.. Campbell, the
farmer at the state hospital.
These cows have a splendid backing
and give evidence OF being animals
that will make fine records. In ad-
dition 10 these young bull was pur-
chased from Mr. Il. A. Burden OF
Niagara, Wisconsin,. This animal has
very fine lines and gives promise OF
developing into a fine sire. Mr. Sho-
lander IS to be congratulated in hav-
ing such fine stock TO take care OF
on his farm and by the smile on his
face as soon as the stock was pur-
chased we believe that he appreciates
1t.
Mr.. Soderman had good exhibit OF
two heavy milking cows and a young
bull calf Wills Brothers had six
head OF cattle and two colts The
cattle were good examples OF the fine
herd which wills Brothers have de
| veloped A special feature Of their
exhibit was little three-day old
heifer calf which was especially at
tractive to the little folks.
Mr. Cassagranda had two OF his
milking cows, three calves and his
famous herd sire, Sarcastic Glover
Lawn. This animal attracted good
deal OF attention. lie is the finest
sire OF the Holstein breed in this
part OF the peninsula. Mr.. Casa
granda has cause TO be proud of him
He is a grandson OF the worlds
champion bull at the St. Louis Fair
He is years old and weighs 210c
pounds. His dam at six years and
eleven months made a record OF 2S.24
pounds OF butter in seven days. In
one year she made 931 IA pounds OF
butter from 22,043 1-2 pounds OF
| MIN ihAo hicdho lidI bHt dNtIdktu
almost 95 pounds OF milk day.
The exhibit showed marked de-
veiopment in the livestock line in this
section in the last few years and as
this ls a distinctly livestock country
It Is gratifying 20 know that we are
travelling In the right direction. Many
OF the visitors were heard to remark
that they didn't know there was so
much fine stock around here, and tho
sentiment was that never before II
Iron county had such fine bunch
OF stock been brought together. We
hope next year to have many more
exhibitors and many more cattle
shown.
II IS a splendid opportunity for the
farmers to, get together and advertise