Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1920-09-17
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The tenth annual exhibition Of the
Morrison County Agricultural Cooper
atiye. Society, held at the county fair
grounds in Little Falls, came to close
Tuesday evening. Although the at
tendance was slightly less than last
year, the fair as a whole was bigger
and better. 1t can now be said that the
fair here ranks with the best in the
state.
Amusements at the fair were all of a
high order. The Little Falls band Of
twenty-five pieces furnished music
throughout the day On the last three
days of the fair. The free attractions
were better than ever, in spite of the
fact that the management had, consider
ably difficulty in booking attractions.
The Skating Macks thrilled the aud
ience with their wonderful performance
on roller skates, which eliminated with
a slide down Pinch iron pipe from
quite heighth, by the male performer,
on roller skates. Raynard & Clayton,
bicycle performers, also gave thrill
ing exhibitions on bicycles and unicy-
cles. The Rosa Rentz Trio in an aerial
acrobatic act were very good. They
exhibited unusual strength. Gust Hen
derson in an announcing, rubbing and
wire-walking act, kept the audience in
constant uproar. He gave a mighty
fine performance on the tight wire. One
attraction was the same as last year,
a Japanese lad walking up rope fas-
tened to the top of one of the light
poles and sliding down, standing erect.
Other amusements included dancing
pavilion, where young and old tripped
the light fantastic afternoon and eve
ming on Monday and Tuesday. There
were few concessions, such as baby
doll racks, cane racks, etc.
On Tuesday afternoon, an aeroplane
thrilled the fair visitors with various
stunts. This plane was secured from
the Dayton Company of Minneapolis
and was one of a number Of machines
which made record fight from New
York City to Minneapolis with cargoes
of merchandise.
Industrial exhibits were more num-
erous than ever, local merchants and
manufacturers displaying their wares.
On. Sunday afternoon good roads
talks were given by C. H. Cabcock,
author of The proposed amendment to
tile State constitution, and Mr.. Forbes
:of tile state highway commission. A
report of their talks will be found else
where in this issue.
The fair this year was bigger and
better in every respect than any fair in
the history of the local society. Not
only were there more exhibits but the
entries were better and showd that the
farmers and stock raisers of Morrison
county are rapidly developing higher
standards in every line.
AS one started out to see the exhibits
the fruits were first in line and they
were indeed fine looking collection,
containing practically all the common
fruits.
, Next in order was the agricultural
building. The exhibits here were fewer
than last year but the quality Of the ex-
hibits is better in practically all in
stances. In fact, the man who judged
the entries in this department, Mr.. Cor
win, pronounced them the finest lot he
had seen at any county fair in the state
this year. The exhibits Of grain were
few but very good. Grass exhibits,
both the tame and wild, were more num-
erous and of excellent quality, as were
forage crops. Corn was fine but the
exhibits were not many. Potatoes were
first class. The cabbage and caulidow.
er exhibits attracted especial attention,
being classed by the judge as the finest
he had ever seen. Exhibits of cellec-
tions were more numerous than usual
and the collections were fine.
In the agricultural building were also
housed three farm club exhibits, by the
Rice Lake club, the Hillman club of
Pines and the Up and Doing Club of
Swanyille. The first named captured
first pJize, the Hillman club second and
the Swanville club third. The Rice
Lake and Hillman exhibits were es-
pecially attractive and contained every
conceivable product Of the farm apd
household. The Judge found it diff
cult to pick the best Of these two ex-
hibits and the Rice Lake club won first
by reason of the fact that it had more
prominent display Of the leading farm
products.
A feature Of the county fair was the
state fair exhibit, which was hurriedly
brought back from the state fair and
set up in the agricultural building,
through the efforts of several local bus
mess men. It contained not only choice
specimens of farm products, but includ-
ed products of every industry in the
county and the fair visitors were in
deed surprised at the many things that
are being manufactured here.
Exhibits of live stock, poultry, etc.,
were indeed creditable, practically
every entry in these departments being
blooded stock Of the winning var
iety, many Of the varieties never before
shown at county fair here. Several
famous breeds of horses were exhibited
and among the cattle, there were Guern.
seys, Holstein-F -Friesian, Red Polled and
others. The swine included Poland
China, Durocs and other well known
breeds. The same was true of sheep.