Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1921-06-23
BIGGEST AND BEST
FAIR IN HISTORY
COMING NEXT WEEK

AttfactlOnS OF a IOunty
Fair and Many New Fea-:
lures.
Besginning next week, Wednesday
June 20, and continuing over three
days, June $50 and July 1, the
annual Stutsman county fair will be
fthe center of attraction for this city
and the entire county. There is no
doubt but that the fair will be big
ger and better than ever. 1t has been
we'll advertised and reports from the
Jamestown Boosters indicate that all
autos will ltake roads leading into
jamestown on those three days.
Live stock exhibits and the results
of diversified farming will of course
be, the chief serious attractions at
the county fair. A big premium list
has been issued with divisions for
horses, mules, cattle sheep, swine,
poultry, farm and garden products.
In general the Womens' Depart
ment will include exhibits Of the cul-
mary art, canned goods, fruits, pick
les, dairy products dried fruits and
Vegetables, textiles and clothing al
SO a department of fine arts for
paintings, an dwater colors..
The Educational department will
have exhibits from the rural and
graded schools, including many spec
linens of work.
Live Stock
In charge OF the horse division will
be Superintendent H. A. Hammer
steadt of Kensal, Premiums are Of
fered for Percheron, Belgian, Clydes-
dale and Shires. Awards range from
$1,000 to $500 for exhibits of stall
lions, foals mares, fillies; grades
mules and jacks.
In charge of the cattle division will
be Supt. r. S. Goodhue, jamestown,
county better farming agent. Prem
iums will be awarded for milking
Shorthorns, Polled Shorthorns, Beef
Shorthorns, Herefords, Red Polls,
Aberdeen Angus, Jerseys, Guernseys,
Holsteins, fat cattle and grade Hol-
stems. Cash premiums are liberal.
All animals must have. been tuber-
|culin tested before enterel., Pgsnz'
iums cover many lots. All classes
must be from pure bred sires and
limited to Stutsman County entries.
Jacob Yaeger of Bloom will be SUI
perintendent of the sheep division,
in which premiums will be award
ed for Shropshires, Hampshires, Ok
fords, Cotswolds, Leicester, South
down, Rambouillet, Dorset and
Grades. Premiums are for rams and
ewes, also for Toggenburg milk goats
buck or doe.
Over >the Swine division will be
Supt, q. f. Kolscheen of Pingree.
Premiums in classes include Berk-
shire, Poland China, Chester White.
Duroc Jersey, Yorkshire, Hampshire
and Tamworth. In addition to the
regular prizes there will be a spec
ial prize of silver trophy, offered
by the National Duroc Jersey Swine
Breeders Association, for the best lit
ter of four Duroc Jersey pigs.
Martin Homuth of Kensal, will a
gain have charge ofethe poultry div
ision, which offers premiums for
many Varieties of displays of poul-
try chickens, ducks, geese, turkeys,
pigeons, bantams and also extra a.
wards forornamental birds and rab-
bits. Among the American varieties
of poultry for which there are awards
are Plymouth Rocks, including bar
red. white, buff, silver, penciled, par
fridge and Columbia. The Wyan-
dottes include silver golden, white,
buff, black, partridge, penciled and
Columbia.
Also there are the Javas, Black
and Mottled; and Dominiques, rose
comb; Dhode Island Reds, Single
comb and Rose comb; Rhode Island
white, rose comb, and Buckeyes, Pea
comb.
Martin iHomuth also is superinten-
dent of the division Of farm and
garden products.
Grain premiums include awards
for Marquis, Kubankas, Monad, ed
Durum or d. Wheat, Barley, six
row, two row black and Hulless; rye,
speltz, sixty day oatsR, white oats.
buckwheat, flax, hmog millet, Siber-
ian, sweet clover, alfalfa, timothy,
bronze grass, red clover, sQafan grass
corn fodder. Displays Will be in
grain and in sheafs with a special
prize for best display of forage
crops, twenty varieties.
Corn premiums include prizes for |
Northwestern Dent, White Flint, yell
ow Dent, White Dent and White
capped yellow Dent. II
The homely spud will also earn
prizes for EARLY Ohio, Irish Cobbler,
and ural New York varie-
les of potatoes. Z 1sS5
There are vegetable prizes also for
displays Of radishes, lettuce, onions,
,eas in pod, string beans, aspara-
rus, beets for green's, early pota-
oes, rhubarb, parsley spinach and