Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1921-09-21
STOCK, EXHIBITS
q n. BIGGEST EVER
NR Visitors Waddie in Mud and
S b Rain. Cut Out
Races = 49,

N0Ce$s
Once again rain and dismal wealth.
er mas played havoc with the Kandi-
yoh1 County Fair: It. is not the first
time that the old soak Pluvius has
opened the springling mechanism on
ms odd water wagon just at the time
1olks Interested in the county fair
wished he would keep away But this
year ne certainly wasn't niggerly in
the way he opened his equinoctial
11oodgates wide. flooding roads and
grounds. Only at the tail end Of the
Fair days, Saturday afternoon, did
Old Sol get a peek in.
And the Fair management was GER
taln1y thankful for that one afternoon
because~it brought out a good attend
ance on the finish at least.
On Wednesday, which was opening
day, the rain held off enough SO that
there was a large number of entries.
Much larger, in fact, than you might
have expected under the: circumstan-
ces. Especially in the cooking and
needleWork departm ents, which drew
largely from the city, were the en-.
trleI many and fine. Had the wealth.
es-'bee4 less threatening and roads in
|~Detter condition the corn, vegetable
and fruit exhibits would have been
double what they were, and that is
saying "a good deal
And as. to the stock shaw, the rain
seems not to have cunk2iled it in the
81 least, for the farmers who had laid
their plans to- bring il their animals
came anyway; aud the insult was one
d Of the biggest exhibitions of purebred
stock ever shown at tie local grounds.
Especially IS this true of the cattle,
horses and hog sections The large
cattle harm and large tent were full
OF cattle and besides several herds
were compelled to stand in the open.
under the trees. Holsteins, Jerseys,
ShorthdFns and Herefords were on ex-
hlbitiont3 For the first time in the
history Of the Kandiyohi County fair
the Guernsey breed was represented
with three fine herds.
In the hog section there were not
less than about sixty pens Of porkars,
about $50 animals in all Durocs and
Poland ,aChinas predominated. There
were a :few Chester Whites. The pic
turesQte Hampshire hog was repre-
sented with several pens for the first
time. 4
The horse exhibit was the best ever
There were only three pens Of sheep.
While the poultry show was probably
not fully up to standard, there was a
good representation of many OF the
variousf, feathery breeds.
! The Exposition building was as us
ual FULL Of interesting things. The
corn exhibit was a dandy. In quality
it was far in advance Of that Of any
previous year. 1t seems that corn of
small cob is the favorite of the Judges.
But this year the judge must have had
"a hard time to find small corn enough
to go around for the prizes. The 10
and IL inch boards of which the corn
rTIz1. was made were too narrow for
.y1Ost of the corn to stand straight. IF
Kandiyohi county corn raisers keep
UP this: SOFT of a thing, we'll have to
have wider racks made next year. One
farmer made an entry in the single
ear section with a yellow dent cob II
inches with not less than 1160 ker-
nels. One exhibitor had whole bas-
ket of ~ inch yellow dent, fine de-
ve1oped and good quality corn, too.
There swere twenty-five bushel ent-
ries, about so each Of white and yellow
dent 10 ear entries; and about the
same humber in the single ear sec
ton.
1uC fCS3CCNOtC CaAtDltS W SIc uot up
to what they have been some years,
but when we consider that this is an
off year for garden truck, the exhibit
was a surprise in many respects.
What do you think OF a watermelon
weighing IS pounds? Well Johnson
Bros from near Lake Wagonga had
ssbrot in TWO of 'em. Sweet potatoes
and honey dew melons were shown
for the first time this year, fine spe-
cimens, too. And SO were the lima
g beans, The Hubbard squash were the
best ACT exhibited for many years.
But the big mammoth pumpkin was
8 not on deck this year. Potatoes and
tomatoes were light. Grains were fair
and grasses good There were three
farm and garden displays.
John Ahlstrom, the gardener of Spi
Ger, assisted by r. J. Sampson, super
intendent Of the state farm, were in
charge of the corn, vegetables, corn
seeds and grain-~
The needle and art work occupied
a large section in the northwest cor
ner of the building. There were not
less than 533 entries in this depart
nlent nearly double the number Of
entries of last year. Mrs. Lena Sand
DO in charge, like Mrs. James Sander
son OF the culinary department. is one
of the veteran superintendent Of the
institution, this being her sixteenth
year at the head of this department.
ksShe states that this years exhibit
|SSxs the biggest and best she has had.
- One exhibitor had not less than 81
entries alone. The section of elders
work Of knitting, quilting and woav-
ing was interesting. Among other
things it contained a splendid sweat
er knitted by lady OF 81 years, and
a handsome rag rug woven by wo'
man rs years young. Lack Of space
prevents detailed account of the
many interesting things shown. Miss
Jonette Thorpe was assistant to the
superintendent in this department..