The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1921-10-28

and Saturdays program IN tarmlng-
ton may not over-reach itself, we have
decided to reproduce for the general
story Of that occasion the account Of
one who was wholly unprejudiced in
the matter. His story is good enough
for us. Ira d. Mullinax, Field Editor
of the Twice-a- Globe-Democrat
of st. Louis, was on the scene both
days, and the following Is his story
as it appeared in Mondays Twice-a-
Week, including the heading to this
articles:
Crowds estimated at well above
1000 attended the two-day live stock
show and fair which closed here Sat-
urday. Planned originally as a calf
club roundup and sale under the di-
rection of the St. Francois County
Farm Bureau, the Pennington Cham
Der of Commerce joined hands with
the bureau to extend the scope of the
exhibits. The result was a group Of
displays that in size and quality
euualled those to be seen at many OF
the most widely advertised fairs in the
state.
The exhibit of dairy cattle was the
thing that attracted most attention
and comment, forty-four Jerseys and
more than thirty Holsteins being
shown.
Undoubtedly this was one of the
greatest county dairy cattle shows
held in Missouri this year," was the
comment 70 E. NJ. Harmon, extension
specialist in dairying at the Missouri
College of Agriculture, who was here
to Judge the dairy classes. "And the
remarkable thing about this is that
dairy cattle are practically a new
thing in st. Francois county.
Especially pleasing was the good
quality of the bulls shown. st. Fran
co.'s county has in its bull club some
of the best-bred Jerseys in the state.
The wide-awake interest in dairying
shown here and promoted by the
County Farm Bureau will result in
making this one of the foremost dairy
sections Of the state, If the effort Is
contfaaee~ sDfevths next few years,
since this section in many ways is
ideal for dairying.
"With the splendid turnout seen at
its initial effort, predict that next
year st. Francois county will have an
exhibit of at least 100 dairy cattle"
Beef Cattle Mostly Herefords
Some of the finest chickens in all
this section were seen in the poultry
section, which, had in it more birds
than are exhibited at many an exclu-
sive poultry show. W. l.. R. Perry,
of Mountain Grove, tied the ribbons.
He complimented the exhibitors on
their enterprise.
With the exception of one Angus
steer from the State Hospital farm,
Herefords comprised the entire ex-
hibit of beef cattle. About thirty
head were in the competition. AL
though they were brought out just as
they had been running on pasture
and with practically no attempt at
fitting for the show ring, some splen-
did specimens of the Whiteface breed
were shown.
In the last few years st. Francois
county has come rapidly to the front
as Hereford section, and here are to
be found some of the best herds in the
state. 1t is claimed by some that only
Jackson county, known as the "Here.
fordshire of America" stands ahead
of St. Francois as Hereford center
in Missouri.
In the agricultural section was a
display of all the chief grains and
other products produced on any Mis-
souri, farm. While this is not COM
monty looked upon as a corn produc'
ton section, there was display OF
corn that was the equal of any to be
seen in Missouri's famous corn-grow'
ing counties.
Fine Displays for Women
Nothing excited more comment thar
the display of women's handiwork in
the home economics section, under
the direction of Miss Elnora Baker
county home demonstration agent
Sufficient fancy work, clothing, kitch'
en- products and other things made by
women on the farm were on hand tc
provide displays for two big county
fairs. The big room where this dis
play was held was crowded with these
exhibits, and was constantly filled
with throng of spectators.
Visitors from other parts Of the
state, were astonished at the displays
Of farm products and live stock, as
st. Francois county is generally re
garded as mining section. Blu