Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1921-10-05
WITH THE COUNTY AGENT
Hi Spots from the County Agricultur-
al Office
National Dairy Show

Only few days remain before the
opening Of the big National Dairy
Show at the Minnesota state fair
grounds October 9Th to 18th. Now
is the time to make preparations for
going to the big show. Every real
dairyman should work up a delega-
ton of one auto load at least from
his community to take in this great
educational agricultural exposition.
Special effort has been made to OBJ
tain rooms for those in attendance.
Moreover, railroad companies have
granted reduction in fare rate so as
to permit anyone making the trip to
the big show, round trip for one
fare and a half. This is a life time
OF uortunity for the dairy farmers of
the northwest. Lose no time in going.
Prepare today.
Vernon County Fair
By special consent of the weather
man, the Vernon county fair assoc
citation was permitted to stage a fair
that excelled all former fairs in both
exhibit and attendance. A record
breaking attendance on Thursday,
September Goth, found it necessary to
utilize all spare over the entire camp
us for parking purposes. An esti-
mated attendance of between sixteen
and eighteen thousand people is re-
ported by the president and secretary
of the fair association, namely, Mr..
F. NJ. Minshall and Mr.. w. Z. Garrett.
Approximately one-fourth of the at
tendance was made up of boy and girls
between the ages of ten and fifteen
who paid half fare, twenty-five cents.
An estimated attendance of another
one-fourth of the total was made up
of children unter ten years who were
admitted free.
The new system adopted for entry,
that of paying $100 by anyone ex-
hibitor for the privilege of showing
in any and all classes in any and all
departments, proved very successful.
Of the many exhibits shown the
champion and grand champion prize
winners in the livestock attracted the
greatest attention by all live stock
fans. In the cattle department Mr..
E. j. Stanek G. Son of LaFarge were
most successful in exhibiting the
grand champion beef male and female.
The dual purpose grand championship
was won by Willard Getter on Short
horn male and by L. M. Thompson on
a Red Polled female. In the Hereford
breed, Mr.. l. Thorsgaard of Westby
won championship on both male and
female on Ayrshire cattle. Mr.. Sam
Neprud won champion male and fe-
male in the Jersey breed. The cham
pion male and female Holstein were
shown by C. Sebion and Messrs. Knut-
Son & POWELL respectively. Mr.. Har-
Try Jacobson won champion male and
female in the Guernsey breed. The
grand champion in the dairy breeds
male was shown by Sam Neprud. The
animal exhibited being a Jersey. The
champion female in this class was an
aged Ayrshire COW owned by Messrs.
Moore q Sands. Judge A. o. Col
lentine, of the University expressed
his appreciation of the fine class of
animals shown.
Swine Department.
Four breeds of swine We're exhibited
totalling 1876 head of animals. Mr.
Will Norris was successful in winning
the championship for the best female
| in Polands. Mr.. C. German won the
championship in the male class of Po-
lands. In the Duroc Glass Mr.. H.
Jacobson won the championship on a
female. Mr., Stoehr won the cham
| pionship on an aged male. In the
Chester White class Mr.. John Doerr
was most successful in winning cham
lpionships on both male and female.
In the Berkshire class Mr.. A. B. Swig-
gum of Westby won championship on
both male and female. of all cham
pions shown Judge Joe Bobst declared
the female Poland owned by viii Nor
ris to be the grand champion and de-
elared the male owned by Mr.. Stoehr
to be the grand champion of all males.
Horse Department
The horse department was well re-
presented by Percheron horses, driv-
ing horses and mules. Some twenty
one exhibitors showed in this depart
ment. Of these exhibitors Mr.. Frank
Outcelt & Son of Genoa and Mr.. Levi
Eckhardt of Viroqua exhibited the
largest number.
Boys and Girls Department
A most Interesting feature of the
fair was that of the boys and girls
department This interest was es-
pecially pronounced in the livestock
parade which took place at 100 p. m.
of the last day of the fair. Those ex-
hibiting cattle were as follows: Otto
Hanson, Pearl Cunningham. Pearl
Engler, Oliver Lanyard, Left Rus
dal, Neil Nelson, Ralph Thompson
Kenneth Hanson, Oliver Anderson
Lynn Honaker, Mural Nelson, HAL
mar Theige. Henry Holland. In the
swine department those exhibiting
tswlne are as follows: Kenneth Dox,
lrud. Myron Appleman, Ernest Know
er, Nerna Theige, Sherman Sherry
RAYMOND Theige, Lynn Honaker, Ma
bel Beta, Alvin Tower.
In the corn department those exhib.
ting were Frederick Briggson, Pear
lEngler, Torger johnson, Nerna Theige
Hjalmar Theige, Oscar Theige, Stan.
/ ley Wedwick, Guy Theige, Irwin Err.
lrest, Donald Dickson, Mural Cunning
ham, Myron Appleman.
/ Those exhibiting grain were HAL.
mar Theige. Gerold Weber. Selmei
1 Lokken, John Hanson, Mildred Irwin
Pearl Cunningham.
Venom County Extension Service