Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1921-10-28
BOULDER JUNCTION
AND VINEGAR FAIRS
Community Fairs Held Friday
and Saturday Across the
County Show Splendid
Exhibits Made

i Agricultural Society, County Agent
Gibson and Co. Supt A. ]. Austin
much credit is due for institutine
and carrying out two events last
week that will do a great deal in pro
noting interests in agriculture in the
western part of the county The so
ciety appropriated SO dollars to be
used in paying premiums at two com.
munity fairs to be held, one at Boul.
| der junction and one at Vinegar AT
/ the latter place Mr.. Vinegar, head
of the Villas County Lbr. Co., and for
/ whom the village is named donated
/ $50 for the fair there and later $25
was obtained from the auction sale
of baked goods, making one hundred
dollars in all which was distributed
in Is, so and Is cent prizes for the
exhibits
On Friday afternoon the first meet
| ing took place at the High Lake
school house near Boulder Junction.
Miss Edith Empey of the High Lake
school and Miss Anna Wagner of the
Boulder Junction school had taken
care of the arrangements and sue
| ceeded admirably. A school program
given by both schools was very in
teresting and well delivered. Games,
races, etc, took up, part of the time
and Geo. Briggs, state county agent
leader gave an instructive talk on
agriculture and on the art of grow
ing and preparing farm products and
crops for exhibition. AS it was the
first thing of its kind held there, the
exhibits were not large in numbers
but there with the class in quality in
every respect. The residents of that
section were very enthusiastic as
shown by their cooperation and in
terest manifested. A great deal of the
country there, is close to the heart
of the territory desired by the Mil
waukee Journal for reforestation pur-
poses and more timely and prac-
ticad demonstration of what can be
grown upon what that paper is
pleased to term "non-agricultural''
land could not be asked.
The following premiums were a.
warded at Boulder Junction.
Mr.. Baker 1st on beets: 1st on field
pumpkin.
Laura Freund LIST on citron.
Mrs. Hammond LIST on beans: End
on canned exhibit.
Mrs. Haag LIST on canned exhibit;
lst on squash; End on cucumbers; End
on field pumpkins.
Mr.. Knash End on long carrots.
Mr.. Wise End on cucumbers; 3rd
on turnips; 3rd on Green Mountains.
Mr.. Gibson list on corn: 1st on
parsnips; 1st on short carrots: 1st
on pie pumpkins; 1st on Green Noun
tains; 1st on Burbanks; End on
squash; End on turnips.
Mr.. Koseroski 1st on long carrots:
End on Green Mountains; End on mil
let; 3Td on corn.
At Vinegar, both the attendance and
number of exhibits was much larger
as the mill company closed down for
the day to give their employees a
chance to attend and enter the ex-
hibits with the farmers with the pro-
ducts of their gardens. Mr.. Daily,
manager for the company and Miss
Media Bessey principal of the school
had taken charge of arrangements
there and extended the fullest CO.
operation in every way. Contests,
races, etc., with prizes to the winners
occupied considerable time, An inter-
esting feature was guessing the num-
Der of seeds in a large pumpkin.
Three ladies tied for first prize, plac-
ing the number at 200 while the officia
count was POI. The guesses ranged
from as low as Az to numbers in the
thousands An 81 pound squash at
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ing man secured it to take to Rhine
lander Two potatoes with a combined
weight of ga pounds demonstrated
what that profitable vegetable will
do on the rich and productive soil of
the town of Pressure Isle. Mr.. Briggs
also spoke there and a demonstration
of the use of explosives was given by
a man from the land clearing depart
ment In the evening an excellent
school program was rendered.
1t is the intention and hope of the
agricultural society to hold both of
these fairs again next year in time
| to bring the best exhibits to the
county fair which will largely increase
the entries and bring about a closer
connection between the east and
west parts of the county. That it will
| do this is certain from the interest
shown by our western neighbors in
the first attempt and the exhibits
plainly showed what may be expected
| from that section as soon as it gets
fully under way in the production Of
farm crops.
Following are the premiums award
| cd of Txy;no0or.