The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1922-10-13

showing Of five kinds Of fruits and
the same five kinds Of fruits pre-
served. Only about three counties
complied. The remainder showed
five kinds of preserved fruits in Jars
without regard to those they had
shown as raw varieties.
Dawson county, with magnifi-
cent showing Of grain sorghums,
lost an the points possible IN that
division, amounting to $50, for fail
ure to make the showing that was
required.
Simplification Of the rules has
been under way for several years
and some Of the uncertainties will be
cleared up when the exhibitors meet
late in the week. Rules are made
by the exhibitors in conference and
then passed on to the Fair ASS
ton officials for approval and ac-
reptance.
To Collect West Exhibit
Last years winners were notice
ably absent from the top Of the list
this year Hunt county, first win.
ner last year, was not represented
this year. Haskell county, third
place winner last year, dropped out,
and Ellis county. second place win
ner last year, was reduced 70 elev-
enth place.
Is. M. Whitaker, who had charge
OF the Haskell county exhibit last
year. is attending the show this year
as exhibit manager for the West
Texas Chamber Of Commerce and Is
collecting a choice representative
exhibit for West Texas that will be
shown at the Houston Fair, the Cot
ton Palace at Waco, and the Louisi-
ana State Fair at Shreveport
West Texas county exhibitors were
in conference yesterday morning
and accepted an invitation. Of X. b.
Ellifrtz. manager Of the Adolphus
Hotel. to attend a banquet for the
exhibitors and the executive officers
of the West Texas Chamber Of
Commerce next Saturday night at
1880 o'clock. Homer ID. Wade. AS
sistant general manager of the West
Texas Chamber of Commerce. was
in conference with the exhibitors
and will remain here during the
week.
Lamb County Shows All
Lamb County was thirteenth in
the list Of prize winners, but il Is
Offering tasteful. generally all
round excellent exhibit of agricul-
tural productivity. Instead Of rely
ing solely upon cotton or wheat In
one class and corn or grain sor-
ghums in the other main division
Lamb County elected to show all
four products on an equal basis.
They entered an excellent class Of
corn and an even more excellent
grade Of milo maize and kafir corn.
Wheat production in Lamb county
was below a normal years average,
il was said, but the wheat harvested
tested out sixty-two pounds to the
bushcl. Lamb county showed n
forty-five pound rattlesnake water
melon and was the single county 10
exhibit the striped melon.
Along with its cotton display
Lamb county is showing Oft the main
exhibit a big boil cotton plant bear
ing 1870 bolls Of Gotten.
The exhibit Is in charge Of Paul
Bohnor and Gus Shaw and is one of
the outstanding exhibits of the fair
tuf rtFihihk uSeiKnluk WIN Two COT
ton lambs In the back wall Of the
exhibit against a field Of yellow
with milo maize heads used for a
border design.
The Lamb County exhibit includes
an array of vegetables produced on
irrigated lands from the Plains
.ountry's famous shallow water
wells and along with the carefully
natured vegetables - a splendid
showing Of dry land alfalfa. Lamb
ounty IN common with Ia i.clRh-
hors and considerable portion OF
Texas made Ia crop against the de-
pressing Influence of dry weather.
Potter Has No Cetten
Potter county performed an un-
usual feat when Il landed next q
the top ~ the llsi without showing
lork Of cotton In the whole exhlh-
a. L u pefhaus the first time that
a county From amor me first three
achieved the hlfh distinction with
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