The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1922-09-14


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Geo. Lervoog, motorcycle police
man, yon the motorcycle race from
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=. Fair Notes
Did you know that North Dakotans
GROW the finest kind Of peanuts, sweet
potatoes, water and musk melons, and
tobacco? Why, we have fairly NOV
ed down into the tropics. Sydney
Baldwin Of Minot displayed two fine
large tobacco plants in blossom and
G. D. Colcord exhibited a tobacco
plant, five feet high, grown in his
garden.
DR.. R. w. Pence showed a basket
Of fine large luscious strawberries,
grown in his garden. John Stoudt
exhibited large juicy tame plums, and
there were any number Of fine ap-
pies. DR.. Carr brot in large
branch filled with red crab apples and
limb full of ripe plums, taken from
his garden.
Mrs. L. A. Corey exhibited beau
tiful hollyhock, 8 feet and 6 inches
tall.
Never saw such garden vegetables.
One head Of cabbage on exhibit
weighs % pounds. And talk about
pumpkins. One Of the Surprise var
iety is larger around than wash tub
and weighs nearly so pounds.
D. G. Kauffman's broom corn, nine
or ten feet high, walked up the natives
as to North Dakota's possibilities.
A. C. Burgeson Of Douglas exhi-
bited sweet clover 9 feet tall.
C. H. Parker showed fine exhibit
of goose corn. The original seed
was found in the crop Of a goose kill
ed in this vicinity. Where the goose
got the corn nobody knows. 1t was
planted on the Parker farm and it has
been developed into splendid variety
for this district.
Mr.. Hunter from near Minot show
ed some choice sweet potatoes.
The Douglas exhibit is very cred
liable. 1t includes very beautiful
display of sheaves Of wheat, oats and
rye by Aug. Cortes. One variety of
the wheat originated on the Cortes
farm.
The Velva community exhibit is a
dandy. It was gathered by Raymond
Aune from the district. Aune is an
agricultural expert and good one.
The exhibit includes nearly every
thing. grown on a farm, from an im-
mense Surprise pumpkin down to
tame plums. There is corn twelve
feet tall raised by X. Livdahl; pea
nuts grown by j. L. Lee; melons by
Mr.. Rustad; ssweet clover honey, pro-
duced by A. Fiege's bees; sweet pota-
toes by Harold Mus; fancywork, coal
from the Velva mines, canned fruits
and vegetables and last but not least,
a Turken, the first bird Of its kind
ever seen in North Dakota. This
bird is owned by w. w. Davenport
of Velva, and is cross between a
White Holland turkey and a Rhode
Island Red hen. The birds were pen
ned up when young and kept way
from other birds all their lives. Dav-
export paid $500 for setting Of
eggs from a California fancier and
Matched out seven Turkens. The pic
lure Of the Turken is shown elsewhere
in this issue. The Turkens are said
TO be great egg producers and fine
for meat. They are novelty to say
the least.
w. E. Black Of Fargo, Canadian
government agent, is in charge OF a
very extensive and beautiful exhibit
of Canadian farm products. In the
center Of the display is a large picture
twelve feet OF more long, designed
exclusively from grains, seeds and
grasses. The picture shows wheat
field, farm house, barn, corn, trees,
silo, and windmill. The colorings are
rich and are all natural. The pic
ture was designed by Frenchman
at Ottawa and is wonder. The
other part of the exhibit consists Of
sheaves of wonderful grain and vege-
tables. A rope made from flax straw
and oats is a novelty. The products
are from Manitoba, Saskatchewan and
Alberta.
John REM, proprietor of the North
Hill Farm, mile from MinOt, had
a fine exhibit all by himself that was
wonder to all who saw it. The
REM farm is known as one of the best
titled farms in the state. Mr.. REM
and his family work the farm in an
intensified manner. There is some
thing to sell from the farm every day
in the year with the result that in
stead of having mortgage on it, the
farm is. all clear, there are numerous
fine buildings, REM drives good car
anu HAS HUXLEY uA0 wang ASA
him in the bank. His exhibits at
the fair include corn, bouquets of
pretty flowers, canned mountain cher
ries, white blossom sweet clover,
ground cherries, 21-pound watermel-
ons, the third cutting of Grimm al
falfa, the second cutting Of timothy
and clover, sheaf oats and various
kinds of canned vegetables. Mr.
REM displays a pretty little basket
woven by himself in Iowa 80 years
ago.
C. S. Albert, who operates a truck
farm near Minot, brot in Is interest
ing exhibits.
H. H. Phillips, president of the Har-
vey commercial club, headed q large
delegation who visited the fair We'd
nesday. g.
The Better Baby contest under the
auspices Of the Woman's and Art
clubs of the city will be decided Fri
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