Imperial Valley press., 1925-12-02
THE IMPERIAL VALLEY PRESS

berry display, they show IN ihser-
esting lot of japanese vegetables,
including potatoes, egg plant, tur-
nips, radishes, lettuce and other ar
ticles which will be found interest.
good assortment of American vege-
tables, including lettuce, cucumbers,
peas, beans, squash and practically
every other member of the vege-
able kingdom.
Many Amusement Devices
Passing out of the main tent, one
comes to the micw:y, which has the
| usual assortment of amusement de-
vices and attractions. One exhibit
that will be found of unusual inter
est here is Evans Freak Animal
show, containing a startling collec
ton Of two-headed cows, five-legged
horses, the smallest horse in the
world, a COW with her heart placed
near the shoulder and many other
natural freaks all alive and appar-
emily enjoying themselves. o
The cattle display is unusually
good, featuring Guernseys, Hol-
stems, and Il few Jerseys, horses,
mules, pigs, sheep and lambs.
king of them ALL" is Sergis
Walker Matador Meechthilda. He
is ''some bull" in the vernacular Of
the street, and he is the property
Of Governor Abelardo Rodriguez Of
Lower California, who recently pur-
chased him. Paragraphs could be
written about this fellow, but space
forbids. Suffice it to say that he
weighs 21S0 pounds, is bull from
his hind hoofs to his horns and has
been a blue winner in every cattle
show from Portland down the coast.
The governor has bought him with a
view of stimulating interest in dairy
ing among the residents Of Lower
California.
Fine Dairy Exhibit
The Farm Extension Service has
dairy exhibit that will cause the
dairymen of the valley to cluster
around it like bees around q hive.
1t is divided into four parts, the
first of which shows the proper
way of rearing a calf. The need
of good bull is emphasized by the
second part, which states that
'good bull is half the herd.' 1t
cites Oetavias Rnder Lad, the
prize bull at the Davis state farm,
as proof of what a good bull can do
to improve q herd. Better feeding
is covered in ,:le iaird part Of the
exhibit, statistics being presented
to show what can be done by feed
ing coeoanut meal and barely in
stead Of straight nay diet. The
net profit on four cows on n
straight diet was *123.55. On a
mixed diet the same four cows
showed profit in a year Of *494.l9.
The COW testing association and its
value to the dairyman, is fully sx-
planned in the fourth part Of the
exhibit. Ed Garthwaite and Vern
DeTar arranged the exhibit, which
is set up SO that it can be attrac-
lively lighted at night.
Poultry Are On Show
Beyond the dairy tent, the
eackles. crows and quaeks that
tNAShiotS thC aAi, pioVA" bhS
poultry exhibit. Chickens by the
hundreds including big roosters
and little roosters, hens with their
broods and hens redy to lay eggs,
ducks, geese and turkeys. The
turkey cock preening themselves
and imagining they are the finest
things in creation, only to be over
shadowed by the peaeocks next
door, which one could watch for
hours without tiring. And turkens
the pitiful looking objects that
are a cross between chickens and
turkeys. Neither one nor the
other, they look like chickens that
had been in an alley fight and lost
all their neck ,feathers., h h .
The state department. OF agrieul-
ture was today arranging its ex-
hibit, between the, dairy and poul
try shows. ,.lt-; ..,,,. -
Secretary u Busy Nan
Here, there and verywhere,i was
Secretary w. W ynn Pelt, the