The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1930-09-24
Several Thousand People Pass
Through Gates Tuesday
Afternoon and Evening
MANY EXHIBITORS
Large Machinery Display, Good
Horticultural Exhibition at
County Fair

The fifty-seventh annual Redwood
county fair opened this week with
good attendance. Monday night there
was no admission charge to the
grounds and large crowd made its
appearance. Tuesday afternoon it was
estimated that several thousand peo-
pie were on hand, even though the
weather man did put scare into the
people in the earlier part of the day.
What impresses one most is the
high quality of exhibits as well
as their completeness. Take the
school exhibit, for example, an out
standing feature of the fair. Here is
displayed the work of our children,
in art, handicraft, composition. 1t is
generally an educational review.
Bigger than usual are the machin-
cry exhibits. Among the outstanding
exhibitors are Carlty and Ruddy,
Krusmark Implement company, Dit
benner and Gluth, Thomas Erickson,
Motion Kelly (Franklin) all showing
modern improved farm machinery.
Especially interesting is the corn
picker demonstrations. Various kinds
are on display.
Other exhibitors are Jaehning
hardware dealers, Shell gas company,
Rome displaying the utilization
of artificial gas; kol-Master automa-
tic burner by the Redwood Falls
Light and Power company; Melges
showing Washburn products, and the
Wilcox hardware company.
No fair visit is complete without
an inspection of the exhibits in the
Horticultural building. The corn ex-
hibit is excellent in its qualities OF
seeds. Though the apple and fruit
exhibit is not very large 1T is good
considering the handicaps imposed by
nature.
In the same building one will find
an extensive display of needlcratt
and fancy work. Merchants having
booths in this building are Geo. L.
Freyer, drugs and radios, Hauck's
grocery showing an artistic display
of canned goods, and Thorpe Studio
craft and radios.
Another big educational feature
this year is the booth wherein the
states resources are put before the
public. This is supplied through the
state auditors office. An inspection
of this booth will reveal fund OF
knowledge. That Duluth ranks Sec
ond only to New York in harbor ton
mage: there are two dozen or more
varieties of granite found in Mime
sofa, and that we rank second only
to Massachusetts in this product, and
that the state leads in ten mining OF
iron ore. Several specimens are
there for inspection. The man IN
charge explains the various products
on display, giving it use, and some
of it's history.
In the poultry house the best OF
birds cackle proudly with ribbons
loudly proclaiming their degree OF
superiority.
The Minnesota Railroad and Ware
house commission has novel exhibit
intended to call the public's atten-
ton to the hazards of railroad cross
ings. A typical model town is laid
ed out, showing grade, roads, tracks
and engines, and showing the OBJ
stacles which usually are conducive
to accidents. The big point this
commission wishes to get across to
the motoring public is the simple
word, STOP. In this model stop
signs are designated on miniature
scale, and it shows what will happen
if this warning is unheeded.
IAN exhibit which appeals to farm
ers is a miniature terminal elevator,
and a country elevator. This is model
ed after the real thing, including the
railroads, boxcars, and other equip
ment found in the transportation OF
grain to a terminal elevator. BY
mechanical action it shows the pro-
cess of elevating, weighing, separat-
ing, and loading grain.
A visit over to "horse alley" in the
northwestern part of the grounds Is
replete with human interest. You
see the manner in which race horses
are cared for, and how particular
thew handle them. There you will
nee grizzled old veterans who follow
the turf sport from state to state. 1t
is the comic strip of the fair, and
there is many a Spark Plug" and
~Barney Google" there.
The platform entertainment IS OF
the best, full of thrills and amusing
moments with old clown Roger on
deck. ~