The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1933-09-14
By E. C. Durdle

q very good attendance consider
;np the year and weather condl-
t;ons prevalent during the three
davs of the fair. Exhibits IN
nearly all departments were equal
f. those of any previous year and
:; several cases surpassed any
thing we have had in the past. The
cate receipts this year were with
IN a very few dollars of the gate
receipts of last year and this the
fair board feels is a compliment
az to the way the fair has been
handled.
The department which probably
drew more interest than any other
was the community and farm dis
nlays. In the community displays
Benton City again took first place
with a score of 86.8; Columbia
Valley second place with a score
of 83.1; Finley, third with score
of 1925; Kennewick Gardens.
fourth, with score of 1856 and
Kennewick Valley fifth with
score of 75.15. Benton City also
took the sweepstakes booth prem
ium of $40 as being the highest
scoring booth at the fair. Under
the individual general irrigated
farm exhibits, the Diversity Farms
of Pasco took first with a score
of SO and Riverside Market Farm
second with score of 20. Locust
Grove took first in the community
dry land exhibit with score of
rs. Fred Pardini of Kennewick
and James Greirson of Richland
tied for second place in the grape
exhibit in that neither exhibit met
the requirement of at least five
varieties and in five trays. E. III.
Terril with the honey exhibit
scored n and the arts exhibit of
Edith Stradford scored 70.
tits difficult to pick out the de-
partments with more outstanding
exhibits than others. In the live
stock department all four main
breeds were exhibited. There was
also good exhibits of hogs and
sheep, small exhibit of beef cat
tie and horses.
The poultry department had a
number of exhibits of the leading
breeds of poultry and turkeys. The
poultry was fully up to the stand
ard of exhibits made last year. The
agricultural exhibits as far as the
vegetables were concerned were
better than for several years in
the past. The grains and grasses,
however, were not as well repre-
sented as the season would war
rant.
The horticulture exhibit was
little shy of last year, but consid-
erlng the fact that a considerable
number of orchards were removed
last year, it is probable that the !.
fruit exhibits was as large as
could be expected. There were not
as many plate displays of grapes
and some of the other fruits as
usual.
In the fancy work and the cook
ed food departments exhibits were
iuily up to last year as far as
quantity and quality are concern
Cd In the curio department, the
indian Arrow Head and other In
dlan work exhibited under the di-
rectlon of Jay Perry attracted
considerable attention and took
pains-taking effort on the part of
Mr. Perry. New show cases for
TINS department made it possible
20 exhibit these to good adva.-
tage.
The girls club work department
dropped q little in the number os
osnibits but quality was on a par
WIN previous years. The number
Judging and demonstration
seams were large as compared to
PREVIOUS years. The Junior Demon
slatlon was won by Mrs. Fosters
auo OF White Bluffs, and Mrs. i
uSmkerS team IF Whit D1,,ffS