Evening star., 1947-10-01
Frederick's S 85th Fail
Displays Wealth Of
Cattle and Produce
By George Kennedy
Stor Stoff Correspondent

FREDERICK, Md, Oct. Fred
erick, famed forsits meadows green
with corn" displayed the produce
Of its fields today at THE Great
Frederick Fair"
It's principal product was not
available for exhibit-the $4,000, 900
worth of milk that flows annually
into the Washington, Baltimore and
Philadelphia milk sheds.
But the cattle that produced 1t
were-the spectacular black and
white Holsteins that dot the pastures
in the matted milk ads, the mottled
white Ayrshire and the tan Guern-
seys and Jerseys.
Roselawn M. Queen from the herd
Of w. J. Hahn g. Son of Frederick,
was named the best of Ayrshire cow
by George Hyatt Of the University
of West Virginia, the judge.
II am selecting COW that most
persons would overlook" he said in
announcing the award.
Gene Abbott, The Star photogra-
pher, said, you're wrong, Mr.. Hyatt.
I've already taken her picture be-
cause of her beautiful spread of
horns"
"The horns do not count, Mr.
Abbott" said Mr.. Hyatt, bit coldly.
Stone House Shambles, the almost
pure white Ayrshire bull of Philip
Knatz of neighboring Baltimore
County. won its sixth grand cham
pionship at the show. 1t was Stone
Houses last appearance at Fred
erick. Next year he will join the
herd of bulls at the University of
Maryland which are improving
Marylands dairy herds through
artificial dissemination. Seventeen
thousand calves already have been
sired by that herd since the uni
versity started the service last year.
Harness Races Begin.
Another product that Frederick
County is proud of will be Judged
today-the great Percheron and
Belgian draft horses bred on Fred
erick County farms.
The harness racing got under way
yesterday and there were races by
running horses, with gaily capar-
isoned jockeys aboard, races which
are gamhled on in the counties to
the east.
The Cetlin & Wilson Shows, Big
gest Midway in America" were only
being set up yesterday. They played
in Trenton, N. j., through Sunday
and one day off is not enough for
them to make the shift. But they
will be running with plenty of noise
this afternoon. The fair continues
through Saturday.
This is the 85th Frederick fair in
this historic county, which started
to ship its wheat to England in 1850
or thereabouts and made the great
port of Baltimore in the process.
The fair has been held on the pres
ent site, east of Frederick on Route
40, since the end of the Civil War.
Draw $4,000 Spectators.
The fair has played to $4,000 or
more people, many of them from
Washington and Baltimore in recent
seasons. 1t has a marvellous poultry
show-Maryland is great chicken
State-but the cages of the bewilder-
ing assortment of snowy Cochin
Chinas, Polish, Mediterranean and
game fowl are not labeled. In the
cattle and swine sheds the only
identification is the sign brought
along by the farmer.
Something new at county fairs
should be recorded here-the ap-
pearanee of the 20-cent hot dog.
And here is something almost in
credible - Appalachian chestnuts.
The chestnut tree in the East has
been practically extinct since the
blight during World War I.
Sprays Decorate Exhibit.
Oscar Cline of Braddock had on
display in the farm and garden ex-
hibit not only a quart basket of the
little chestnuts, but, in his decorative
background, sprays from chestnut
trees with the big green burrs. 1t
was reminiscent of gathering chest
nuts in the woods on fall DAYS