Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, October 4, 1911, Page 5

ss THE COUNTY FAIR THE BEST EVER (Continued from page one) which were four and one-half feet long. The fodder corn stalks were eleven feet in heighth, while in the threshed grains, three varieties of oats were shown, two of barley, one of wheat and three of beans. Two varieties of sweet corn and pop corn were shown. The exhibit of garden produce was certainly an extensive one. Two varieties of rutabagas were shown, four of mangles, stock beets, sugar beets, stock carrots, two kinds table carrots, beets, parsnips, two var- ieties cabbage, cucumbers, two of radishes, hubbard squash, pie pump- kins, field pumpkins, endive, lettuce, cauliflower, celery, rhubarb, musk- melons, watermelons, citron, sage, garden huckleberries, ground cherries salsify, wax beans, low bush cran- berries, two kinds of grapes, choke cherries, crab apples, plums, compass cherries and four kinds of Four varieties of potatoes were also shown. The display was certainly wonder- ful, considering the fact it all came from nearly one farm and it stamps | the Elliott farm as one of the most wonderful in the northern part of the state. What farmer in the south- ern half of the state can show a va- | riety so great in its extent as this. This exhibit was awarded second mon- ey. Cloverdale Club Exhibit. The Cloverdale Farmers’ club is composed of intelligent and up-to-date farmers living in the town of Deer River and the Deer River exhibit was made under its auspices. Deer River had an exhibit jast year that captured first money in the township class, but owing to the fact that the weather made it bad for hauling stuff to town, the exhibit was not as good nor as large as last year and only | captured third money this year. The | Deer River booth was in charge of Fred Truempler, Dr, McGee and Prof. Jewett, at the head of the agricultur- | al department of the Deer River Bchools and in speaking on the dis- play, Mr. Truempler said: “The ex- hibits are good, but we would have had a much better display had it not been for the weather, which pre- vented many farmers from getting ‘OU owe it to yourself and the boy to buy him clothes in which he will look his best and that will give the wear and satisfaction that boys clothes should. If you will buy him Hercules All Wool Shower Proof Suits MADE BY DAUBE, COHN & COMPANY CHICAGO. you will not only plese the boy with a suit that has real style—but will also please yourself because you will save i money on his clothes. } ail wear two|suits of any other make re- gardless of price. Come into our store and let us show them to you. For Sale By LIEBERMAN Bros onions. | to town who had promised to bring in products of the farm for our ex- hibit. We will be back again- next year with a better display than ey- er before and you can bet we are go- ing after first money.” Some of the exhibits made by Deer River were especially good, and among them were the cauliflower, cit- ron, tomatoes and plums. The sam- ples of ear corn were some of the finest exhibited at the fair and the ears of flint corn measured over 12 inches in length. There was also a fine exhibit of canned goods, some- thing that was not included in the Deer River display last year. The Itasca Honey King. W. E. Jones, who lives on Pokeg- jama lake, in Bass Brook township, and whose entries of honey were made with the Bass Brook township exhibit, can certainly lay claim to | being the honey king of Itasca coun- ty, if not of the entire northern part of the state. Mr. Jones came here from Milaca, near Princeton, three years ago and brought with him ; @bout 70 swarms of bees. His apiary now contains 119 stands and he has over 600 gallons of strain- | ed honey to place on the market this |fall. The market price of strained honey is $1.25 per gallon. He has a | straining device whereby a gallon | | of honey can be separated from the | | {comb in less time than you can tell about it and there were many who | took great interest in watching it ; Work. In speaking of his apiary, Mr. ; Jones said: “One thing I have found } | out. You can’t successfully combine | | farming and apiary work and hereaf- ‘ter I shall devote all my time to | caring for my swarms of bees. I) | have had fair success since coming to Itasea county, but I intend to in-| crease the industry next year.” The honey Mr. Jones had on display was | of a rich golden color and is said to! | be the finest ever placed on the mar- | ket. There is a great demand for it | | in the east and if Mr. Jones’ plans | turn out well, he will do much to} , advertise what can be done in Itasca | county in the way of bee culture. Potatoes Galore: All doubts and fears were laid to} ‘rest in regard to concerted effort! | on the part of the farmers to raise | marketable potatoes when the dis- | | plays of tubers were looked over. They would certainly delight the eye of the scientific agricultur’st. | Prof. A. J. McGuire, of the Northeast | Exeriment farm, has perhaps been | most instrumental in getting the | farms to raise the same varieties of | potatoes. At the potato meeting held i last spring he said: “Raise the same kind of potatoes that your neighbor | raises, preferably Burbanks or Car- men variety, and do not attempt to| make them grow to an abnormal size.| Rather, have them all of a medium | size, smooth and devoid of irregu- larities.” That his advice has been followed to the letter was evidenced | {at the county fair, for not a_ single display of big potatoes was made. | They were all of uniform size and excellence, as smooth as satin and | | shaped so there will be the least | | waste when prepared for cooking by | the housewife. | Products of the Field. | Never before was that fact so thor- | oughly demonstrated that Itasca county field yields are superior to jany in the state than at the fair last week. The wheat, rye, | barley, oats, spelts, buck wheat, flax, dent corn, flint corn, sweet corn, pop | corn, timothy seed, millet, clover, ‘beans and peas, were the best ever exhibited at any fair in the northern part of the state, while in the vege- table and fruit department, the beets, carrots, parsnips, tomatoes, cabbage, turnips, onions, cauliflower, squash, pumpkins, muskmelon, watermelon, ci ron, apples, plums, cherries, grapes, celery and vegetable oysters were fin- er than any ever placed on any mar- ket. The samples of oats, wheat and barley were particularly good and it is now an established fact that north- ern Minnesota can raise No. 1 wheat in competition with the Dakotas and Canada. The cabbage attracted many, admiring glances and one head would have made the average man stagger to carry it off. Stock Department. The arrangements for housing the stock were so much better than last year that there is now no comparison, An additional 110 feet of shed room was built this fall nad consequently all entries were securely protected from the elements. John G. Fraser had a herd of four calves on exhibit of Jersey-Guernsey strain that attracted a great amount of attention. They were all year- lings and a buyer would have hesitat- ed a long time before deciding on which one to select, they were so near- ly alike in appearance and build. Mr. Fraser also exhibited a registered Jersey bull, a Jersey-Guernsey cow and a seven-eights Jersey cow. In speaking of the combining of the two | who intends improving h‘s strain of GRAND RAPIDS HERALD-REVIEW WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 4, 1911. ‘strains, Mr. Fraser said: “A combin- ation of Jersey and Guernsey. strains makes the best, dairy stock obtainabje. They not only give milk of a super- ior richness, but the cows are hard‘er than the Jerseys, alone, and in addi- tion are of a heavy enough build so they can be sold on the hoof if de- sired. In all my experience as a stock raiser and farmer, I find them the best for all around use.” P. P. Elliot 'was ajso among those who made some particularly good entries in this department. He en-| tered three yearling calves of the Jer-' sey and Guernsey strain, two heif- ers in milk, three cows, @ span of heavy draft horses and a spring colt. When Mr. Eliott went out to visit his stock Saturday morning, he found | it had increased, one of the cows hav- ing given birth to a calf during the night. Mr. Elliott says he has not yet decided which one of the fair association officers to name it in hon- or of. Leroy Wheaton entered a register- ed Jersey bull], a sow and litter of pigs, born July 28, of Poland-China and Yorkshire strains, sow and boar from litter born May 7, a DurocJer- sey sow and a Poland-China sow and boar. James Bickley entered one dual purpose cow, one beef heifer, under two years old, one calf under six months, one draft team, pair African | geese, and a pen of Plymouth Rock} chickens. The pens of swine entered by Sen- ator D. M. Gunn were some of the/ most admired on.the grounds and they were certainly beauties. His entries were a Yorkshire bear, April sow, July sow, and a litter of six pigs. All these were blue ribbon winners. C. K. Mundy exhibited three pens | of Shropshire sheep on which he won} four firsts, two seconds and one | third. The ewes were certainly fine | specimens of the Shropshire strain | while the ram was one of the best ev- er seen in the.county. Before the fair came to a close, the ram was sold | to Henry Truempler, of Deer River, his sheep. As usual, U. C. Gravelle was one of the heaviest exh‘bitors, he showing dairy herd cows, one Guernsey grade cow, one Guernsey grade bull, a pen of four ewes, one old ewe, one spring lamb, and a spring ram. These were all of the Shropshire strain. He also | exhibited a drove of hogs of the Po- jand-China and Yorkshire Improved strains that were certainly nice look- ing porkers. In the poultry depart- ment he had pens of White Wyan- dottes, White Leghorns, Barred Plymouth Rocks, Guinea hens, Chi- nese swans and two coops of Tulose geese. In the driver class in the equine department, “Jack’’ Mulvihill got first money, while Alex Robinscn was awarded second prize. School Exhibits Excell. While progress was made in every department, it was ‘n the school exhib- it the progress was most noticeable. The specimens of manual training handicraft, commercial work, mechan-| ical drawing, paintings, needle work and cooking that were the displays of the Grand Rapids and Coleraine schools are the best that have ever been made here and there is smajl doubt that they were surpassed in any other county. The Grand Rapids Exhibit. The exhibit made by the pupils of | the Grand Rapids schools was in charge of Supt. Freeman, Misses Carpenter and Becker, Prof. Slade and R. C. Hoisington and those who have heretofore made the statement that art and music, manual training, commercial work and domestic sci- ence are needless adjuncts of the present day schools will never be able to make the statements again, uncontradicted, in the presence of anyone who visited this exhibit. In the manual training department, the most noticeable pieces of work were a library table, the handicraft oof Frank McVeigh; a buffet, made by John Costello, Jr.; a music cab- inet made and planned by Henry Graf- fam. The cabinet, in particular, was a fine specimen of what is being done in the manual training department. A collar box, made of six different kinds of wood and consrtucted of 36 pieces, was one of the objects that attracted considerable attention. It was made by Will Whajing. Another collar box that laso brought much praise, was made by David Rima and is a perfect specimen of turning. The third year pupils in high school are drilled most in pattern making and there were numerous displays of their work everywhere. The eighth grade pupils displayed boxes, desk trays and towel racks; the seventh grade, foot, stools, tie racks and pen trays; sixth grade, bench hooks and coat hangers; fifth grade, Venitian iron work, whisk brooms, tabje mats, letter racks and hat hooks. net In the ert department, keeping and penmanship in the \also shown of fifth, sixth, year’s work was shown and Friday afternoon a typewriter contest ‘took place. between Eva Stade and Jessie Forsythe. Both young ladies were blinded and the correctness of their work and the rapidity with which they turned out the typewritten sheets astonished those who witness- ed’ the contest. a The drawing by pupils from the seventh grade up to the second year of high school work, was very good and one of the most noteworthy draw- ings was the product of Miss Mae Benton, a crane being used for the subject of the sketch. The draw- ings were in charcoal and water col- ors. The efforts of the young ladies in the eighth and ninth grades in the domestic science department astonish- ed al) who gazed on the viands pre pared by them. There were buscuits, doughnuts, cakes, pics and cookies and they looked just like the kind th mother used to make. Exhibits were! seventh and eighth grade work in preparing house plans and harmonious decora- tions and this work was also very creditable. The jellies and canned fruits would make the mouth of any epicurean water, while the work done in the needle department showed that the young ladies have indeed put their knowledge to a practical use. The color scheme of the dis- play was also very pretty, the high school colors, orange and black be- ing interwoven all through the exhib- it. The Coleraine Exhibit. The Coleraine school exhibit was certainly a good dsplay of work both from a practical and artistic point of view, the specimens of work being not only of a practical nature but also artistically arranged. The display was in charge of Supt. J. A. Vandyke, K. C. Rudow, manual train- | ing at Coleraine, Bar] Garinger, man- | ual training at Marble, Miss Selma August, art department, and Miss | Martha A. Pope, domestic science at Coleraine. The manual training was especially good. The most praiseworthy pieces of work were a sewing table by Wal- ter Vandyke; a settee, by Edward Franti; a music cabinet, by Lyle Blair. There were alsocome geod pieces of fumed oak work. Fifth grade work exhibits consisted of knife work, the principa] exhibits being bird houses; the sixth grade exhib- its were bill files, coat hangers and cutting boards; the seventh grade work consisted mostly of drawn work, such as hammer handles, towel racks, etc.; the eighth grade work consisted of coat hangers, pen and ink trays, handkerchief boxes, fcot stools, pic- ture frames, tie racks and taberets; the first and second year high school exhibits were in joinery and mechan- ical drawing, goblets, glue boxes and napkin rings being shown. There was some very good blue print work. In the art department, work was shown from the kindergarten up and the efforts of the little tots were given equal prominence with those of the older and more finished pupils. There were some very good pictures in water colors of flowers drawn from life. The rattan and raffia work was also very good and the baskets were very artistic in their designs and weavings. In the domestic science department the needlework was especially good and work was shown from the sev- enth and eighth grades and high school pupils. There were hand em- broidered waists, darned work, cross stitch pillows in new designs, tailor- ed shirtwaists, underwear, table linen, solid embroidery, applique work in yarn, and in fact, anything that is done with the needle. The first work in the fifth grade was also shown, showing the start stitches. Perhaps the finest piece-of work in this department was a hand embroid- ered linen waist, the work of Miss Calina Morisett, of Bovey. In this department was also shown canned fruits, several varieties being exhibited. The distance was too far to take any of the products of the kitchen. Pictures of a dining room scene, the exhibits of the art and domestic science rooms at the end of the last school year, and the kindergarten and manual training rooms were shown. In the dining room scene, the tables are laid out as correctly as though done by the most accomplished housewife, Miss Pope, of this department, ex- plaining to the reporter that the young ladies are shown how to do everything correctly that pertains to the up-todate and modern home, so that no matter what their station in life may be in the future, they will be qualified to fill it. An exhibit made with the Cole- raine display that attracted consider- able attention was the mineral quartz display, by Director King, of school district No. 2. In testing for ore, (Continued on page eight.) 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