| Show the fair at provo we have been favor favored edwith with a lengthy report of the second annual exhibition of theU tall tali county agricultural and manufacturing society held at provo on the and ultimo but the names of the successful competitors peti tors were not included for reasons not stated the following extracts from the report may not be uninteresting the number of articles exhibited waa was pearly twice as many as were shown last year except fruit and vegetables which although creditable did not excel in choice varieties our first exhibition among the live livestock stock exhibited there were manyan many animals imala of improved breeds both imported and also some raised in our county and it was truly gratifying to notice that our farmers had began to realize the importance of improving their breeds of cattle cattie horses sheep ac one interesting item deserves especial notice the gentle gentie gentleman gian nian who obtained the prize for or the best acre of wheat produced it on what is generally considered our poorest bench land so poor that the owners of several adjacent pieces have allowed theirs to remain untilled because they say the cultivation of that land will not pay but by rotation of crops deep and thorough plowing with a very little the acre produced forty seven bushels an ample profit on the extra outlay the of provo and lake city are deserving the gratitude of the directors in exhibiting so many choice specimens of fruit which is not plentiful this season the thrashing machines grain cradles horse rakes ac exhibited indicated that the agric abric agriculturists of utah may soon compare favorably with those of other and older countries in the application of labor saving machinery in drawing from mother savini eart earth he her r choicest bles bies blessings ID S leather bontso boots shoes ac were displayed in profusion and of good quality and of beau ful as well as strong and durable workmanship shi there has been a decided improvement ma made nade e in those articles of late in fact imported leather boots and shoes are at a dig dis count in this county and we trust our tanners and shoe shoemakers makem will conte conti continue I 1 nue improving so aa as to supply the market with their best productions cotton linen and woollen goods 0 d s in great variety of styles were exhibited exhibit eio a and n d mostly of excellent quality our merchants who deal in imp imported artea arted dry goods favored us with specimens which bly impressed upon many minds dhe the Ahe superiority of our own productions the furniture on exhibition nas was aas splendid and not often excelled Aluc hof the cooper ware was of first class workmanship a few articles from the shop of 0 dir din mr charles barnes barnea of lehi were really excellent aird mr hirn D specimens of carpentry would do h honor 0 or to any bui bul builder der one of our committees visited hla hia new shop and reported it a first class building in design and also in strength the erection of such shops indicate that the people of provo begin bein be b in to realize their natural advantages and w we e trust before ion lon long iong she will become a first class manufacturing city the ile fine arts were not forgotten and some fine paintings and specimens specimen of penmanship were exhibited A fine piece by our secretary in the deseret alphabet was admired by all who examined it our mechanics exhibited a great variety of miscellaneous articles such as forks sic klep augers baskets ropes and a variety of other manufactures of wood and iron mr dir sabin of the felm film of sabin bebee cop co coy of pa payson on exhibited some splendid brass castings of dome rome home production and mr clr bebee of the same firm produced a case of tools that excel many of t those b 0 3 e imported the models of machine s mechanical drawings ac presented provo prove pr 0 v c the inventive genius of utah to be of no me mean a a order the ladies by their tasteful embroidery and ard the harmonious blending of the useful with the beautiful in the articles they offered greatly I 1 enhanced n the interest of our fair and by cuir their works surprised many butter cheese preserves pickles tea wines wires spirits molasses mola moia aises starch star clip cily soap ac were exhibited in aburido abu abundance rida ilda ce and of good quality and our chemists favored us with specimens of oils and other articles extracted from native materials the fair was well attended the building although larg lar ewas crowded the whole time advertised the races advertised were curtailed the brass and string bands of provo were in attendance and contributed to the pleasure of those who visited the exhibition of of the industry of utah county JOHN jonn B MILNER reporter |
