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Show STATE FAIR NOTES. sl There were three judges at the fair i who have oi national reputation. Mr. A. J. Knollin who judged the sheep, j Prof. C. F. Curtiss who judged the horses and Prof. Erf who scored the dairy cattle and dairy products. The J work of these judges was, in the main, very satisfactory. jI Prof. Curtiss who has been a judge rit the International was heard to remark' re-mark' that he had seldom, if ever, Jteppcd into a better ring of horseflesh horse-flesh than that which he found here last week. Utah made a showing in horses of which any state might well be proud. The Agricultural College and Ex- K periment Station had a variety of dis- K plays, all of which were extremely in- KJ tenesting. The. State press made very B fnyorflbjc ppmment pn this exhibit. SJ I' The College had a few choice representations repre-sentations of some of their breeds of livestock and tat the parade on Friday f afternoon they were all in line. That I the Agricultural College is serving the " people well was- attested by the many favorable comments. hoard, at thc , V i . Fair. - , r r. Hyatt served up a brand of 4 weather that could not have been ex-' ex-' Qclicd. The rain suddenly ceased on 3 Monday morning, the clouds rolled jaway and the atmosphere was just cool enough to be exhilarating. Had the fair been held a week earlier it i) would undoubtedly have been a fail ure. The fair people as well as the ' citizens of the slate certainly played in luck. . . m ISj'lt can no longer be truthfully said that the buildings .arc ample to ac- commodate all exhibits. Some pro vision should be made next year to accommodate the educational exhibit and there is already a pressing demand de-mand for a machinery hall. As yet machinery is being shown out doors I end years like the present this docs J very well) but during stormy weather , I shelter is sorely needed. ,1 Speaking from an agricultural stand- I point the fair was far in advance of u ' any of its predecessors. In some of I the departments there is springing up y a generous and broad gauged rivalry )! between the exhibitors that augurs k well for the future. This is especial ly true in the horticultural depart- ment. The year has been a hard one for fruit owing to the fact that some sections had a freeze at a critical time, but one would hordly have bc- lieved it after going through the hor- licultural building; i J The Agricultural College was rep- resented by Dr. Widtsoc, Dr. Ball, Prof. Jensen, Prof. Titus, Prof. Cainc III, Mrs. Rhodcu B. Cook, Mrs. May- h cock, Prof. Goodwin, and Mesrs, Han- ; sen, Batt, Madsen and Hughes. Pro- fessors Frederick Hogenson, Northrop, North-rop, Favor, Woodward, Arnold and J Thomas were also welcome visitors at the College booth. The exhibit was in charge of the Superintendent of I College Extension work, who received K flattering , compliments on its, excel- 1$ |