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Show EXHIBITS AT STATE FAIR SURPASSED PREVIOUS EFFORTS, Weber County's Horticultural Exhibit the Feature of the Expc sition Marked Improvement in Quality of Ens tries in all Departments List of Prizewinners. old bull; best calf, first: cow three years oJd second: heifer two years, flrst; heifer one year, first; best herd. first B" Eldredfe- Salt Lake. Dul1 one year old, J. R. Winder, Salt Lake, cow three vears old first: heirer two years, first: heifer one year third: bull, two years, first. ' Among the Holstein breed John R. Winder got first prize for cow three years old or over, and J. N. Egbert of Kaysville, second. MANUFACTURES. Best laundry soap, Utah Soap company, j Best baking powder; best display extracts; . best display spices, Hewlett Bros, i Best exhibition home-mads candy; best ten i varieties from Utah sugar, J. G. McDonald i Candy Co. j Best 5()0 pouns sugar, Utah Susar company. I Best display shoes, Robinson-Romney Shoe I company: second. Z. C. M. I. Best display youths and boys' school shoes, j Robtnson-Komney Shoe company. I Best quality misses' and children's school shoes; best men's flue boots: best quality dis-, dis-, piay ladies' fine shoes; best display boots and shoes, Z. C. M. L i Best flannels; best cassimeres: best dress goods; best white blankets: best colored blankets; best suits of clothes, home material: best and largest display men s dress goods. Cutler Bros. Best display woolen yarns: bet display machine-knit goods. Cache county mills Best machine-knit hosieiy, Utah wool, J. E. Sherlock. The $150 offered for the best mercantile display, dis-play, was divided between the J. G. McOonald Candy company and Hewlett Bros. Best five pounds white and colored yarns: best pieces 72-inch linsey, Cache Knitting works. HORTICULTURAL AND AGRICULTURAL. Finest quality apples, A. C. Richardson, Box Elder county, first; George W. Keel, Salt Lake, ! The state fair for 1901 closed the j most successful exhibit in its history i last Saturday night. The attendance was slightly less than last year, and ; the receipts not so large by $6:25, but the exhibits were better, arrangement more orderly and con venient, and the business of the association was transacted trans-acted with less friction than ever before. be-fore. The exhibit around which centered the most interest, was the display of horticultural products made by Weber sounty, which surpassed, in extent, that of all the other counties of the fttate combined. Had other counties done proportionately as well, a building build-ing ten times as large would have been required. But the exhibits from all the counties,' while limited in quantity, quan-tity, were surpassing in excellence. A. display of such a variety of choice fruit, coming from sections so widely scattered, a few years ao would have been impossible. That such an ex-Dibit ex-Dibit is possible now is pointed to as a Itriking example of what a strict enforcement en-forcement of wise laws will accomplish The live stcck exhibited was very fine, and every stall was occupied. There were 122 entries of horses and 260 of cattle. Both classes graded higher than last year, and were pronounced pro-nounced especially fine by eastern tine stock growers who were present. Of the leading livestock indtistry of the state sheeD raisintr there was Best thirty apples, N. R Johnson, Provo, first: Lyman Barker, North Ogden. second. Finest qual'ty peaches. Wilson Bros.-Ogden, first: James M. Fisher, Jr.. Mill Creek, second. Largest variety and best quality peaches, Wilson Bros.. Ogden, first; James M. Fisher, Jr., Mill Creek, second. Finest quality pears, Thomas B. Helm, Pleasant View, Weber county, first; Mrs. C. D. Ferris. Mill Creek, second. Largest and best display of pears, James M. Fisher, Jr., Mill Creek, first; Wilson Bros., Ogden, second. Finest quality grapes, three varieties. Enoch Farr, Ogden, first; K. C McGriff, North Ogden, second. Largest variety and best quality grapes, James M. Fisher. Jr., Mill Creek, first; Enoch Farr, Ogden, second. Three best varieties plums, Wilson Bros., Ogden, first; James M. Fisher, Jr., Mill Creek, second. Largest variety plums, James M. Fisher, Jr., Mill Creek, first; Wilson Bros., North Ogden, second. Best twenty-five pounds sun-dried peaches, E. U. McGriff, North Ogden. Best twenty-flve pounds evaporated peaches, Wilson Bros. Best 100 pounds evaporated peaches, Z. Twenty-flve pounds evaporated plums, Heber Bennion first. Best quality and largest variety small fruit in jars, Mrs. V. C. Bailey, first; Mrs. Mary C. Stay, second. Best display of fruits, Wilson Bros., Ogden, first; James M. Fisher. Jr.. Mill Creek, second. Best display Utah canned goods. ;alt Lake Valley Canning company, first; Wasatach Canning Can-ning company, second. Best 50 pounds Utah evaporated prunes, Heber Bennion. Largest variety plums, James M. Fisher, Jr;, Mill Creek, first: Wilson Bros., Ogden, second. Best prunes, Wilson Bros , first; E. N. McGriff. Mc-Griff. second. Largest variety prunes, Wilson Bros., first; S. W Cragun, Pleasant View, second. Best quinces, James M. Fisher. Best thirty peaches, James M. Fisher, first; Wilson Bros., second. Best thirty pears, Wilson Bros., first; James M. Fisher, second. little to indicate its importance. Five entries comprised the exhibit. Two entries en-tries of swine, representing different breeds, divided the attention of fanciers fanci-ers in that line. The mineral exhibit was tire best since 1890, and included petroleum and other oils. Following is a list of prize winners in the more important classes: HORSES. Best stallion with one of is get, Ben Harmon, Har-mon, Miller. Best mare, 3 years old. J. R. Winder, Salt Lake. Second, C. O. Crismon, Union stock yards. Best mare with one of her colts. C. O. Crismon. Cris-mon. Best gelding. 3 years old. John R. Winder. Second, Thomas Matthews, Salt Lake. Best 2-year-old gelding, P. C. Peterson, Ephraim. Best pair mares, T. H. Smith, Loiran. Best matched pair geldings, Ben Harmon, Miller. Best gelding. 3 years old and over, Ben Harmon. Har-mon. Best mare, 3 years oM and over. T. H. Smith. Best filly, 2 years old. T. H. Smith. Best mare with one of her colts, T. H. Smith. Best Shetland stallion, 3 years old, John R. Winder. Best stallion with one of his get, J. R. Winder. Best Shetland mare, 3 years old, George M. Cannon. Forest kik . Best matched team of Shetland ponies, W. C. Winder, Jr. Best team to pole. Geo. W. Grander, Murray. Best single horse to harness, John McCoy, Bait Lake. Best saddle horse or mare, Dr. Pfoutz, Salt Lake. Best draft stallion, any age or breed, James Rae. Best coach stallion, any age or breed, James Rae. CATTLE. Bull, three and over John E. Seely, Mt. Pleasant, first; White & Sons. Kaysville, second: sec-ond: Ford Bros., Centerville, third. Bulls, two and under three White & Sons, Kaysville, first; Ford bros., Centerville, second; sec-ond; Ellison Bros , Layton, third. Bulls, one and under two J. R. Allen & Bros., Draper, first; Ellison Bros.. Layton, second; J. A. Seely. Mt. Pleasant, third. Bull calves, six months and under one year-Allen year-Allen Bros., Draper, first; White & Sods. Kaysville. Kays-ville. second and third. Bull calves, under six months White & Sons. Kaysville, first; Ford Bros., Centerville, second; sec-ond; Allen Bros-, Draper, third. White & Sons. Kavsviile. first, heifer calf six months and under one year; third, heifer calf under six months. Allen Bros , Draper, second, heifer calf six months and under one year. Ellison Bros., Layton, first, heifer calf under six months. Ford Bros., Centerville, second, heifer calf under six months. Sweepstakes: White &. Sons. Kaysville, first and second for senior herd, one bull and four cows: first for best cow and two of her calves; second for bull aud two of his get: second bull anv age; first, cow any age: second, bull three yea-s old and over; first, bull two years old and under three: second, fat steer any age: second, fat ueifer, one arid under two; second, heifer, two and under three; first, heifer calf: first, cow any age: first, fat calf steer; first, best group fat cattle. Allen Bros., Draper, first, junior herd, one bull and four heifers; second, cow and two of her calves; second, cow any age: first, bull one and under two years; first, bull calf: second, cow three and over; first, heifer one aod unaer two years. i Ford Bros., Centerville, first, fat steer any 'age; first, fat cow any age; second, same class; second, bull two and under three; second, fat calf steer; flrst, fat calf heifer. John H. Seeley, Mt. Pieasant. first, heifer two and under three; first, bull three and over; flrst, bull any age; first, bull and two of his gel: second, junior herd, one bull and four heifers. Ellison Bros., Layton, second, bull one and under two; second, heitercalf. HEHEFOKDS. The Island Improvement company was the winner of all the premiums ottered in this division, as follows: Bull, two and under three; bull, one and under two, first and second; bull calf, first and second: cow, three and over, first and second; cow, two and under three, first: heifer, one and under two, first and second; heifer calf, first and second; sweepstakes, herd of one bull and four females JEBSEYS. Riverside stock farm, bull three years, first; bull one year, second: bull calf second; heifer one year, second; heifer calf, first. G. M. Cannon, Salt Lake, second for 3-year- AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS. Best exhibit bees: best 100 pounds comb honey: best 100 pounds extracted honey; best display package honey; best 100 pounds beeswax; bees-wax; .best exhibition of bees in observation hive; best exhibition of honey-prodncing plants; best display in this class, John Back & Son. One hundred pounds graham flour. International Interna-tional Milling company, first. Best bushel spring wheat; best bushel white corn; best twenty pounds timothy seed; best lucern seed; best molasses; bet late squash; best display rhubarb; best half bushel yellow onions, Joseph Argyle, ood's Cross. Best bushel Butler potatoes; best bushel Goodrich: best early rose: best pride of the west: best common No. 1: best dozen long red carrots; best half bushel yellow Danvers pnipns: best red onions; best white onions: best early turnips: best display lettuce: best radishes; display pot herbs, peppers, cucumbers, cucum-bers, watermelons, vegetable marrow, kohlrabis, kohl-rabis, celery; worthy variety of beans; best exhibit ex-hibit of farm products: best ten gallons molasses. mo-lasses. Ephraim liricg. Bountiful. Best sweet corn; best dozen long red beets: best sugar beets: best white carrots: best parsnips: best late turnips: best display early squash: best tomatoes; best green beans, Louis Fayter, Mill Creek. Best display citron, Ephraim Briggs, Bountiful. Boun-tiful. best display Hubbard squash: best egg plant; best pumpkins, F. Birgin. Centerville. Best dozen mangel wurzel beets, John R. Winder. Best bushel oats, Streeper Bros., Centerville. Center-ville. Best bushel fall wheat, Frank Rigby, Centerville. Center-ville. Best bushel early Willard potatoes; best Sir Walter Raleigh potatoes; best rural New Yorkers; best early fortune; best Hammond's wonderful: best puritan; best early Michigan, J. T. Mabey. Bountiful. Best summer squash, F. Birgin, Centerville. DAIRY PRODUCTS. Best quality creamery butter L. H. Fro-herer, Fro-herer, Eden. Weber county, flrst; Eureka butter, but-ter, made at Deweyville, second. Best general displav and quality of creamery butter H. J. Faust & Co., Salt Lake, flrst. Best quality cheese People's Mercantile & Creamery company, Richmond, ttrs't; Hooper Dairy company. Hooper, second. Best general display of and best general quality of cheese Hooper Dairy company. AGRICULTURAL MACHINERY. Best washing machine S. Richardson & Son Ogden . Best plow, best hay derrick, best hay gatherer, gath-erer, best hay stacker Danielson Manufacturing Manufactur-ing company, Logan. Best churn E. S. Fisher, Salt Lake. |