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VOL. XXXIITSIB‘AT THE DALLAS FAIRV-AjfDisplay Rang^01 her; | B 'BBilrfprogriedmanThe attendance at the Dallas Fair from thiB county thia year is probably larger than ever before and- the visitors report the fair the best yet. For the first time VanZandthas a oounty exhibit there and the unbiased verdict is that it comes up with the exhibits of other sections. East Texas•_»:***•*.*•* **' 4* ■ *.'0 •** *1 •• •* .* * •*' • .* ^ . ..fj|0ft! ?.^ Pr© ni iurn for 'the bea fc coW©xhiliit^ this yelr;Sl0lBwen't; I? to‘j;; W est Tex a 9 1 as tSunWaswheworlaohc roon the iC(TvK*jg§Rowderivee t fc on ■ „ came in': for good honore, T. A; Ray securing first prize for y best six fatalks of ootton witnff bolls and J. W.Ibg; firet premiumon 'exhibit.' mentioning^^^woupeoi^tylexhibits; has J h e|||o]|||in gtosayb ft h a tf r o m^^^l«e|StaieSbTf;Van • ZaiKlt,” otherwise Van Z and too u n tyl ■ is rep^!i gresented .by; a “spiendid exhibtt, in gpkargeotE.mWngo. Mr. Wingoenumerates these very rapidiy. reel-1fling off ra diat which includes nearly everything raised . There are special ||thinga, ofeourae, which attract attention and invite inquiry; For in-ptance, there are shownsomo^ands”tobacco, a product not generally |Known to be raised in /Van Zandt |county) but this tobacco is the “ White Burley^; the chief product of the l^nig^-riding”B district, and it has il^en^liyPemohstratetl thafcifceau be successfully and profitably raised in1b coun fcy • O f tho speci m en 9 on exbibition in this booth a Ken-^ inanufacturer ioas pronounedthat it is equal to the beat Taised in the lands of Kentucky andpK®fii?khdb'^Sltfo'2has on: display a-a considerable quantity of broomcoru,a produot^; which sells for $185 per T9^iillba8;i;8ix-gobdv;:{millet stalks and many samples of prairie hay, o! whichjWills* Point ships out 8,000 tons per s.easong|; There are wheat, oats, peas,?! grapes^ *; pears, peaches andcouwillSatiati;jo h i this ber to hToMyi fir si the cleagroibrinwittforgPoiiMorwillparetheTpari0|)lum8, showing what can be done in iruitlraisiug.;^ | There are also fivekinds of sweet potatoes and different kmds of Irish potatoes. Twenty-y^rieties of corn, which thiayear made as high as fifry bushels to the acre, are also displayed. ThiaMll^y tbbk first premium for the best I Six; stal ks o f cotton and fi rat pre in -§jum oh the bale of cotton . lt;|pThereBare;;Balsov:shown (here•' evi-dencer|qffaiiotherResource of Van Zandt county which is of some im-PprtanceKftIn|Van Zandt county morethan 3.000 barrels of salt are pub up each day, and a ready market is found pSS jtPackages prepared for andp;tabl0-U80 aro abown h^ro.There a^waisp fifty• five varieties of hardwood on display, all of them grp||n||ff Van Zanab county to such an extent asfito; make them a money*pariiing; re?ource ■■■hr; be i mer won Poii enc( mak that coot in v,p^JiFIower;ShoW Prizes.ffmiahv8jg|Wed head a y mmllib will have their anniia 1BwasRocloadOdothiseralweslpricneaweewill
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Wills Point Chronicle
Wills Point, Texas, US
Thu, Oct 28, 1909
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