TABLE. SHOWING THE DATE OF ORGANIZATION, AND THE POPULATION OF THE SEVERAL COUNTIES OF IOWA, FOR THE YEARS NAMED. TABLE SHOWING THE DATE OF ORGANIZATION, AND THE POPULATION OF THE SEVERAL COUNTIES OF IOWA, FOR THE YEARS NAMED. CENTENNIAL AWARDS. TO IOWA EXHIBITORS. UNDER the system of awards adopted at the Centennial Exposition of 1876, every article exhibited was placed in one of thirty-six groups, numbering from 1 to 36. The examination was not of a competitive character, but upon the merit of the article. Each article of merit was entitled to receive a diploma and a bronze medal of uniform value. The following awards were made to Iowa exhibitors: GROUP NO. I. Wesley Redhead and Mahaska Coal Mining Company are accredited with samples of coal. The committee says: "Commended as samples of bituminous coal of Iowa." LEAD ORE. John Harvey, of Dubuque.-Report says a large and instructive exhibit of Galena lead ores of Iowa. W. P. Fox, of Des Moines.-Commended for an instructive exhibit of the stratified deposits of the State of Iowa. [NOTE-In this group were shown fifty-five varieties from stone quarries in Iowa, prepared by Donahue & McCosh, of Burlington, in blocks six by nine inches square; also were shown samples of building and moulding sands, and three specimens of glass sands, twelve of fire and potters' clay, six or eight samples of mineral paint, and one sample of peat; also some fine samples of geodes from Keokuk. Judge Murdock, of Clayton county, exhibited a collection of relics of the mound builders. The most prominent one was his large collection of mound builders' skulls.] GROUP NO. IV. State of Iowa.-Commended as a very fine collection of cereals in the straw, beautifully cleansed; also grasses and seeds-sixty varieties—a fine collection beautifully arranged; also a collection of Indian corn, seventy varieties. BUTTER. Stewart & McMillen, of Manchester, Delaware county, Entry No. 880.-Commended for the best samples of 200 lbs. and 30 lbs. respectively, made at Newberg factory, Edgewood and Hebran. Stewart & McMillen, Entry No. 895.-Commended for clean, sweet flavor, firm texture and superior excellency generally, comprising samples of different creameries. [NOTE. The general report of the committee on butter puts the yield of the United States for 1878 at 710,000,000 lbs. Messrs. Stewart & McMillen had about ninety competitors, among whom were the best butter makers of the world. In addition to the centennial awards, they got the golden medal awarded by the national butter and egg association. Iowa creamery butter sells in the Philadelphia market readily with the gilt edged brand. The butter crop in Iowa is an item of interest, and the State owes Stewart & McMillen a debt of gratitude for their very active exertion at the centennial in raising Iowa_butter to a level with the gilt edge manufacturers of the eastern States. Delaware county, Iowa, is to our State what Chester county is to Pensylvania.] Bryan & Curtis' butter, Strawberry Point, Clayton county.-Commended for fine quality and superior skill in manufacturing. GROUP NO. VI. Collection of woods by Prof. McAfee, Agricultural College.-Commended as a good State exhibit, containing 160 specimens arranged in vertical and transverse sections. J. C. Arthur, Charles City, No. 185.-Herbarium of plants. The herbarium contains species named and clasified, neatly mounted, labeled and one in duplicate. The duplicate collection ingeniously arranged for exhibition on large sliding frames within a glass case. The whole accompanied with a printed catalogue. AWARDS ON COLLECTIVE STATE EXHIBITS. State of Iowa, No. 11.-Commended for a large dieplay of its minerals, soils, native and cultivated grasses, its pomology in large variety, and collection of woods and a valuable collection of mound builders relics. GROUP NO. XXVIII. EDUCATIONAL. Board of Education, Burlington, No. 76.-Commended for a creditable display of the work of pupils. State Educational Department, No. 77.-Report good exhibit of the statistics of State school system and work of public schools. Board of Education of West Des Moines, No. 78.-A creditable exhibit of work of pupils. GROUP XXII. PLOWS. Skinner Bros., Des Moines, No. 63.-Commended for excellence of ma terial, good workmanship and beauty of form. |