Newspapers / The progressive farmer. / May 11, 1918, edition 1 / Page 1
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FAIRS AND FAIR EXHIBITS SPECIAL KOT1CJC TO BHADSBWhtt you flnlah reading thJi nu. Mta, plM a 1-oani lump on tfcto uuti, m1 th ut kino, and it will b DUcd in th hmria ni not uuai ISSfS111111 10 P"1 oerseas. NO WBAPrilfa- a. a. uuiua&surf, roumastw General. A in 1 X : a J n If4 a cWf w i1 ' W -Wm: EASTERN EDITION ' A Farm and Home Weekly for The Garolinas, Virginia, Georgia, and Florida. FOUNDED 1886, AT RALEIGH. N. C Vol. XXX11I. No. 19. DAY, MAY 11, 1918 $1 a Year; 5c a Copy The Pair: A School for Rial People Old and Young rpHERE comes a time in the lives of men and women when they no longer go to school, using the term "school" as it is usually understood. But there never comes a time in the life of any person when he or she is too old to learn. Perhaps the greatest defect of state and county fairs is that as a rule no explanation is given as to why awards are made. If a compe tent man were placed in every department to explain the ooints of ex- cellenceof the prize: winning exhibit in that department, the benefits .... ... . - ' 'JM uiy.n,., .1 ., .,.,..., , , . , ,, , , . ,,.,y,.,vi,. .. - . 1 . y. MIw-iE;i-:. . -,-.,vs. .. i::itt ' ..v.: ":.::: v:;y .';V:, , . .rr .';..'iiV;?t:A;;-. ' . V" ' -'i-sa '. .:, . . - . :. : -'i.i,-iV--;. : ." " .. 5.V.:.- ..j.'iM:;-:s:A:'.S - ' , - " ' ' ' ' ' 1 . . - - " ' . ' -s ' v - ' .-- -; . . ' , ' v r -n innfiwmi try "wf rt,A HI IHk nr. LIVESTOCK PARADE AT A' COUNTY FAIR Courtesy Hon. .Jewell Mayee, Jefferson City, Afa Fairs in their true sense are "schools", for rural people of all ages: in other words, an experience meeting or a common pooling of knowl edge and experience about farm and home subjects. Therefore a iarmer who attends a fair' that has been worked out along right lines cannot help but be benefitted. As, an educational agent, we believe the community fair is now rather more effective than the county fair or state fair. It is true that state and county fairs may show better arrangement of exhibits and even livestock and produce of better quality. But at many of these larger fairs there is so much to see and the amusement and recreative features have been emphasized at the expense of edu cational features. The community fair, on the other hand, has fewer exhibits; there are no sideshows to distract one's attention; and the points of merit and demerit of each ex hibit are explained by the judges so that the fair becomes a thing of real educational worth. Moreover, a farmer, who lias attend ed a community lair for several: yeats wilibe ln a Position to get more out of a state and county fair, eauiooed as he wilH be with Ms knowledge of : what ' constitutes quality , in DON'T FAIL TO READ Feeding Value of Cocoanut Meal . . . Suggestions for Fair Exhibitors Fairs and Fair Exhibits Experiences Getting Up the Fair Premium Ust - Getting Livestock Ready for the Fairs . How to Select a Dairy Cow . . . Close Spacing of Cotton Is Generally Best . . . . . . . . . . . . Save the Clover Seed ....... 14 The Fair as a Selling Agency for Farm- . : 14 . 15 . 15 ers A Variety of Comment . . . The Cost of School Supervision Domestic! Science and: Home Economics would be almost-inestimable, - Then, too, all exhibits should be.adequately labeled in clear, strong type. For example, if exhibitors of different breeds Of hogs, cattle, poultry, horses, etc., or of different varieties of plants and crops would properly label their exhibits, farmers would learn much re garding the quality and characteristics of each, regardless of whether any judge were present or not. By laying emphasis on the community fair, we do, hot mean to discourage attendance at state and county fairs, 'i or the larger fairs should be adequately patronized and their larger premium lists should arouse the keen est competition. But we make our plea for two things: (1) for making these larger fairs more truly educational; and (2) for developing a community fair in every pro gressive neighborhood. The articles in this week's Progressive Farmer should be of great service to fair promoters and fair exhibitors, but to get more value from the issue, it should not only be read now but retained for reference next Page 3 5 6 8 10 12 14 ounty fair, equipped as be W be with IScore . ,18 more value from the issue, it should not oni; nowledge of: what! constitutSs quality in dginFarn? - be read now but retained for reference nex xhibits. -' - -c-:::;y;:;:t- ?s.,'. - . -; . . ... v , . ,. . .,-... . '''.vi'rr:'--''r-"':T:'''''Ci:"' ymmmm 1 t L0 J, if
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