Show 1 CONSERVATION a at t KEYNOTE OF 1917 UTAH STATE FAIN FAJE Influence of W h ar aJr to be Seen in Exhibits Conforming ng With tion I 1 ITH a record number of exhibits crowds and displays the state fair has again opened its gates gate to an awaiting public And her here we have the sights of the fall festival In n the upper left hand corner is Miss Ora Whitmore of the th W WITH Jordan high school she raises c celery lery and doesn't care who knows it On the other ther side is Charles Burgess Burg Burgess ess a member of the boys boys' club of Salina Utah he grew the melon but he cant can't lift it Down in the left hand corne shows the Boxelder exhibit The The strip shows a warming on the track tr ck Upper Mill Lord Lard cons cons' ed d to are Skinny and Bill they probably know where they got the eats but its it's not public knowledge The cei center picture county up r 11 l J pose with a baleful eye on the camera The men in the racing car are arc about to take a little dash around the track j jf j the e IVO thedo do do 1 y t r Xa dahe l S 'S k e y v is a t 4 r. r kr a Jr tj J f fr r L r 7 W r Y Y kJ v 4 r j k h ode F j i rii iy Liy L. 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J a CE r. r 7 sE a a. a t r yx If 4 rl j jIba Iba j y f T PRICE tt n t x f J J rs rr 3 r w p churn daily There s J r 4 3 fc y S 'S e Y P i t h d to r patrons are satin eating WHOLE WHEAT FLOUR R- R 1 9 Bag 1 All of Buildings Filled With Finest Products of This and Neighboring States l i t By Frank C. C Greene IS ISI I I fAS fA'S A S THE careful man changes I the weight of his clothing to uit the shifting seasons seasons so so has hasl l Ithe the Utah state fair changed its style to meet new conditions The fair this year meeting an economic economic econom econom- ic ic situation such as never before i existed offers a display and a program prot pro- pro j t gram entirely unlike anything it ever before attempted t This year its it's a war show not ot exactly a show either but a display calculated to show the visitor the need for and the means of mobilizing mobilising ing the co country's try's resources reo resources re re- o sources that they may maybe be us USed ed to the best possible advantage in J 0 rimming Co T The punkin show is still there and there is a racing program program pro pro- gram gram as usual but there is a new idea back of everything Each exhibit is made to carry to carry with it a alesson lesson lesson to to give the visitor some suggestion as to how he lie can bet bet- fter Ater do his bit toward winning the tw war r. r Conservation has been made the ilie watchword Even in the concessions is is is the w wars war's rs r's influence apparent Missing Missing Missing Miss Miss- ing are the cheap gaudy shows and arid the blatant ballyhoo The entertainment is on a more dignified fied fi d order Lectures on f food od saving sav say Sing ing mg by a a. corps of experts live live- stock judging and other subjects will largely replace those those The nearest thing I saw to the type of female carI carnival ival feature feature feature fea fea- I I ture one one expects to find at a fair was a nude in the art d department CANT CAN'T HELP LEARNING I So the evidence of the change in policy is apparent in ever every department de dc- of the fair It has been beon transformed into a huge school for the general public with just enough sober amusement to sugarcoat sugarcoat sugar sugar- coat the big dose of information the visitor who really sees the fair mu must it swallow with his mind whether he would or no Naturally a display ay of Utah's resources runs to agriculture and mining and the exhibits in those departments have been made more comprehensive ive than ever before Every item in the agricultural end has been pla planed placed ed there with an eye eve to its educational value The f fair ir is to teach the farmer improved improved improved im im- im- im proved methods of cultivation and encourage him to employ them That is why the display of farm implements and machinery y has been made larger and more more comprehensive com com- comprehensive comprehensive than ever before Every type of machine f from om the gigantic caterpillar tractor progenitor of the British battle tank to the small hand cultivator cultivator cultivator vator may be seen To the layman layman layman lay lay- man the exhibit depicts in graphic style the motorization of the American m rican farm far and the tl the eplow e- e plow horse I EXPERTS TO EXPLAIN Experts are on hand to talk over with the visiting farmer his own particular m machinery problem problem problem lem and advise him hin- as to the type typo of apparatus that will serve him b best st st. Theres There's a a new school of farm machines too They are little brothers to the the ponderous tractor small small ones suitable for use on small farms The The experts experts predict that they will will relegate relegate the horse hors to the scrap hea head in a a few years The agricultural products show has been planned d along the same educational line The exhibit exhibit- it itself itself it- it self gives one ono the tho impression that Fortune Fortune took her horn of plenty and inverted it it- over the fair fair- grounds Pro Probably ly never before ill iii in the tho history of the state was wass s such ch a wealth of high class farm products assembled in one place and one is impressed the by apparent ap I parent superior quality I And each sheaf of grain each mammoth mammoth mammoth mam mam- moth squash squash everything everything means some some- thing With It is a lesson on how such ruch products produces can be be beat grown how haw the them m maximum production for tor each acre can be obtained One of the graphic lessons in conservation conservation conservation con con- is taught by the dry farm product show One visit to it will convince convince con con- vince nc the most sk skeptical pUcal that that the fell fellow fellow fel fel- fel- fel l low w who made Two blades blados of grass grow where one one grew before was a 3 cheap piker With an ingenuity that understanding they have made madea a howling wilderness yield dividends almost unbelievable MINERS REPRESENTED Naturally mining does not lend leml it itself itself it- it self to graphic display as does docs the agricultural agricultural ag industry but c considerable ability has been used used in th the arran arrangement arrangement arrange arrange- I ment of a a a- mining exhibit It tells a u o GERMADE GER GER- I 10 MADE MADE- Bag 69 War Gardens Play Important t I SWEET POTATOES POTA POTA- That Dazzles Eyes of ti t la fano fancy TOES y Extra Extra I pretty story of Ut Utah's hs h's wonderful underground un n- n I wealth I From the naming mining hall one one turns back to the f farm ag again in into t the e n horticultural r department It is barely possible that larger exhibits of Utah Utah fruit fruit may have been assembled at sorri some some time me but it is undoubtedly true that that a never never- b before in inthe inthe the hi history tory of the te state tate was the fruit i of such quantity Peaches apples pears grapes and every other conceivable conceivable conceivable able variety of fruit indi indigent to the thet t temperate zone zone is massed there in a gorgeous org array y of colors that defies description 0 The fruit display has given a good opportunity for driving homo home the conservation con con- l message too With it free go SQ lessons from experts in putting up tip the luscious fruits for winter use LESSON IN LIVESTOCK 5 With Salt Lake rapidly becoming known as a livestock center the stock industry has been given even a more prominent place this year than ever before It is a display that has been I artfully put together too Personally I fail tali to see how a farmer fanner could view that exhibit with its accompanying charts and talks from experts on profits prof prof- profits profits its without rushing madly from the place to buy all the sheep cattle and hogs he can feed with th every product from his place Showier oven than the agricultural products product department and a scene of more action the livestock department will undoubtedly be the mecca for more visitors than will any other place outside the race race track The great Judging ring with Its ample amplo facilities and seating capacity has been repainted repaint repaInt- ed and refurnished and Is ready to re receive receive receive re- re I what promises to be the largest crowds crowd 3 that ever attended stock judging judging judg judg- ing matinees in the intermountain country Indeed the the- stock show Is intermountain tain In its scope Blue blooded animals animals animals ani ani- mals from the to the Coast range are here to be Judged fudged and the stockman who attends th the show will BS 3 Lbs for S 17 7 learnt learn thE i r that eve t Package I IT J 29 Matches I Men h hS l S sheep In ind 1 4 50 B Buckwheat U 0 kwh eat or 1 5 37 a bag teaching 1 Pompei an Salad vantage H Dressing 29 few of t I. I j C bottle 7 I A le les' p 29 cowshed 1 special his own Shredded Wheat be hun Biscuit Biscuit- beef cr chart th 2 for 25 worth O I bottle fl I If fl cow cow c c Horse Radish of A the Queens Queen's Taste Pro Macaroni Macaroni- are re t t 2 for 15 clency so T el 1 6 trat ira t it ih the queer J w so much t t t much can ean l he le e fa U four years t J W products sh T among the tents in our modern in II the e ar art of LT baking VA II WilD NIL D. D o lP Poised at the reason- reason The U U. building ric USE OUSE tive n deposits of ot v Jt attention is i 1 a d. d 1 t ti ing lag for business r r nt f by j Student i 1 life i r PI Speaking of or u ni 3 I Ithe the state g S 6 a n f t II depicts u th the r t Jt livestock r tE tp n K fashion E e i y u hooks hooke i swim abc aba t fr in m k r rford fore ford your your t t i 1 stuffed spec n nl latter are are dt dl Here as away from to tell ten you Co Con CONSERVATION Continued from page 6 protected and certain others He will impress you with his figures on the dollars and cents value to the farmer of the apparently purposeless pur purposeless dicky bird MANUFACTURING SHOWN I. I I Leaving for a a. minute the states state's natural nat ural oral resources resources resources-I'm Im I'm getting tired of that word resources too too one one stands In amazement as he contemplates the display made by the Utah manufacturers manufacturers Without leaving my tracks s I counted displays of superior products I produced by ten different Industries that have outgrown the infant class Dozens of others were revealed In a stroll through the manufacturers' manufacturers building I came away convinced that I the only reason for a railroad here isto is isto I to haul the states state's surplus products away Except an automobile which I cant can't afford anyway I couldn't think of a single thing I need er use that thatis i is 5 not made right here in Utah The display Is beautifully arranged too and like the others it carries with it an education in food conservation At the booth of the Utah-Idaho Utah Sugar Sugar Sugar Su Su- Su- Su gar company is a display of ot fruits conserved conserved conserved con con- served with sugar that is in itself a lesson It teaches that no matter how many small boys there are to raid no matter how many Jam closets there is is' enough fruit here to keep those closets full despite the boys if only Utah will utilize It In that exhibit alone were nearly thirty varieties of Jellies Jams and preserves How large the oa candy making and vegetable canning Industries have be become become become be- be come in in the last few years is also strikingly shown In the building LITTLE FOLKS THERE One of the most practical of conservationists represented Is the state boys' boys and girls' girls club organization which has sent to the fair a corps of ot its trained little men and women There are fifty of the boys and thirty-six thirty of ot the girls They won their right to spend the week camping out at the fairgrounds by doing their bit for the tho nation by raising or canning food prod prod- Also they are doing their bit for forthe forthe forthe the fair the fair the boys by performing guard duty and the girls by acting as s pilot for visitors The uniform courtesy and like business-like aspect of ot the youngsters instills a a. new respect for the coming generation There There There-I I almost forgot to talk about the hoss races and things over at the track Of such amusements there are plenty though as I said before the programs will be a bit more dignified than they have hoe been in the past Some of the tho speediest running and harness going horses of the season teason have b been en assembled hero here and auto racing with speedy machines and darIng daring daring dar dar- ing drivers are ready to go The auto polo also promises rare Interest Taken all in all all It Is a 0 well balanced exposition truly Utah on dress parade and the management has made good goodon on It its promise given When the question of suspending the show on account of the war was raised to make the fair valuable as an educator along lines of food conservation |