Show THE VALUE OF A COUNTY FAIR N this issue wo we nie me publishing us as far ns as it is IN possible to secure them at this time a complete list of the prizes and premiums premi uma to be awarded tit at our coming county fair A careful perusal of this list will show the people the scope of the exhibits to be made and it will bo be seen that it covers every activity and product of the farm field orchard and home tile the value of the premiums to be given has no place in a discussion of the good this fa fair irwill will do A piece of white or blue ribbon having printed on it the simple announcement it was awarded in recognition of the good points of the animal or article exhibited is ia enough in and of itself the main thing to keep in mind is that the fair itself being a collection of the very best article or animal produced by our farmers stock growers or horticulturists is an ad verti to all that our country is capable ot nt producing the very best in all lines and that in addition to this there is still I 1 oom loom for gi gibat cat ei development the fair is ia an educational clearing house it Is ia an agricultural and industrial institute for r residents of both and country it is a short course in better farming and better living it 1 is it a physical demonstration of why tho the man who farms with his head instead of with his hands anist inevitably succeed it is a comprehensive exhibition of what the ambitious boy or gi girl rl may achieve in agriculture livestock live stock raising dairying horticultural home gardening gai dening dome domestic stio science or household economy it is fill an exposition of tile the marvelous mai mal improvement in farm machinery and agricultural implements it is an object lesson in the great part which unproved improved machinery plays in tile tho development and cultivation of the farm and the prosperity of the farmer the chief educational value of our fair lies in the fact that it is demonstrative in charac character tei the eye is a more convincing instructor than the ear we tire are slow to accept and believe in any new method until vo have had bad optical proof of its superiority over the old often it is difficult to seccie the attention of the busy man or N oman long enough to give such a demonstration on not infrequently it happens that farmers who would be most benefited by better methods of farming are not sufficiently interested to be present tit at any specie wiping mi fing call ed for the purpose of discussing the subject as has been evidenced only just decently lecent ly but the fair appeals to that of mankind which demands entertainment and amusement and becomes ft a common forum for tho the discussion of all mattery matters having to do with industry the home and the school in this dealing house of education the farmer fanner learns what the manufacturer the merchant and tho the banker aie and have been doing to make liis his labor less arduous ardt ious and his faim more profitable and the town resident harns what rapid pro progress giess is being made in agrical agri cul turo ture A build bond of common interest is created which means much to both town and country the farmer fanner learns by actual observation of the newest devices and improvements in agricultural ri implements implement 9 he learns leanis their use and benefits ho he leatus in what way they assist in n soil cultivation in ill pl int growth in sowing in in harvesting in thresh threshing hi he learns the economic value of the more modern machir macli hiery cry offie of N le silo of motor power powe w on th farm the stranger is furnished a vivid picture of the agricultural resources of tile the community he learns about the fertility of tho the soil in tile vi vicinity of what is being done to increase the farm yield to improve the quality of the stock and to multiply the tomtit dairy product pio duct every man and woman whether town oi 01 country levident les ies ident is brought into closer touch with the th home life of all imbibe that broader bio iuler education which memis co operation that ideal education which is service to self and nil all humanity so let one and nd till all gi set git t in and boost enly caily find late for tile county faai an fn n to be held on oil the imd and of the month |