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Show INSPIRATION OF A THE COUNTY El 1 MSH Dy Peter Radford, Hilwl hen you enter tho agricultural do- istfl pnrtment of tho county fair, you foel ftpM your Bout uplifted nnd your life takes IfSfl on n new power Hint Is tho insplrn- 1H tlon of tho soil. You nro overpowered sM9H by tho grandeur nnd mni;nlIlccnco of CM tho sceno thnt Is tho spirit of tho fH harvest. You can hear tho votco ot Mmi nature calling you back to tho Boil fUM that is opportunity knocking at your JsH door. It Is a Rood chnnco to spend a HUH quiet hour In contact with tho purity WU and perfection of nnturo nnd to awcot- Ijfl en your llfo with tts frngranco, clovnto 'H your Ideals with Its beauty nnd oxpand lHH your Imagination with Its power. 'i Tiicso products ns food nro tit for Jffll tho gods, nnd ns nn article of coin- mcrco they ought to bring tip-top iH prices on any mnrkot In tho world. .11 Tho producto of tho soil nro tcachora Hl and prenchors as well. Their beauty &Kk gives human llfo Its first cntortaln- J9fl ment, their perfection stirs thogonlus fBfl in artists; tholr purity furnishes mod Wk oln for growtli of character nnd their 'Pl marvelous nchlevomcnts oxclto our '- curiosity nnd wo inqulro into tho won. ll dcrful process of nnturo. f ,H Uoforo leaving tho parlor of ngTlcuV 191 turo whero nnturo is parading ln hct '" nl most graceful nttlro and sclcnco ti !H climbing tho giddy heights of porfco fHH Hon, let us pauso nnd tnko a retro- flH specttvo view. How many ot you ifll know that after theso wonderful prod. i ucts nro raised, thoy can seldom bo iflB marketed nt n profit? Take tho blush ifll Ing Klbertn, for example thoy wcra iaLI fed to tho hogs by tho carload last " year. Tho onion tho nation's fnvorlU ''11 vegetable every year rota by tho ll aero In tho Southwest for want of a JBI market and ns a result hundreds of ifll farmers havo lost their homes. Cot- !H ton nnturo's cnpltnllst often goes 11 begging on tho market nt less than 'jB cost of production. t 'jnl It Is grcnt to wnnder through th ill exhibits wlillo thu band Is playing aH "DIxlo" and boaBt of tho mnrvelout ' fertility ot tho soil nnd prldo ourselvei lM on our ability to mnstcr science, bu' InH It is also well to remember thnt then j IIHI Is a market sldo to ngrlculturo tha I ' does not reflect Its hardships In thu H oxhlblts at n county fair. 'm!It! |