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Show Gel Ready FofTlie Fairs It is none toosoon to begin prep ration for making exhibits at fa'r Eerybody Is in tho reach of some fair county, district, or state. It will pay any farmer, fruit grower, ti po.t'liy miser or 11 vo stock mnn :o exhibit. It gives him n deeper Interest Inter-est In tho nlr. Ho will compare his products with, that of others and It ho is not doing ns well ns somo of his competitors ho can find out whero ho is weak, and ellm'nnto the weakness. weak-ness. Every progressive farmer wants to go to tho fair nnywny. It won't cost him very much to get his stuff rendy nnd ho may win enough In prizes to pay all expenses At nny rate his expenso will bo well worth all that it costs. Fairs are great educatlonnl Inst'tutlons, nnd for that purpose nlono aro thoy held. County fairs usually begin In July and run through until tho latter part of September. Stnto fairs aro generally gen-erally hold during September nnd onrly October. Glvo somo particular cornfield n little lit-tle extra attention; cultlvnto your po-tfto po-tfto patch a llttlo better than you otherwiso would. Feed and enre for your chickens, pigs, sheep, horses hors-es nnd cntt'e a 1 ttlo moro carefully and systematically than you havo been In tho habit of doing. Whon the fair time comes, select tho vory best you havo, prepare it in tho most scientific sci-entific way posslblo and then nbido by results. Exnmlno nil tho exhibits carefully, includes fnrm machinery, dairy products, da'ry machinery, silos, si-los, farm fences' In fact everything Is worth looking nfter. You wilt go homo filled with the deslro to Improvo Im-provo your own conditions. |
