The progressive farmer and southern farm gazette., October 15, 1910, Page 705, Image 5

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crops for which the country is fitted
and a fair amount of cotton on good
land and under the best management.
After recounting what northern
Louisiana had done in the last few
years, in the production of forage
crops and in establishing a better
system of living. Congressman Rans
dell thanked God for a holl weevil
that could arouse his people to such
splendid deeds and results, and the
way these farmers now look upon the
visitation of the boll weevil is illus
trated by the general and enthusiastic
applause which greeted this state
ment by Mr. Ransdell.
But this fair is unusual in many
other ways: There Is no horse-rac
ing. no cheap and immoral side
shows, no Rtrong drinks, and no fa
kirs of any sort tolernted.
Fair managers generally, say that
a fair can not be maintained without
these; but this fnlr disproves It and
goes a step further by charging abso
lutely no admission to the grounds.
The reader naturally nsks how is
tho fair maintained? By subscrip
tions and assistance from the Parish
Police Jury, the Commissioner of Ag
riculture and the Experiment Sta
tion, as already stated, in the fur
msning ana maintaining or the build
ings and the grounds.
The fair Is conducted on the cor
rect Idea that fairs have no good rea
son for their existence except as edu
cational Institutions. The premiums
offered nre small, but the exhibitors
have a large part of their reward In
the help they give to making an ex
hibit for the Instruction of others,
and In the education they receive
themselves. For instance, one largo
exhibitor of farm crops stnted that
this fair had, during the last few
years, been worth more than $1,000
to him In an educational way. This
Is n pretty good premium In itself.
While the average fair asks politi
cians an«i other public speakers to
harangue those in attendance on the
much over-done subject of politics
and local or self glorification, this
Association provides each day a pro
gram of Instruction on agricultural
subjects, with Just enough music and
light entertainment to serve as n
restful diversion from the more se
rious and useful Instruction provided
for In the general progrnm.
The following program was carried
out nt the fair this year:
Wednesday, .septemlwr 28, 8 p.
m., Illustrated lecture by E. J. Wat
son. "Truck Farming"; Illustrated
Lecture by S. E. McLendon. "Hog
Raising;” moving pictures.
Thursday, September 20. 10 a.
m..Introductory address by l’resldeut
Agricultural Society; Address by
Col. It. G. Pleasant, Asst. Atty. Gen.,
"Our State"; address by Gov. J. Y.
Sunders 2 p. in., address by Mason
Snowden and L. M. Calhoun. District
Agents Farm Demonstration Work.
C. S. Dept, of Agriculture; moving
pictures; short talk by Dr. Tail But
ler. Editor Progressive Farmer and
Gazette, Starkvllle, Miss., illustrated
by lantern slides, on the development
of farm machinery and the need for
more horse and machine work on the
farms.
Friday, September 30. 10 a. m.,
address by Prof. K. J. Nelson, Editor
Farm and Ranch; address by Dr.
Tall Butler, Editor Progressive Farm
er and Gazette; address by Congress
man J. E. Ransdell, on the value of
the Panama Exposition to Louisiana
farmers. 8 p. m., "general enter
tainment.”
While this fair Is doing what our
fair managers generally tell us is im
possible it draw's an attendance much
larger than usually seen at county
fairs and the appearance of the peo
ple show that they are of a class that
education alone can make.
I HE TRI-STATE FAIR AT MEM
PHIS.
I lie Tri-State Fair, held at Mem
phis, Tenn., Sept. 27 to Oct. 4, was
in e\ery way a creditable exhibition
of the resources and production of
northern Mississippi, eastern Arkan
sas, and western Tennessee. A Pro
gressive Farmer and Gazette repre
sentative was impressed with the
high character of the exhibits and
the policy of the management in
seeking to make the exhibit edu
cational. loo often, Southern fair
managers seem to think that the
purpose of an agricultural fair is to
furnish cheap and coarse amusement
to their patrons, but Secretary Ful
ler made good his promise that
those who attended the Tri-State
Fair this year should see exhibits
that would be of educational value.
The Progressive Farmer and Ga
zette representative was kindly
taken In charge by Mr. Lem Banks,
one of the largest, most progressive
and far-seeing farmers of the terri
tory tributary to Memphis, and
show those things which he stated
were essential to the agricultural
prosperity of the South. This is Mr.
Ranks' summing up of the needs of
this territory: "When the farmers
of the Cotton Belt produce all the
mules, hogs, corn and hay this sec
tion needs our agricultural prob
lems will be pretty well solved. All
other things needed will follow the
growing of sufficient of these pro
ducts."
The live stock and corn exhib
its were large and of good
quality, particularly, the display of
hogs and beef cattle; but the best
part of the hog exhibit was not its
uniform high quality. The fact
which Impressed us most was that
the large exhibit came almost en
tirely from northern Mississippi,
Arkansas and Tennessee. As might
be expected at a fair held in Ten
nessee the show of jacks was good,
but what Interested us most in this
line was a mare that sold for $2S5
which had by her side a mule foal,
4 months old, that sold for $265.
For the benefit of those who are
trying to raise mules from 900-pound
mares we wish to State that this
mare weighed around 1,400 pounds,
and got her weight and excellent
conformation for a mule-producing
mare, from her draft blood.
De Soto County, Miss., made a
good showing at the fair, both with
her live stock—horses, hogs and
poultry- and with her farm crops.
This county held a local fair this
year which was in a way unique. In
stead of spending money on the pur
chase of a fair ground and buildings,
the countv fair was held at. the
Courthouse. The exhibits were well
housed In the Courthouse and the
live stock exhibited around outside.
There is not a county in the State
In which this idea could not be prof
itably carried out. Of course, we
should buy and equip fair grounds,
if practicable; but If this can not be
done, then use the courthouse or
some other public building for hous
ing the exhibits and hold a one-day
fair at least. The best of the exhib
it at Hernando was selected to rep
resent He Soto County at the Tri
State Fair. If all local fairs would
send their best products to the larg
er, district or State fairs, much good
would result to the exhibitors and
better State fairs would be built up.
if any one wants proof that the
South is making progress, he has
only to visit the fairs being held this
year and compare the exhibits with
those of ten or fifteen years ago. The
only regret is that our farmers have
not yet learned the full educational
value of making exhibits at fairs.
For instance, a prize of $100 offered
for the best suckling mule colt, rais
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