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THE BEE: OMAHA, FRIDAY, AUGUST 30, 1912.
Agriculture Exhibitions as F actors
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By G. W. HfiEYBT.
HB central wet,. wnioh cobv
prlftes. Nebmska, Kansas. Ml
ourt, Iowa, Qlinol. WIxjob
tln, Jilnno8oa and South, Da-
: kota, th creat (rain growing
and Uv stock producing dis
trict of the United States, ha developed
In exposition iinportanoa and magnitude
. beyond any similar area of agricultural
country In the world. Their state and
county fairs have been brought to a high
' standard of exposition grandeur an ex
cellence. The richness and productivity
of their soil, the quality! and superiority
ot their live stock, the ambition and ln-
telllgenca of their cttlsens combine to
maka thla a most desirable and prosper
ou agrtoultural district ot country The
agricultural fair throughout these states
baa been organised as a me&Rg ot ex
ploiting the agricultural industries and
interests of these several commonwealths,
Of the developing; of tb agricultural re
sources and the promotion of agricultural
education, which is at the basis of agri
cultural prosperity, I' f'y:
"'. Tha agricultural fair from Its earliest
Inception was based upon the principal of
Comparison, and the exhibition of the
best. This incentive to a friendly rival
ship in contest has been the stimulating
influence which has given tha agricul
tural fair its educational bearings, . and
which has placed a premium upon ex
cellence in quality as a Just recognition
of merit. The ambition ot man to excel
In ownership and production Is only ex
ceeded by his ambition to acquire knowl
edge. ': v
The agricultural fair and exposition is
tha setting forth ot things acquired, the
presentation of principles in animal and
plant breeding, growth and development
Involving improvement The agricultural
(air Is a great demonstration station
where the experimenters, experts in the
various linos of agricultural and indus
trial enterprise, congregate annually to
report their achievements and measure
by comparison tor the degree of merit
to which each Is entitled. Tha fair Is
tho promoter, the promoter, In fact, that
sows the seed of contest In the mind of
man, . that creates ambition, within the
ambitious to become aggressive rivals In
production of the very best that the skill
and Ingenuity , of Intelligent man can
cause to be brought forth as breeder,
grower or manufacturer.
The agricultural fair Is becoming more
and more a community necessity. The
Improved methods' of farming that are
now taught, studied and practiced makes
each farmer, to some degree at least,
an experimenter and scientific investi
gator In crop growing. ' This class of
farmers are interested In what their
neighbors are doing, how they are doing
it, and In their results. Here develops
tha necessity and demand for tha county
fair and Introduces the backing for Its
successful operation. This spirit of
scientific farm operation does not stop
here; It IS of the expansive sort; it even
tually reaches out till It know no bounds;
It Is not circumscribed by county boun
daries. The more progressive farmers
soon become of state notortty in their
work and production and demand stronger
competition than the county fair affords,
thus the state fair becomes a necessity
from this feature of exhibition stand
point . . .
The agricultural fair stands for thrift
industry, enterprise, all that means ad
vancement, progress and the-building up
ot the commercial and manufacturing in
terests of the country or community in
which it Is , located. The agricultural
fair might be said to represent the out
growth of Intelligence and agricultural
progress that this particular community
has attained. The agricultural fair to ba
true to Its name and purpose, should ba
an educational exhibition in all its depart
ments and features. The tendency new
throughout the agricultural communities
is toward education; not exactly educa
tion In th knowledge of books, but in
a knowledge of things and in the opera
tion of methods and their results.
Man's admiration for the best for
those things that reach the highest de
gree of perfection, Is only the natural
outgrowth of Intelligence and the acquir
ing of skill In the particular branch of
Industry involved. The agricultural fair
should be so planned and so directed In
Q. W. HERVEY.
Associate Editor The Twentieth Century
Farmer.
all Its exhibition features as to present
the Instructive and educational aspect of
the display to the eye of the public. The
trained exhibitor will always present
most prominently the suggestive features
of his display In order to enlist the at
tention 'of the visitor, the sightseer,
tha inquirer for Information. The agri
cultural, fair In all Its departments should
be suggestive of the possibilities of the
highest degree of excellence to be at
tained in the particular branch or line
of product displayed. 1 The agricultural
fair built upon the principles outlined
and conscientiously guarded In every fea
ture and form ot exhibit and concession,
that nothing Is admitted to the fair
grounds or remains on exhibition or in
operation under Its sanction that Is not
meritorious as a clean and creditable
amusenmeht feature, cannot1 but , merit
and recelv the commendation and ap
proval of intelligent people. ; :
The educational demand of the coun
try are increasing. ' In every department
of Industry or business there is improve
ment Introduced that" Is the result of
educational effort This is made quite
pronounced at the fair, where the best
of everything la congregated, where the
principle of exhibition is based upon the
best In quality. While inferiority used
In comparison with the ' best may serve
an educatonal purpose in the demon
stration ' of quality by observation and
comparison, there is no direct benefit
in the ' creation of inferiority, whether
In animal or vegetable life. The educa
tional influence that the fair is exert
ing upon the mind of the public is a
strong factor in "support of this1 prin
ciple of training. , The fair is Increasing
In popularity among the people because
of the advantages It is capable of ot
tering in the higher Ideals of excellence
In every form of production and manu
facture. In order to obtain the greatest educa
tional advantage from the agricultural
fair it is necessary that every feature of
exhibition, amusement and entertainment
introduced upon the fair grounds ba of
an educational tendency, of a character
and influenoe capable of appealing to the
finer sensibilities of its patrons. Each
department on the fair grounds should
become educational within Itself by being
under the supervision of a skilled and
trained Instructor, in the special work or
industry in charge, thus affording visitors
the advantage of capable and qualified
persons to answer intelligently any and
all questions pertaining to the work or
Industry; This is the foundation principle
upon which the educational fair is built
The two great industries grain growing
and stock growing, embody not only the
commercial features of economical pro
duction of soil and animal products, but
they emphasise- the skillful blending to
gether cf animal and plant life by the
most ingenious and profit saving plan of
manufacture In order to attain tha high
est degree of commercial product Thus
we find today a very remarkable degree
of Intelligence with - this class of farm
operators, men who are students in the
strictest apllcatlon of the term.
' The educational advantages of the
farmer and stock grower have In recent
years advaneed along practical and
scientific lines, about as fast . aa tho
average man has been able to grasp op
portunities and keep pace wlti the sys
tem ot agricultural training, experiment
Station work- farmer's institute In
struction and other features of educa
tional persuasion made practical under
demonstration methods. The progress
that has bean made In agricultural enter
prise, the advancement that has been
made in educational interests among the
people, changed conditions that have been
brought about on the farm in the last
quarter of a century, oompared with tha
preceding, marks a period remarkable for
its influence In study, investigation and
attainments in - agricultural ' skill , and
proficiency in every branch of. this
greatly diversified industry called agri
cultural. As intensified agriculture becomes more
and more a fixed principle in methods ot
cultivation and operation of fa:m Inter
ests for Increased production of crop
there will follow improvement in quality
and disposition to raise the standard of
excellence along every line of animal pro
duction. , These two branches o farm
industry are so closely allied in ultimata
results that their blending-together on
the same farm and under tho sama man
agement has resulted in making the
American farmer what he In truth has
been represented, the most independent
ot men in vocation and operation ot his
business Interests. ' . V
All farmers recognize the naed of be
coming better acquainted with breed and
quality of the animals usual to tha farm.
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