The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1895-04-05
MANKATo FREE Press.
STATE AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY.
The .36th Annual Fair and Exposition
Will Open September 9th and
Close September 18th, 1905.

pleasure in announcing that the great
annual fair and festival of the farmers
and producers of Minnesota and the
northwest generally, will take place
upon the spacious, convenient and adj
mirably equipped grounds Of the soci-.
ETY., between the Twin Cities, begin
ming on Monday, September 9th, 1895,
and closing on Saturday, the 14th,
thus embracing one full week, and
affording ample opportunity for eX-
hibitorS to display and visitors to in
spect the various products.
The great utility Of these yearly
convOcationS, to producers and con-
sumers alike, is too well understood
and too generally admitted to require
explanation or argument. AS object
lessons upon the vast and varied re-
sources of the commonwealth Ct Min
nesota, as well as upon the ingenuity,
enterprise and public spirit of its
people, they are of incalculabie value,
not only to our own community, but
to the thousands of visitors who come
from abroad to study the material
wealth and progress OF the state as an
induCement TO seek homes upon it's
prolific and congenial soil, or remun-
erative employment in its forests and
mines.
The location of the grounds, their
convenience Of access, not only from
the cities of St. Paul and Minneapo-
lis, but, through them, from the
whole country in every direction; their
singular and unsurpassed adaptation
to every requirement of a great expo
SitiOn in respect to the number and
amplitude OF buildings for the protec-
tion and display of the exhibits, and
the accommodation of stock and do
mestiC animals Of every description,
are too Well-knOWn to need elaborate
explanation here. With an accumu-
lated experience of nearly forty years
of effort since the organization of the
society, with the marvellous develop
ment that has taken place along all
lines of material growth, including
agriculture, manufacturing, forestry
products, rapid and cheap transit, the
board of managers confidently believe
that the exposition of the present
year will excel in magnitude, variety
and interest any of it's predecessors.
The board, therefore, bespeak and
count upon the hearty and earnest CO.
operation and active efforts of farmers,
manufacturers, merchants, the county
societies and public-spirited citizens
Of every class and occupation. 1t is
believed that no other agency can &C
COmpliSh as much with the same
amount of time, labor and eXpendi-
ture in advancing the industrial inter-
ests of our state. The discovery and
opening of the vast mineral deposits
in the northeastern section of the
state, within a recent period, have
been of character to astOniSh the
industrial world. No such wealth of
iron ores of the highest grade has
ever before been known in any coun
try. The facility and economy with
which these deposits are mined and
marketed is one of the remarkable
facts of our situation. Special efforts
will be made to so display these ores
as to challenge the attention of visit
OrS to the fair as on no former occa-
sion.
The exhibition of live stock will
possess more than usual interest, and
there will be rare opportunity for
inspecting and comparing the differ
ent types of all the domestic animals.
The special attractions, that have
proved so gratifying at previous fairs,
such as the farmers Institutes, with
their practical discussions of agri-
cultural problems, demonstrations in
actual management of diaries, and
the best methods of making butter
and cheese; forest exhibits and hOrti-
cultural and agricultural displays, will
be continued and given the promi-
hence WHICH their Importance de-
serves.
The board further INDUCES the
hope that more attention will be given
to the Importance of county exhibits,
in order TO indiyidualize and give spe-
cial prominence to the products of
the different localities. In this way
each county can present to the visitor
the resources and attractions that be.
long to it in a form at once imposing
and impressive. In addition to the
foregoing special attractions, the
board takes pleasure in giving notice
that there will be held in Institute
hall, during the fair, congress of the
editors of all the agricultural papers
and kindred publications throughout
the United States. Arrangements
through correspondence and other
wise are so far advanced as to render
it certain that this unique feature of
our State fair will prove a great sue
cess. 1t is obvious to all that the re-
suits of this congress of specialists
VIII be OF vast Importance to the
agricultural interests, and it is be-
lieved will give the coming exposition
prominence and value never before
realized.
1t may not be inappropriate to re-
mind the people of Minnesota that
the State Agricultural society and it's
annual exhibitions are interests that
belong to them and them alone. If
these agencies are to be truly success
full and accomplish in the highest de-
gree their objects and purposes, it
must depend largely upon the earnest
support and hearty cooperation of
the people: especially of that numer-
Gus and influential class recognized as
producers. With such encouragement
these agencies can be made among
the most powerful means for stimu-
lating every material interest and for
increasing beyond measure the devel-
opment of that wealth which is the
foundation of al prosperity. Let
there be, then, as there should be, a
general awakening of interest among
all classes of our population, espe-
nj q nf no wealth l,o