Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1897-08-24
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OPINIONS AND POINTERS GATHERED FROM
THE HEADS OF DEPARTMENTS.
TopA Hopeful Outlook
Fair Than Ever Is The
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through the hall the nature Of every
exhibit. 1t will greatly facilitate the
work II parties writing for space, will
| mention fully the nature of their ex-
hibit, how many, and what kind Of dis
| play, 50 that these cards may be prop
erly prepared. Much delay will be
| saved In awarding the premiums this
year, by allowing the Judge a clerk.
There Is always a curiosity to SEE
which exhibit takes prize by the pub
lie and the exhibitor alike, and this
clerk allowance will insure the awards
| being made much more rapidly than
ever before. Another advantage gained
by an early disposition of the awards.
will be to allow exhibitors time to see
some of the other attractions of the
fair, something they have been unable
! to do hitherto.
New exhibitors are earnestly invited
to bring in their products. There Is
| plenty of space for all who may come
and they are assured of a warm well
come.
AS corn is the leading product of
| Iowa 1T will be prominent In the great
display and $425 in cash premiums are
offered on this product alone. Those
| ford to miss seeing the great corn ex-
hibit, sure to be made In agricultural
hall this year.
IOWA MANUFACTURES.
o. L. F. Browne, superintendent, p.
| o. address. Des Moines, Iowa.
We forget that Iowa ought to be q
manufacturing state. We have been
wont to look to the east for factory
made products. Our fine farm pro-
ducts now GO OUT to pay for the man
| ufactured products that COME IN. So
our home factories have hard sled
| DIM" We swap products with tho
distant manufactures. Why not make
for ourselves and so keep both products
at home? Why not swap products with
our neighbor and so make every one
prosperous?
If Iowa made all that Iowa needs, we
would have both the money and the
goods and Iowa farms would be worth
500 per acre.
If what we buy, as we'll as what We
sell, were produced In Iowa, your busi-
ness would always be better.
How do eastern factory men get Iowa
trade? BY going for it hard. Do Iowa
manufacturers go hard for It? No?
Your eastern man is at the state fair.
Are you? He makes an attractive ak
hibit to all the thousands, and hum
| dreds of thousands that visit this great
fair. Do you? This exhibition gets
him the trade that you might have. Do
you like it? No? What then?
Your competitor comes sometimes
from far New England, nearly 1000
miles to the fair and makes it pay. VIII
it not pay you to go small fraction OF
that distance to show your wares to the
same great crowds? Is there any bet
ter way or chance Of advertising?
There is that scattereth yet In
creaseth: There is that withholdeth
more than is meet and 1t tendeth to
poverty"
Arise then and for ten long days
show your products to all Iowa at the
fair.
The state fair authorities have at last
come to see that Iowa manufacturers
are as deserving of attention as are
Iowa agriculturists. A recently estab-
lished department of strictly Iowa
manufactures affords reasonable rec
ognition and Iowa factorymen are earn
estly urged to examine the premium
lists in their own behalf.
The superintendent Of this division
will do his best to make everything
easy for the Iowa exhibitor and as prof.
liable to him as possible.
Note the premium list. If you do not
get one write to the superintendent OF
division II, o. l.. F. Browne, Des
Moines, Iowa
DAIRY PRODUCTS.
e. c. Bennett, superintendent, p. o.
address, Tripoli, Iowa.
In the dairy department, all the
missing links" will be supplied this
year. At no fair heretofore has ALL
the work been done by machinery.
This year COWS will be MIXED by ma
chine, the cream will then be skinned
out of the milk by a machine, another
machine will churn and work the but
ter, and still another will cool the but
ter room. 1t will be demonstrated that
the modern creameryman may "cut no
ice" and yet hold the temperature down
to any required point.
The butter room in the dairy hcsX ~
a capacious room entirely enida
with glass. Visitors can see theo,,t-
though they themselves are on Gov
side. They will see the coil pi ,Har-
cred with frost regardless Of ,,sed
mometer, and not pound Of aairv
They will also see in the MIDI Called
hall the compact little macEo morr
a condensor) which does - .c"aaa
This machine will be cas- "a .Sare IN
and attendants will be apyS tha
explain its workings. ma nstsr Of
buttermaker the compfe ard
temperature, summer W. r,arez
he makes "cold" the sfne as NO n
heat. by burning lite coa. at,u
The producer of ak mas WITH
greater boon In thefow-miiker
out milk, there c4 be no creamory,
and the task Of milking by manu- n NV.
that all the other operations are o PEI,
formed by machinery, Is an onea
one. The farmer with his improv wv
machinery can put up more nay, n s,ora
more corn and oats. and Ieeu nh" the
cows than he can milk. Milking - sae
only thing that is still done as II " wa ths
thousands years ago. This year, .. .o sns
Iowa State Fair. will be shown COW n
mixers in successful opera.,0n sn,,rs
will be demonstrated that an en,,se