Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1902-05-08
AUCTION SALE
IS FEATURE
OF FAIR
CATTLE, SHEEP AND SWINE
WILL BE SOLD AT THE INTER
STATE FAIR AFTER THEY
HAVE BEEN EXHIBITED.

One Of the most important and inter
esting features of the fair this fail win
be a livestock auction in connection with
the cattle show.
T r. Sawtell, whose work in distrib-
uting blooded cattle through the state
has already had important results. offers
to contribute 81 goo TO be used in prize
money for the cattle show, provided the
fair association will raise from other
sources an equal amount making the fund
for that purpose 5000.
Mr.. White, and Fire Chief w. r. Joyner.
who are breeding Berkshire hogs IN Cobb
county have suggested that an auction
Of cattle, sheep and swine would be
great inducement to exhibitors. They be-
lieve that If an exhibitor felt reasonably
sure that he could dispose Of his animals
at the end of the fair. or after the award
of prizes, and thus realize on them i'm
mediately. avoiding the expense of return
shipment, he would be glad to take ad-
vantage of the opportunity. The same
is believed to be true Of almost all kinds
OF livestock that would be exhibited, and
Il Is thought that an auction in connec-
ton with the display OF cattle. sheep and
swine, and the award of premiums, would
draw the best exhibits ever had here.
This custom, once established. declare
the managers of the fair, would cause q
steady influx Of good blood to the farms
Of this section, thereby constantly improv-
ing the quality of live stock, enhancing
its value, and increasing the profits OK
the farmer, as well as building up the
business OF the abattoirs In Atlanta and
other southern cities.
1t is contended by progressive men that
the possibilities of the cattle and dairy
industry in Georgia are equal to those OF
the cotton crop. The great additional
advantage is that cattle enrich the farms.
while cotton constantly drains the soil
Of plant food.
Realizing this. the Central Of Georgia
railway and the Southern railway have
for several years maintained departments
for the purpose of encouraging these in
dustries, and a great deal Of money has
been spent in that direction. There has
already, 1t is said, been a noticeable i'm
provement IN both beef and dairy cattle
IN this state and several creameries are
IN successful operation, paying more for
butter fat by nearly 80 per cent than Is
received by the farmers Of Iowa and the
middle states, while the expense Of feed
ing cattle and keeping them in this sec
ton is considerably lower than in those
states where the seasons are. shorter and
forage Is more expensive.
For this reason, the fair association ex-
poets the active cooperation OF the rail-
roads In this effort to build up the cattle
industry. and It is believed they win work
Systematically for its success.
Speaking Of the horse show and other
features Of the fair this fall, H. II. Cab
aniss, president OF the Southern Inter-
state Fair association, said. this morning:
The granting of the pool selling privil-
eyes to the Southern Interstate Fair as
ISOLATION on Monday leaves only one
thing to be accomplished to insure the
success of the forthcoming fair. and that
Is the raising Of a guarantee fund OF
SIC. 900. The steam transportation lines and
the Georgia Railway and Electric compa-
ny, 1t is assumed, will contribute literally.
The merchants viii raise the balance that
will be needed. The raising of the guar
antee fund should be accomplished this
week. The board of directors viii meet
Thursday afternoon at 4 o'clock. when II
is hoped the subscription lists viii be
turned in.
''Mr. F. s. Ellis, Of the Kelly Co., is the
chairman Of all he committees on sub
scription, and the respective chairmen Of
the subcommittee win report to him az
promptly as possible all subscriptions.
The scope of the fair has already been
outlined. It viii consist of Is days of rae
ing. the horse show for four evenings, a
ma gnificent cattle and stock show. posi-
bly, a poultry show. and possibly some
vaudeville entertainment for the evening
when the horse show is not being held.
Atlanta has been attached, TO a horse
show circuit embracing the cities of Lou
isviIle, Nashville, Atlanta, Kansas City
and st. Louis, in which horse shows viii
be held in the order named. This insures
a much more extensive and varied exhibi-
ton of horse flesh than has ever been in
Atlanta as the finest horses In the world
viii be on this circuit, and Atlanta viii
get them all.
THE directors of the Southern Inter-
state Fair association are giving closer
and more rigid personal attention to the
fair than ever before, and viii not dele
gate the work to any one else. They pro-
pose TO make IL most entertaining and
profitable, and the men who compose. the
directory have never made a failure OF
anything they have undertaken.
The cattle show will not only be an ex-
hfbition of the best blooded stock of the
United States, but It will be held with
view to improving the standard Of the cat
tie and stock of the south. There win
therefore be auction sales Of FLOODED
cattle, sheep and hogs. These auction
sales have proven immense attractions at
the western fairs. The presence Of the
beef trust in the United States and the
high price of beef at present admonishes
the people of the south to begin now the.
work Of raising cattle and selling them for
home consumption, which they have al~
ready delayed too long"