The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1902-09-25
STORY OF THE FAIR.
q Big Day Friday With an Attend
ance of Nearly 3,ooo=-It Was
a Record Breaker.
Rain Put an End to the Fair Satur-
day NOOn-.The Attractions
S|s and Exhibits.

80 aSLF# Aoy lNOOu.. 1c AlIrdCllONS
and Exhibits.
The eleventh annual fair of the Mile
Laos County Agricultural Society
opened last Thursday with the best of
prospects in the way of weather, which
continued good until late Friday after
noon when the clouds that thickened
upsduring the day, proceeded to release
very large amount of water, that was
given very lively patter by the wind
that5hailed from the east, which fact
did not auger we'll for a brief engage
ment OF the weather, as Jupiter Pluvius
started in again Saturday morning and
heldSthe boards most of the day. The
heavy rain came through the old frame
buildings and soaked about everything
insight, so that the displays Saturday
morning looked very much as though
they had been in shipwreck. The
pastry exhibit, which this year was
placed in an improvised building by
itself, was wet and soggy from contact
with the elements.
The fair. was practically all in by
Friday night, as none of the events
scheduled for Saturday could be put on.
The free.for-all trot or pacing race for
a purse of $500, and the running race
for purse of 500 that were to come
off Saturday, could not be run on &C.
count Of the weather. There was
meeting of the officers of the society at
l O'Clock P. M. and the races and all
sporting events were declared off and
the fair closed. Exhibitors commenced
to pack up early in the afternoon and
got away from the grounds by night.
There was good attendance Friday,
however, and there must have been
close to 5000 people on the grounds in
the afternoon. The attendance was the
largest in the history of the society
and had Saturday been a good day the
society would have closed the fair with
a good profit.
IT hp militia boys from Anoka and the
AnOka band arrived at 1:45 in Especial
car attached to the jerky. They
marched up town and with Company
G and the Princeton band proceeded
to the fair grounds. After the arrival
OF the militia the afternoons program
opened by an address by Prof. Thos.
Shaw, of the Minnesota school of agri-
culture, and editor of The Farmer of
st. Paul. Prof. Shaw spoke on the
possibilities of Minnesota as a live
stock State, and the value to be de-
rived from animal husbandry. He said
that no state surpassed Minnesota in
live stock possibilities. A short time
ago he met a Hollander in St. Paul
who stated that an old lake bed in that
country had been sold at $500 per acre,
and that the Dutch farmers could raise
live stock on this high-priced land and
make money. They raised beef that
sold at IA cents pound on the hoof in
the English markets, making a steer
worth $3.50 to S170. This seemed a very
high price to American farmers, but
here in this country, on low-priced
land, good prime beef has recently sold
at cents pound live weight.
Mr.. Shaw cautioned farmers in this
section of the State to be careful that
they do not impoverish the soil by too
much single-crop farming, and told
them of the necessity of enriching and
strengthening the soil by paying some
attention to live stock husbandry. This
with the proper cultivation of clover,
and bronze grass that will impart
humis to the soil, besides affording the
farmer good forage crops, will enable
the farmer to raise potatoes as long as
he wishes. Mr.. Shaw spoke of the
value of the Canada field peas that can
be cultivated with little trouble and
expense and afford an excellent food
for hogs that can be turned into the
pea fields and there fattened on a crop
that makes good wholesome pork. With
field peas no corn is necessary and there
is no work in cutting the crop as in
corn production and feeding.
The speaker also thought that. alfalfa
could be raised in this section of the
State and said he had seen fine patch
of alfalfa growing this season near
If the alfalfa is not winter
killed he thought it would prove very
valuable crop in this section. -
Mr.. Shaw complimented the farmers
and the society on the very creditable
display of vegetables at the fair and
also the ladies on the fine display they
had made in domestic manufacture,
etc. He hoped to see the fair grow in
all departments, and urged farmers to
take a deeper interest in the live stock
features of the fair.
~-. THE RACES