Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1906-08-24
Montpelier, Idaho, August "a, 1905
ABOUT COUNTY FAIRS.

that IN the year 1906 county falrs
would BE held in no less than a doz
en- counties of the state, he would
have been declared a fit subject for
the insane asylum. But it is a facts
never the less, that today arrange
ments are III progress fer the hold
ing Of fairs in a dozen or more
counties. Twin Falls will lead witli1
q fair during the first week in Sep
TENDER. From the tract of land ind
that section which was a drearless
Wssrsssf. sage brush three years ago,
there will be gathered for exhibit at
the fair, gram, grasses, vegetables
and even some fruit that will dem
onstrate wonderful possibilities %;
the soil in Idaho's valleys, wheif
water is properly applied. The
showing that viii be made at Twin
Falls next month will no doubt sur
pass the expectations of many Of
the residents of that recently re.
claimed desert, while to outsiders
the showing will be marvellous.
Other counties In which fairs will
be held are: Fremont, Bingham,
Gilmore, Ada, Canyon, Washington,
Nez Perez and our own little coun-
ty of Bear Lake.
Throughout the eastern states,
where county fairs have boen held
for SO many years, they have done
as much or more than any other one
thing to educate the farmers and in
duce them to improve their meth
DDS of farming and to breed better
stock. County fair week in thai
section is now looked forward te
with intense interest by the farmers.
It is annual Yaction week for many
of them. They take their families
and camp at the fair during its pro
gress. They meet farmers from ev
cry section of their county, ant
from other counties, and they hav,
s.heart to heart talks about meth
dds of lettering the cultivation o.
crops, the relative merits of differ
ent breeds of stock and other sub
iects of interest to farm life.
Bill Jones takes his fine hog t,
the fair, believing that he will b.
awarded the first premium on tina
class of swine, but John Smith
from another part of the county
has a little finer hog, and he get
the blue ribbon. Although a littl
disappointed, Jones vows that mex
year he will capture that first prem
jun and he takes the steps neeesar
to improve his herd of swine. S
it is all along the line of stock an
other products of the farm-the ii
lers of the soil become engaged i
a spirited but friendly contest to sc
who can take home the creates
number of blue ribbons,
While these fairs have been pro
liable to the men folks, the goo
house wives have reaped no lei
benefits therefrom. Mrs. Brow
had the best batch of bread, the be-
cake or the finest preserves last yea
but this year Mrs. johnson TAX
home the prize, having gained il
formation at the fair last year, /
observation and conversation, G
the methods Of bread-making an
fruit-preserying that enabled her
improve her work in the culinar
department.
In every department of the hon
and farm have these fairs proven
be wonderful educators. What the
have done for the farmers of IL
east, they will do for the farmers
Idaho, and with each succeedin
our fairs will grow in popularity.
WI hin another year or W W
believe that the railroad compan
will see the importance of these fan
as factors the development of the Sc
tions IN which they are held, an
will make reduced rates to all