Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-08-07
LEND YOUR AID.
Help Make the Marathon County
Fair Grand Success.

Fair Grand Success.
l.. X. Wright, secretary of the Mara
thon County Agricultural association,
has made the following appeal to
chairmen of the different towns in the
county, and everybody should read it
carefully and act upon its suggestions
Dear Sir:-Our board will appreciate
it very much if you will try to interest
the farmers of your town in the fai.
and urge them to attend at least one
day. If the threshing machines
throughout the country could be in
duced to shut down for one or two days it
would give all chance to see the fair.
The Marathon county fair under its
present management is distinctively a
farmers fair. In fact we take pride
in having some papers in neighboring
cities, refer to our fair as the Mara
thon County Pumpkin show. County
fairs are supported by the common
wealth, to encourage and develop agri-
culture in all branches. We feel that
our fair, for a number of years having
run along these lines, is therefore en-
titled to the especial support of the
farmers of the county. We point with
pride to the fact that in the past six
years, daring which time we have run
a strictly agricultural fair, the pure
blood cattle in Marathon county have
increased from less than fifty head to
at least six hundred head, and pure
blood sires are in use on hundreds of
Marathon county farms. The Mara
thon county fair cannot build cattle
barns fast enough to furnish room for
the county stockmen and farmers who
desire to exhibit cattle.
The conditions in neighboring coun-
ties where pumpkin shows are too
slow is reversed, their barns cannot be
filled without outside cattle.
This year we propose to run a
pumpkin show again. The cattle
department no longer requires any
effort on the part of the management
to make it the best in the state. We
have therefore devoted our energies to
securing first class stock show in the
other departments.
In horses we have secured two palace
cars of Percheron, Shire, Belgian and
Hackney stations from Truman's
Pioneer Stud Farm at Bushnell, Ill.
We look for this exhibit to stimulate
The breeding of draft horses so that in
few years horse breeding in Mara
thon county will compare favorably
with the cattle breeding industry.
The exhibit of the Down breeds OF
sheep from the state farm at Madison,
in charge of Frank Kleinheintz, the
best shepherd in America, will be OF
great value to every farmer who raises
sheep. Mr.. Kleinheintz is of German
birth, and will be glad to meet and
advise his Marathon county country.
men on sheep.
In hogs we are as yet unable to an
nounce an extraordinary show. We
are trying to secure good exhibits but
at the present time can only say the
show will be better than usual.
The above attractions are for the
farmers of Marathon county they are
educational and must result in per.
manent good to the county They cost
the fair great deal more money than
the ordinary cheap circus attractions
cost the Iairs that indulge in them.
We therefore ask the farmers OF
Marathon county and surrounding
counties to turn out and show that they
appreciate No pumpkin show.
For amusements there will be three
races each day on September 5, 6 and
I, in which ninety-six horses are now
entered. There will also be some clean
tent shows and attractions of that kind
In the produce department we
depend on the farmers to furnish us the
best and largest exhibit we have evel
had. Pitch in and help make the
Marathon county fair the best in the
state. Yours truly,
l.. h. WRIGHT, Secretary.
Marathon County Fair
The famous Marathon county fail
will be held in Wausau, Wisconsin
September 4, 5, 6, and 4, 1906. Hal
rates on all railroads.