The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1907-11-30
By II. Z. BLAKESLEE. JACKSON.

could be SHOWN by my; State In tht
Union, and yet Mississippi was only
half trying. Not ten per cent of the
counties were represented by anything
like a regular county exhibit. The new
Agricultural Hall was crowded to it.
full capacity with products that could
not be ~excelled anywhere: the poultry
show of ove FIVE hundred birds was E
revelation to our own people as we'll a.
outsiders; the hogs, live stock of al
kinds, commercial exhibits, machinery
ETC., made a wonderful showing for g
State thatis known to possess wonder
full resources, but is generally consider
ed as being far behind the times IN the
way of development. The attendance
the first week was splendid, the last
week being cut off to a considerable
extent by very cold weather, but withal
it was satisfactory. The management
was pleased and are now planning for a
larger event next year, when additional
buildings will be ready for live stock,
chickens, dogs, machinery, etc.
Entirely too much space would be re-
quired to enurnerate all of the magnifi-
cent exhibits and give them the men
ton merited. Jackson county, as in the
past, carried off honors for the best
county exhibit, with Yazoo a close sec
ond. Holmes, Warren, Copiah, Will
kinson and Kinds were we'll represent
ed with comprehensive exhibits. The
Farmers Union made a demonstration
hat elected admiration by showing
some of the products produced by this
excellent organization. The Cotton
Association again made a fine demon
stration of the need of manufacturing
cotton in the South. Millsaps College
and the Audubon societies fitted up an
instructive and interesting booth. The
A. & NJ. College brought a car load of
fine stock and a car of industrial exhibits
that were the center of admiring crowds
during the Fair. The Baptist Orphan
age exhibited a few of the products Of
its farm that yer as good as the best.
The fourth annual State Fair has
clearly demonstrated that such an in
stitutlon will be accorded a hearty en-
dorsement by the people of Mississippi,
and that it will be worth millions OF
dollars in the course of a few years.
The problem now is, shall it be contin-
ued as a stock company managed by in
~dividuals or made a State institution in
every sense of the word, as are the
fairs in a great number of the Southern
States. 1t was not begun as a concern
to make money for the stockholders,
but experience has proven hat in a few
o years it will be a splendid divi-
dend-paying concern. Then the sug-
gestion comes as TO what is best for the
future. A fair should not be a money
making institution, the benefits coming
to the general good Of State or COM
munity. All profits arising should by
all means be returned in the way of
premiums to exhibitors; the larger the
premiums offered the more varied and
better the exhibits. When it is posi-
BILE o potter $500 for the best herd of cat
tie or $3.50 for the best mule colt, breed
ers will be encouraged to- get their
stock in show shape and attend the
fair. When $500 can be paid for the
best one-farm exhibit or county exhibit,
theinumber of exhibits will be increes-
ed many times. Then: it is that the
fair is a success, demonstrating to our
people what can be done and encourag-
ing them to- try and do likewise!
These -are matters of sufficient i'm
eortance, to, demand careful considera-
tion at the hands of Mississippiahs. The
Old. State is waking up and taking on
improved methods in a hurry, our peo-
pie are doing better year by year and
the fairs are dcirg as much or more to
aid this ,moyement than any other one
thing. 81 ,A20~9
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The demonstration of road building
at the State Fair, on the 9Th
and 9th was attended by about $50
members of the various boards of SUI
peryisors fthronghout the State. The
Of machinery on hand was not
as large as expected, but was very |
comprehensive in the main. The
smaller machines ATTRACTED the larger
amount of attention, although there
were those ho'held to the, larger ones
and more than one traction engine for
road building purposes was contracted
for. The success of the movement en-
courages the writer to try again next
year, and plans are now being formp-
lated foro the meeting. 1t is in this
manner THAI sthese interested in i'm
proving the public roads can get to-
and exchange experiences, learn
others are doing and what the
manufacturers of machinery have to
offer. In a multitude of counsel there
Is wisdom, etc.
The Yazoo Sentinel truthfully says
that Horace Greeley's admonition of
go West, young man." is entirely out
Of date now. The slogan is, go South"
The best thing, however, is for our own
people to stay right here and quit hunt