Arizona republican., 1907-11-26

| retire to the back yard and kick itself The same thing is true in only slightly less degree. in respect of all | kinds of live stock except chickens. for
 the poultry raisers deserve crown
 and have already got it. There isn't
 better place on earth to raise any kind
 of live stock than~this valley and it Is doubtful if there is any place where
 the general run of livestock is any bet
 ter The thoroughbred cattle. horse. | hog and sheep exhibits were incompar-
 able The big breeders were there in | force just as they should have been. But these fellows don't need a fair to
 make their presence known in the
 community. though it helps them as it does the others But where was MT. Farmer with his grade and ss-bred COW and horse and hog and sheep. Premiums were offered for them as
 well as the others. but suppose they were not, the premium money is a | small matter anyway. The chief ben eft is to show the world the number and variety of cattle. horses, etc. that
 are or may be grown here. NIT. Farmer
 has scores of fine wo-year-olds in the
 horse barn and the dairy. They may have no pedigrees but he knows some
 thing of their blood and there is a chance to show fine animal whether
 he has a family tree or not If MT. Farmer has d dozen young draft or
 driving horses he wants to get sl00 apiece for. (and there is a constant de-
 mand for them, not for pedigrees or
 blood but to drive and work. the fair is the place to let the big world know NIT. Farmer is on earth Packard or Adams or Singmaster may get the blue ribbons but their stock is of different sort. The man with the little $10O burning in his pocket is wearing his eyes out looking for MT Farmer who would not bring in his favorite colt. heifer or hog because he could not compete with someone who had a
 larger or a more famous herd. The stock are all classified and there is something for everybody. A general exhibition is good for the country but the farmer ma.- look at it from the narrowest selfish standpoint and fig ure out a personal profit if he will.
 Next season there will undoubtedly ! be provision made for more buildings and stalls and if the stock raisers of this valley. and all Arizona for that l matter. live up to their opportunities the slTcd stalls will have to be run half | way around the grounds. And those | auction sales. In the coming years they will become famous and buyers | from every point in the southwest will | be in attendance. MT. Man will get | more for his horse and with less trou- ble. right in that fair ground tent. than he can by hanging on and feeding him all winter.
 Just a word about next year. in res pect of the general agricultural ex- hibit. There is a shortage of room and always will be if local business men are alive to their opportunities. no matter how many exhibition halls the is to be a movement started in Pres cctt for the building of a Yavapai county building on the fair grounds next year. A more profitable invest mept could not be made by Yavapai county if it is done judiciously. Why doesn't Maricopa county have a build ing for her own exhibit. or considering the nature of the Maricopa county eX- hibit. if there is no money for a build ing why not put up booth or shack building that is just as big as can be filled. that will be unique. distinctive and characteristic?
 A few studding or posts for a frame work would be all that is necessary in the lumber line. Thatch it with sorghum and corn-stalks enclose it with sheaves of wheat. barley and oats and bales of alfalfa. And fill it with all manner of farm products. for the variety and quality of which there is no section more resourceful. The building could be practically built of exhibits and the only expense would be the labor which could not be an em- barrassing sum. The executive session is now adjourned. subject to the call of the chair.