The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-18
Exhibits of Agriculture and Live Stock Are the Best Ever Display cd and Experts Will DeliyerL Lectures Daily. Fine Program of. Races.
Vandiver Park Will Be the Center of Attraction for Alabama a Whole Week---Counties Will Vie With Each Other for Best Displays of Product--Good Music and Transportation. Facilities.

sigh the managers of the Alabama State Fair Association sat back Sat- urday night conscious of good work we'll prepared. The Fair Grounds and buildings are ready with almost all the exhibits in place and the interior of the great halls swaying in wave upon wave of gorgeous color.
 Fair week practically beLan Satur- day for, the streets of the city were swarming with visitors and citizens out making their last purchases. for the coming week of festtvity.
 Montgomery being the centralizing point of the State and the nerve center of Alabama's agricultural interests, IS naturally the purchasing mecca Of the fafrners of the State, catering mostly in its commercial lines to the needs Of an akrtcultural community. The farm er has long since recognized the fact that the best at the best price IS to be had here.
 The absolutely square deal given the traders from beyond the city limits haH grown through the years and the farm. Ar now recognizes in Montg gomery, not oniy1his business headquarters, but the home of his friends. Many Of them have been in the city for several days purchasing and getting through with business matters before the fun and In struction of the Fair is on, and Dexter Avenue last night looked like it looks every Saturday preceding Fair.
 Conscious of the confidence of the agricultural interests of the State in the Capital City, Montgomery business men have done all in their powers com sidering the late financial stress. to put the Fair this year on par with those of years gone by. The city has the reputation of holding the best Fairs of any city in the South and the man nR hA nFRQniZAtt0n has tried hard to live up to the repu" tation and add little more besides.
 The first and greatest attention has, of course, keen rad to agricultural in terests, and the interior of the great aericultural hall at the Fair Grounds floor of the main building and around the walls of the two wing extensions are booths occupied by county and individual exhibitors. Everything grown on a farm can be seen at the grounds, and the best of everything Corn, because of the added interest ta- Ken in it of late. stands out almost as prominently as cotton. Great Ssheaves of 1t are to be seen. bags- of the most perfect kernels, and ears in festoons, are strung along before the booths.
 Cotton Specimens.
 Cotton Is everywhere, some of the finest specimens ever seen aywhere- bushes loaded W.th 1t, some so thlckly covered that the stalks are all but in- visible. There are several specimens of both corn and cotton that will be the subject of special lectures by farm ers well posted on the various cult ures The time for these lectures will be announced later.
 Truck farming comes In for prom inent post and pumpkins that look too hIe to bite and too good to eat are seen about in squat dignity, ponderous,
  1taDiavs of potatoes that are more than ~vorthy of close attention and the man. soement wishes to call especial atten- tjon to these. Turnips, beets and other vegetab bles are to be seen in abundance
 As usual the live stock exhibits have received special attention ~ anu exeFx v thing from thoroughbred trotters 70 the latest development in squabs is on hand. The horses will come more un- der the head of the racing department but besides the fast animals there dIs many draft horses that are well "ortn going to see. x .aor inc finest Jerseys great black ana ' Whl'e Holsteins, red Devons ana o[uiies , stock that has received especial care Most of these stock exhibits are IIon M Alabama but there are some ron other sections drawn here to show ,snS sI's comparison between the nome falseu and foreign. The cattle sheds nave all received especial care. They have oeen nut in first class order, white wash ca cleaned and the floors covered wltI straw. Besides the stalls on either side, the management has had stallS built down the middle of the sheds be- ing forced to do so to accommodate the great number of entries.
 Sheep have received as much pre- liminary attention as the cattle and fol them also extra stalls have been built Three of the big live stock sheds have been given over to the sheep exhibits alone and this branch of the Fair it i' said. will be the best of it's kind evel held here. Every brand Oof sheep tha' thriyes in the Southland most of tn en 40 for that matter-can be seen at thi Fair. and over each stall in the sheeI sheds. as well as in other sections o tha live stock department, cards giving descriptions of the animals, their line age, value and place of purchase will be placed.
 Exhibit of Swine Great.
 Swine have been well provided fo also and at least 150 pens have beer reserved for them. As this industry | ranIdlv growing in the State the swim arS given a very prominent position Berkshires, Essex Poland-Chinas ant