Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1909-09-03
South Dakota State Fair
From Dakota Farmer, Aug Is.


The coming state fair at Huron
next month will without question
eclipse any previous event held in
the state. The exhibits in every
department will be complete and
great deal Of additional space
has been added to take care of the
overflow. Many new and commo-
dious buildings have been erected
since last year, notably among
which are the beautiful Woman S
Building and the fine Stock Pavil-
ion. In this large, we'll planned
pavilion the Judging will be done
and visitors will be comfortably
seated in the amphitheatre to view
the work. New cattle and horse
barns have been added as we'll as
several more buildings to house
the sheep and swine. The old
Woman's Building has been re-
modelled into a poultry building
and the old poultry building will
be used to house the dairy exhibit.
Additional demand for EXHIBITS
has ne.essitated this enlargement
in all its departments, a growth
that will be astonishing to last
year visitors. The record of the
fair since located at Huron has
been one Of steady growth and i'm
proVement in every respect and the
1909 improvements are even great
err than ever. Everything points
to a record breaking attendance.
Good crops, good prices. state
wide prosperity and great exhib.
ition Of the states resources
should unite to make the coming
fair one Of immense value to the
whole state and also of its people.
LIVE STOCK
One of the features of great.
est interest to nearly all fair Wis
itors is the exhi it of the various
classes Of live stock. In this par
ticular the coming fair will far
distance its predecessors. Every
will be filled to over
flowing with fine stock. Breeders
from Illinois, Iowa and Nebraska,
as we'll as South Dakota's progress
sive stockmen will fill every avail
able stall and pen with the finest
display Of horses, cattle, sheep
and swine ever seen in the state.
The poultry building will be fully
occupied with the best there is in
all classes of feathered life. The
bee exhibit will also be an inter-
esting one this year.
COUNTY EXHIBITS
AS a means of advertising the
resources Of partic-
ular locality nothing can excel a
county exhibit, we'll arranged and
properly displayed. This year fif-
teen counties have already arrang-
ed for their exhibits and several
others are expected to be in line
before the fair opens. These ex-
hibits in themselves will reflect to
a marked degree the wonderful
resources of South Dakota soil and
cannot fail to impress upon the
eastern visitor better apprecia-
tion of Dakota land.
Several entries have been made
in the individual farm exhibits
and these promise to be an inter-
esting display of personal effort
along agricultural lines.
HORTICULTURE
5' To the person who believes that
practical horticulture in South Da-
kota is not a success, the coming
at Huron will be an eye
opener. Splendid exhibits of
fruits, plants and trees will greet
the 1909 visitor at Huron as all
available space will be taken.
Many seed and nursery companies
will exhibit and from these one
can readily see that South Dakota
soil and climate has "a very con-
siderable value in a horticultural
way.
MOMENTS EXHIBITS
Housed in their beautiful new
building the women's exhibits of