The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1909-10-14
LADIES MAKE
1915 ENTRIES
Their Remarkable Showing al the
Recent Fair.
The Seed Corn Contest-Extracts From
Report of Secretary Quinn.

The report Of Capt. S. j. Quinn,
secretary of the fair society, made to
the directors on Tuesday, showed that
the ladies' made 1915 entries OF exhibits
in their department at the recent fair.
This is evidence of remarkable interest
on the part of the ladies in the fair.
The following extracts from the re-
port of Secretary Quinn will be read
with interest:
The secretary takes pleasure in pre-
senting to you his report Of the holding
Of the late fair. II was held on the
28th, 18th and 30th of September, and
was in some respects the best we have
held for years, if not in the history OF
the society. There was marked i'm
provement on the conduct of the large
crowd on the second day, which enabled
US to manage the gates better than
ever before.
We had q faithful and laborious pres
ident, who did much to contribute to
the success of the fair in the proper
management Of the different depart
ments. An executive officer who is
ever ready to help his subordinates
through their difficulties, and make
their burdens as light as possible, is al
ways a valuable accession to an institu-
ton like ours. This is what our presi-
dent was during our late fair.
The chief marshal, Capt. Rowe, was
constantly in place and did his duty
faithfully and efficiently, for which the
society owes him a debt of gratitude.
Ii is TO be regretted that many Of the
directors, who have assisted US in the
past, have absented themselves for the
past two or three years. leaving the
work to be done by very few directors.
1t might be we'll for the board to make
some effort to secure their co-opera-
ton for the future, and thus again unite
our entire force in conducting the fair
with greater success.
| have no doubt the board of direc-
tors saw with great pleasure the large
increase in machinery, agricultural i'm
elements, ETC., on the grounds this
year. This was the result of an extra
effort made by some of our directors,
who are entitled TO the thanks Of the
board. This exhibition, while attended
with little cost to the exhibitors, is a
great benefit to them and quite an &C
QUESTION to the fair
The seed corn exhibit inaugurated by
two of our directors several years ago,
Messrs. A. 2. Rowe and Henry Dan
nehl, has grown in Importance beyond
our expectation, and has been taken up
and vigorously pushed forward by other
agricultural fairs, including the State
Fair at Richmond. 1t is gratifying to
know that some of the seed corn taking
premiums here also took premiums at
the State Fair, and the expert judge
advised exhibitors TO enter their corn
at the great national contest soon to take
place at Omaha, and assured them that
our corn was equal to that Of the West,
and they stood an excellent chance to
carry away the premiums.
Our exhibits were superior in number
and quality to those Of any previous
fair. There were but two classes that
did not increase the number over former
years. We lost on horses, l6 on sheep.
We increased Is on cattle, on swine,
% on poultry, 81 on farm products. and
l78 in the ladies' department.
Those of the directors who visited
the ladies' department, which is the
most popular of the fair, no doubt saw
at a glance that we did not have suf-
ficient room for the exhibits. We are
unable TO display them as they should
be and as the exhibitors would like TO
see them displayed. In order to take
proper care Of these goods. we should
enlarge our main building one-third its
present size, which was the original
plan.