The copper era., 1909-10-28
TIMELY FORECAST OF
 FAIR DEPARTMENTS.
What is Being Arranged For Beside
 AmuSementS.

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 The fifth annual territorial fair is
 designed to be bigger and better thar
 any former fair in all departments
 Much has been printed about the rae.
 ing program and there can be nc
 question in the public mind that the races will be far more notable than
 those of former years, even though all have been notable and each year $
 program has been better than that ot the preceding one. This article is to
 outline in a general way what is be- ing done in other departments, to make them more attractive and more useful to the people than ever be- fore.
 The mineral department is under the superintendency of Colonel Epes Randolph of Tucson, who has left the active management of it to James C.. Goodwin of Tempe as he did last year. MT. Goodwin has gone about his work systematically, energetical- ly and early. He has written to those interested in the mining industry in each of the counties and has re- ceived replies to most of them to the effect that they expect to send bet ter and more comprehensive exhibits to the fair this year than than ever before. He expects to leave at once on a trip to Superior and other Pinal county camps and proba bly on to Globe, in the interest of the mineral display, for MT. Goodwin is himself a mining man and very much inter- ested in seeing that that industry is well represented.
 The horse and mule department of the exhibits will again be under the direction of W. W. Cook and in this department d notable departure will be made from the rules of the former shows, in the interest of larger dis play of stock without a lowering of the standard. Heretofore exhibits in the coach and draft breeds have been limited to registered animals, most of which were stallions. It has been decided this year to admit cross bred or unregistered mares though no unregistered stallions will be ad- mitted. The idea is that a larger horse show is desired and there are scores of fine mares in the valley, many of them well bred but unregist- cred, and some that look like thoroughbreds but are not. No en- couragemenr will be given the breed ing of poor stock by the use of un- registered stallions but the grade of the stock in general cannot be rap idly elevated if only registered mares are used and until grade brood mares are recognized the general display of horses will be small. The unregist- cred stock of Course will not com pete with registered animals but will be entered as added lots. MT Cook has left for his range and will be ab- sent couple of weeks but he has al ready made a good canvass of this county and done as much as possible elsewhere to encourage these added exhibits. He feels certain the horse and mule display this year will be both bigger and better than ever be- fore and mean a great deal more than it ever did to the average farm CT and horse breeder.
 All that has been said of horses is equally true of cattle. Heretofore there have been shown some as fine cattle exhibits as could be seen any where but they were mostly confined to a few herds of registered cattle, the number of exhibits being limited because only here and there a farmer has a full registered herd, even thoughhe may have some fine indi- viduals or fine grade stock. The cattle department is under the super intendency of A. c. Mcqueen and it is proposed this year to admit cross bred heifers and COWS in added lots just as the cross bred horses will be entered. It is believed this will be an inspiration to many farmers to show worthy cattle for which there was before no inducemeut. In fact almost every dairyman ought to have something worth while. There will be no discountipg the registered stock but it will enable visitors to see what is being done in grading up the general average of cattle in the territory. The star feature of the cattle show this year will be cash prizes for herds of dairy COWS not less than five in number. There will be two premiums, the first for Sl00 and the second for $50. These prizes were heretofore offered for range cattle but the range stockmen did not respond and the dairymen are to be given a chance at the money. Some of them may have use for it.
 The fact that one of the fair con- missioners this year is Hugh Camp bell, a real sheep herder, has in- spired the sheep growers to more