The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1910-02-10
FAIR
FOR THIS FALL
MEETING WILL BE HELD AT
CITY HALL ToNrcHT TO PER.
Feet ORGANIZATION.

Every person IN u. CITY Us inter
estcd directly or indirectly in the
proposed ; uthcrn Oklahoma fair
which is being organized for next
ian
f. s important that l.l the palms
D, laid now and the advertising
gotten out in advance so the farm
,rs can make special efforts to COM
pete Tor the prizes.
Many persons may feel inclined
to hold aloof from the proposition
ou account OF the expense. II must
ue remembered that the fair can be
held on less than half this year
what 1t has cost In the past The
park board will own aud control the
grounds which relieves the associa-
tion from that expense. The county
under the laws of IN. state can
give 5000 toward prize money. The
gate receipts will be larger than
they have ever been before. Tho
district agricultural agent is coop
Grating. which will lend more inter.
est 10 the enterprise. The fancy
awards to race horses brought here
from other states will be cut out
and smaller prizes offered To home
h rses in the race. These matters
will serve 70 reduce the expense to
the minimum. Those who are best ac.
quainted with what the results will
be are OF the opinion that the fair
can be- mades elf supporting
Practically all that is needed TO
insure success is work and hearty
cooperation. No matter what your
circumstances are. you have some
time 70 devote to II. and your pres.
ence is needed at the city hall to.
right to assist in the organization.
Come out, express your ideas and
help to lay the foundation right
and the success OF the enterprise
is assured.
More interest is being manifested
every year In agriculture. No other
state in the union is doing as much
for the farmer as Oklahoma. Free
schools are maintained for the ed
ucation OF boys and girls in agri-
culture. Free school and Institutes
are arranged for the farmers at
convenient seasons of the year.
These schools are turning out
men who love and know agricul.
ture and are capable OF managing
farms. Fewer lawyers and doctors
and merchants and traders are be.
ing turned out of school and more
men who know how TO make the
farm pay. The best salaries in the
country await the boy who can sue.
cessfully manage farm and make
agriculture and live stock raising
pay.
When the present farmer was n
boy the state took no pride in
teaching agriculture, the government
was not spending millions to teach
people the value Of different kinds
of crops and how TO grow them,
but the people are now aroused to
the value Of proper methods of
building up soil and seed selection
One acre can he made 20 produce
what three acres formerly produced
Such work IS worthy the time
Of the greatest financiers Of the
country.
The railway companies in many
states are maintaining experiment
farms for the purpose OF teaching
people how 10 produce more, that
tonnage on their lines may be aug.
mented.
The school children OF Oklahoma
are taught agriculture. The teacher
must know something OF plant life
before he can obtain certificate
OF competency TO teach.
The state is organizing county in,
stitutes and the world CT industry
is looking toward the farm.
The fair will aid In this work.
And the fair needs the help of
every man TO make it the success
IL ought TO be