New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1910-09-17
BEST FARM SHOW EVEE'
Over $4,000 In Premiums
State Fair.
GLENK IS In COMMAND

OF Greatest Agricultural Exhibit
Ever Held at Louisiana State r
Many Home Seekers Comma
More Parish Exhibits.
Everything grown on a farm t.
best of everything, too will be SHOW
at the Louisiana State Fair at ShrC-c
port this year from the day the ia
| opens, November 2, until the da
| closes, November II, and a world +,
| premiums will be awarded as a rcsu.
Hundreds of exhibits are to be mae
by farmers, Parishes, experiment.
stations and clubs and orgaHiza,i'l
OF farmers from all over Louisa
Besides the Agricultural departments
several Of the many railroads enter
Shreveport Will make exhibits lin e..
monster new agricultural building q.
IS now Under course of erection 2n.
which viii lie finished as one Of 4.
finest in the south i'll ample time {;
get all of the different products at.
sticaIly and attractiyely arranged b.
fore the fair opens.
No department of any fair ever
proves as popular as do the eXhih {.
from the farm. They do more for tn,
development of the state and to SHOW
its resources than anything that cOulc
be shown. Thousands of people viii
be at the fair for the first time. Many
of them will be from distance Il
thpv thnt |
section Of the country compose one OF
the hest agricultural districts in the
United States they can be induced to
join the great march to progress that
is being made in Louisiana and this
section. The worth of a state as &
place in which to live depends almost
entirely on that states ability to care
for the people living in it. If homo
seekers and there will be many Of them
at the fair, see that they can get the
best OF what Gods footstOol has to OF.
fer in Louisiana. and can raise that
best in large quantities, they will come
to Louisiana to live.
All of the exhibits of agricultural pro
ducts will be housed in the new agri
cultural building, mention of which is
hiutt obo't- Il 10 bhtihiHS IL tp>tiilS
over $4,000 The police jury Of Cad
do Parish, in which the fair occurs
gave $4,000 toward the erection of The
new building and the State Fair Asso
citation furnished the necessary bal
ance to erect the kind of building re
quired and which will be an honor to
the state of Louisiana. Almost any
amount of space desired can he oh
tanned in this building for exhbias
At the fair of 1909, which nv the
way, was not nearly as large as the
one of 1910 is to be, there were four
exhibits from as many Parishes All al
tracted widespread attention and pro
badly did their communities as much
advertising as anything that could
have been done. This year ten parish
es have signified their intention Of
having exhibits. Besides there will ha
individual, the town and club exhibits
The building will be artistcally ar
ranged. Down the center will be the
corn exhibits from the Boys Corn
clubs and individuals and commercial
organizations, while down the sides
will be the other agricultural exhibits
Besides there will be many dccora
tons and the building will be one OF
the prettiest at the fair.
Robert Gienk, curator Of the State
Museum, will be the superintendent Of
the agricultural division. and this is
almost saying enough. for he is one OF
the best known men in the state and
will handle the affair in such shape
that all will be pleased. He installed
the Louisiana State exhibits at the
jamestown Exposition, the CHICAGO
Worlds Fair and the St Louis
Worlds Fair and is mere conversant
with that class of work than any other
man in the South.
The prizes this year for exhibits
will be exceptionally large, totallin2
$4,000 This will include $500 foi
the best Parish exhibit; 5000 for The
second best: 5000 for the Third and
800 for the fourth. There will also BE-
$1,000 in premiums for Caddo Parish
exhibits alone.
The secretary of the Fair A5socia
ton will mail you catalogue, premium
lists. rules governing the exhibits and
other data relating to them If you
will address him at Shreveport