The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1911-07-20
MANY new FEATURES THIS YEAR
State Departments to Give More At
tention to the Fair This Year Than
Ever Before-To Mobolize State
Troops.

AS September rolls around each year
and the annual state fair becomes the
topic in agricultural and industrial
circles, the oft repeated phrase "this
year s state fair will be greater than
any Of its predecessors sounds fami-
liar to those interested To a certain
extent this statement has been true
each year, but in lettering some de-
rartments or some features Of the
state IS big educational and agricultural
institution in the past, other features
and departments have been neglected.
The 1911 state fair has been or
ganized to the point when the E'greater
than ever'' phrase becomes permissi-
bic. The state board of agriculture
has gone at this year S fair more de-
liberate and on broader principles than
heretofore and as result the grain
growing farmer the dairy farmer and
the beef breeding farmer will find
something in every minute S time spent
at the fair in Milwaukee, September
II to 16, that will compensate him
many fold for the time and expense
INDUCED in during a visit to the state s
agricultural show.
The State horticultural society will
demonstrate to the landseeker that
wisconsin offers better apple grow
ing field than any of the western
states. In a tent separate from the
regular horticultural exhibEss, Secre
tary Craneield of the state horticul
tural society, will make an exhibit Of
apples grown in Wisconsin for the
commercial market. In this apple
show, the first of it's kind to be held
in Wisconsin, there will be more than
800 exhibits of bushel or barrel of
apples Of every variety grown in the
state.
The state immi grafton commissioner,
also in a separate and distinct exhibit
from the regular county exhibits, will
show a collection of grasses and grains
developed in the cut-over counties of
Northern Wisconsin, through the CO.
operation of settlers and the Univer-
sity Of Wisconsin Agricultural College.
The state fair board, through its
special attraction committee, will pro-
vide a variety of entertainment for the
visitor to the fair One of the attrac-
tive features for every day of the
fair will be an exhibition of the pro-
gress Of aeronautics, There will be
shown at one time in the air the fami-
liar hot air balloon with its parachute
jumper; the derigible balloon, steered
by it's engineer into and across the
winds, and the aeroplane, the latest
and most sensational "heavier than
air. device invented for aerial naviga-
ton. These aerial devices will be in
operation in front of the grand stand
at the same time every afternoon and
evening and will afford a unique and
sensational attraction.
The women Of Wisconsin are to come
into their own during state fair and
one of the days Of fair week will be
turned over to them, during which a
programme, in which man can only
be a listener and onlooker, will be
rendered.
Another event that will be new will
be military day, Saturday, Septem-
Der 10, when as many of the state
troops as can be modified on the fair
grounds will be gathered there. 1t is
the intention of the military day com
mittee to have the three arms of the
state militia, the infantry, cavalry and
artillery represented III the maneuvers
and to enhance the Importance of the
military undertaking the state board of
agriculture has petitioned the secre-
tary of war to assign attachments Of
the three branches of the regular army
from TT. Smelling and TT Sheridan to
cooperate with the state troops in en-
acting a sham battle.