The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-29
SOME OF BENEFITS
 OF FAIR ID CITY Quarter of Million People Expected to Attend
 Big Show

The value of the big Alabama State Fail to the city of Birmingham is hard tc
 overestimate It is one of the Magic Citys greatest assets.
 A state fair is of great value to every progressive citizen, whether he be far
 mer, merchant or manufacturer, and
 should be appreciated, not only by the
 builders of Birmingham, but by ;he peo-
 pie of the entire state
 l It is here that the farmer may see the
 progress of the inventor in labor saving and up to date agricultural machinery. 1 At the state fair the farmer and live
 stock raiser mayssee and study live stock | in it's best perfections and measure up
 the defect of his own stock. and by com
 parison may be brought to realize the
 value of better breeds and proper care. l He may learn from the splendid agri-
 cultural displays and demonstrations
 wherein he may improve the products of
 his garden and fields.
 The progressive dairyman or cattle rais- CT may see in actual operation the latest
 and most sanitary devices for modern
 dairyng and learn how to apply them 10
 his own business with profit.
 The advantages of improving the roul-
 try strains, of keeping pure bred chick ems will be proven by many displays, the poultry exhibits at the Alabam~ State
 Fair promising to surpass any similar exposition even given in the south. | The fair as an educational institution will prove of great benefit to the whole state and especially to the farmers. for the several exhibits of live stock, poultry, agricultural and industrial resources will prove of vital interest and show the pos sibilities of the richest state in the union. The infringement of the fair is making every effort to secure this year the largest attendance in it's history, fully quarter of a million visitors being anticipated, and every energy is being applied to gain that goal.
 The merchants and manufacturers, busi- ness and professional men, brokers and agency managers are evincing much inter- est and are aiding in this great work Particularly are the travelling men in- terested in this matter as the cvangsls of the grip. the rapidly increasing bust
 ness giving this city first rank as a job | ping center, and the state fair presents | u rare opportunity to bring trade to the city
 | The management of the fair suggests | that every letter sent out of Birmingham
 from this time on have simple "P $.
 at the bottom mentioning in one form CT another the approaching Alabama State Fair, october 5-14."
 | Another form of advertising that has already been adopted by many of the leading business houses is that all sta tionary which is being used by them ow bears an invitation to Come to the Great Alabama State Fair, Bigger, Brighter end
 Better Than Ever october 5-1l. 1911"
 Everybody is asked to pull and boost for the fair and it is believed that dur ing fair time the streets of Birmingham will be thronged by the largest crowds seen in the city for many day. Every person who comes to the state fair will want to see Birminghams and
 Birmingham wants every person who can possibly do so to come, and the leaders of the commercial and industrial enterprises are lending aid to the plans to secure the largest attendance ever recorded.