The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1911-07-08

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TIE COUNTY FAIR.
To The People of Iron County.
II Is pleasure 90 present the four
teenth annual premium list OF the Iron
county Agricultural Society The
Years of 1909 TO 1910 have passed into
history. These we're the most success
ful exhibitions ever held by the So
ciety. We now have before us the
work of another fair.
The people OF Houghton county
figure that every annual exhibition OF
their fair is worth one dollar an acre
10 every bit of agricultural lands Win
in the county. Surely then without
question the last few exhibitions OF
the Iron county tair have been OF IN
told value in dollars and cents TO Iron
county.
The fair not only exhibits what mas
been but offers encouragement Tor
Others 10 return TO the soil. Every
new farmer Is help to the man al
ready on the farm. This is very Tor
ciply illustrated by the pea growers
Of Chippewa county. Years ago the
farmers there grew peas verv success
fully There was then practically no
market for the peas Today there are
fifty times as many farmers growing
peas and now the roads in the farming
districts in the fall of the year are fuii
of agents for seed houses buying peas.
In the potato districts OF Maine and
Wisconsin there are large storage ware
houses that buy potatoes and ship them
TO other markets,
A carload of Iron county potatoes
was recently consigned TO Cleveland
where they were bsrreled and stamped
Bermuda Potatoes and sold for 50. 20
per barrel.
Through the dairy districts OF Wis
consin there are dealers in cows who
are at all times travelling through the
farming districts buying COWS.
When Iron county has fifty times as
many farmers as there are today there
will be- no question about market Tor
farm products. There will he bigger
demand for the farm products than
there will be supply.
1t is Of vital interest TO the farmer
TO have more farmers. The biggest
advertisement that We have for the
farming interests OF the county IL the
county tair.
When there are practically no unoc'
cupied lands the farmer will get one
hundred cents on the dollar for the i'm
proven ents on his place.
Improved farms now cannot be SOLD
for the cost OF the improvements r.th'
reason that unimproved lands adjoin
ing can be had cheaper. This, Mr.
Farmer. is serious question for you
You must provide that your estate vii
realize one hundred cents on the dolla
for your labor, You have done well II
the past in your support of the fair
but you must still do better. We trus
that you will put your shoulder TO tn
wheel tins year and make the 1911 ex
hibition "A record breaker.
With the 1911 fair before us II is
satisfaction 20 note the advantages o
this year over the last. We take a
this year $ work with beautifu
grounds. permanent buildings and al
arrangements necessary tor complet
and successful annual exhibition
The County Board OF Supervisor
have been liberal in the past towar
the support of the fair. IL IL a pleas
ure TO note that during this year ther
nave been brought into the count
registered Holstein. Guernsey an
Ayrshire COWS. Previous TO this ther
have been registered HolsteiDs an
. Ayrshires. Most Of these will be o
exhibition this year
Let everybody make these fairs n
opportunity to get together and have
good old fashioned visit.
With the hearty cooperation OF III
. farmers. mining and business men tn
year, as in the past, and the detet
mination of each and every member
make the coming fair success lro
|. County Agricultural Society has ever
= reason TO expect one OF the best exnib
tious neld in the Upper Peninsula
Michigan.
" J. b Mullen. Sec,