New Iberia enterprise and independent observer., 1911-08-05
EDUCATIONAL
ADVANTAGES
u State Fairs Should Be Kept
In Mind.
FAIR IS A COLLEGE COURSE,
1t teaches the People How to Get Bet :
ter Results and Causes Better Home
makin9-Louisiana's Fair In the Lead
of the State Fairs.

| W lhout the educational feature
would the State Fair be worthy OF
| support! Hardly. AS well as furnish
ing pleasure to the eye auAi ear il
| must feed the mind-it must give food
ior thought and ideas for development
-und that is what the Louisiana Fair
association has in view very largely in
putting ON its magnificent collection of
displays each year.
II there were nothing more done
than the making of big display-to
match one Eerd or pen against an
other, to see which Individual exhib-
itor could collect the largest number
OF ribbons. to see who did the best
cooking and sewing or whose horse
could run faStest-if this WAS the aim
and end, then there might be reason
for questioning If it We're worthy of
support v bile this is one feature of
The Louisiana Fair, it is by no means
the largest. The ruth is that there
are thousands of Louisiana people nor
from factories, shops. stores and Of
ices. who attend the Louisiana fair
with eyes and ears kept wide open all
the time. and they lind the experience
mighty profitable. They find it their
summer school. a short course in apri
culture, manual labor and industry
generally. They make good use of
this Fair and regard II higher the Of
tener they attend
The result is shown In better homes
better farming, more industry. greater
prosperity, increased happiness, lar
ger herds. finer machinery and more
money IN the banks. All this leads to
better homemaking and better lives.
The fruits of the Louisiana State Fairs
are noticeable on all sides already
the state generally has been helped to
a remarkable degree. The one crop
idea has been changed and diversifica-
tion is being pursued widely Many
of the farmers gained the idea at the
Fair. There they saw what really
could be grown on the Louisiana soil
and got the idea of how to plant, cult
vate and harvest. This is mentioned
as just one INSTANCE. Many more
could be given. for they are to be
found ON all sides
First and foremost. the Louisiana
State Fair is great agricultural show.
That is the real foundation for the
Fair. 1t is ia the rich soil that the |
greatest profits are found in Louisiana
The Louisiana farmers are striving for |
in agriculture. At the |
State Fair they are having oppor-
tunity to see the very best produced |
from the soil. They gather there and |
notes. They make a study Of |
cotton. corn. oats. potatoes. rice, cane,
peanuts. alfalfa and even wheat They |
earn of the new things. They inquire
about actual results. The premiums
offered are good and draw the very |
best Of the products to the Fair The
forms the basis of a real
exhibit.
Next in Importance to the agricul-
,ure probably is the live stock. When |
the first Fair was held this section
was not represented so strongly, but
Today it is large and Of vast impor-
ance. showing results of the first few
animals exhibited at the Fair. The
i've stock breeders find Louisiana
good place to show their specimens, for
he Louisiana people have proved to
,e good customers: hence their live
stock exhibit is complete.
But while the educa tional idea is
lept at the front always. there is also
rovision for amusement and pleasure,
or fair must be attractive to draw
he people. So it is that the Louisiana
Fair has the best races, vaudeville. fire
works, gladway shows and other
as well as the very best
Exhibits. and it is well worth all of
he support it receives.
Come and see for yourself, Oct 81
Sov. 5.