Arizona republican., 1912-07-11
FARMERS DAY
 DETAILS 0F II
Arrangements Made for Placing the Exhibits; Ex-
 ercises in the Afternoon;
 How the Awards to Ex- hibitors Are to Be Made

All the details of Farmers Day which
 is really q county agricultural fair have been arranged and little more is to be done now except l. await the day July 20. The cooperation oe the Water melon Growers association has been secured
 As has been stated the exhibits and the exercises will be at the city hall plaza. At first the location of the eX- hibits was something of a problem but that has been solved by an arrange ment to spread a canopy over the side walk on the north side of the plaza for the whole length of it for the exhibits. That will give a floor space of 250 by 20 feet or more than an acre. This will be divided into sections for the exhib itors. This arrangement not only af- lords more room than it was at first thought could be secured but it also affords greater comfort.
 The fair will be opened at daylight to exhibitors whose exhibits will then begin to be placed in the sections as- signed to them and classified so that if possible the judging of the exhibits will begin at half past nine o'clock. There is to be no guesswork about the judging: it will not be stated that this exhibit is q little better than that one but the relative merit will be determ- ineI by expert judges by definite rules and by points. The judges will be Pro lessor R. H. Forbes and Professor A O. Omie of the university.
 If it is possible to complete the awards before the close of the eXercis- es they will be announced then but If not the successful exhibitors will be informed by letter by the officers of the fair and checks will be sent them for the amounts of the cash prizes and, in the cases of special prizes the eN- hibitors will be sent orders for them. The exercises will begin at l: 30. The speakers will occupy the band stand. The program will open by selection by the Land followed by addresses by ! Governor Hunt and Mayor Christy. 1 There will follow an address by J. w. Forney on the subject Of truck gardening in which Mir. Forney has had ! long and successful experience. The l next number of the program will con : sist of vocal music followed by an ad-
 dress by Mrs H. A. Guild, president Of
 the Madison Improvement club and in
 charge ar the woman's department of
 the fair. Superintendent Stabler of the
 high school will deliver an address on
 the subject of the relation of the study
 of agriculture to the public school. MT. P. Aepli of Tempe will be mas l ter of ceremonies and win introduce the speakers. The Farmers Day prom l ises unexpected success. The interest taken in ,t has been much greater than the promoters dared hope for in the i beginning and the business men ol
 Phoenix have been quite liberal in then l financial encouragement of the enter prise 1t is proposed that this shall be
 the beginning only of a series of such l fairs.
 1 Intending exhibitors are requested Tn case thev desire any further informa-
 tion than has been given them, to ap
 ply to members of the committee on arrangements. This committee has been selected with reference to an even dis 1 tribution throughout tn county. The 1 members of it are William $. Humbert, R. F. Garnett, A $. Reed, w. w. Con nell, Homer Ludlum. r. Aepli and M. r. 1 Holladay.