The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1912-11-29

one that makes one wish TO get among
them and taste their delicious davors.
= the department Of canned and pre-
served fruits Of all kinds. jellies. pre-
serves. marmalades. home made wines
and yinegars. etc
The fair has never in lts previous
years made as good showing Of vel
vet beans. peas ard baled forage stuffs.
ground feed Of all kinds for hogs. cat
tie and horses.
The display Of dairy utensils and
the methods Of handling their products
by the Ocala Heights Dairy was Of
much interest
The display Of lime and lime pro-
ducts ny the Mefert kilns was one OF
the representative features u the fair
and gave fine example Of the import
ance 70 the county and the state in
general Of this great industry.
Mr.. Washburn's splendid exhibit Of
Mexican Antiquities continues 10 at
tract a crowd and keeps that gentle
man telling what the curious old
relics We're used for and how they
We're made.
\ stock or horse man could not fail
10 realize that here he could succeed
in those lines Of business. if he made
horse and hog pens one stranger
said TO star man that he never
realized before what Florida could do
in the line of raising hogs. but he was
convinced now that the i7dustry was
a success here.
The cattle pens are revelation to
the man from the north and the fine
home raised colts and mules give one
a nr ;vR-
raising of horses and mules for the
local market
If one particular feature Of the fair
was better than another it was the
great poultry exhibit Many state
fairs would fall far short of the won
derful exhibit made n this depart
ment. Hundreds and hundreds Of chick
ems of all breeds. turkeys. ducks. geese
pigeons. etc. were shown and of the
finest possible specimens in the differ
ent breeds. This exhibit always had
a crowd passing through and many
strangers wished to know where they
could buy specimens Of the fowls.
Truly this great industry. the Amer
lean hen was Well represented at the
fair.
The woman's building was filled with
exhibits of every known kind of needle
and fancy work and attracted a stream
of visitors all day long. The care and
industry represented ~ this depart
ment is wonderful. The beauty and
wonder of the exhibits is far beyond
the ability Of mere male scribe" to
portray.
/ There was good crowd always in
the negro building. one half of which
was taken up with the great exhibit of
Fe>senden Academy and Industrial
School. and the other half with ex-
hibits of preserved goods. fancy work
and the handiwork of craftsmen in
different branches of mechanical skill
The negroes of Marion county always
make a fine exhibit and come TO the
front with representative products OF
their thrift and industry.
Messrs. McIver & MacKay's build
ing always held crowd and their fine
exhibition of furniture, housefurnish.
ing goods and farm and mechanical
implements helped out the success o.
the fair wonderfully
The Ocala Lumber 4 Supply Co al
ways held a crowd in its building
where is shown a fine line of building
materials and everything that goe
into the construction of house" 1t:
IeXhibits of manufactured goods, boil
foreign and made in its own factory
was we'll worth anyones time to visit
The demonstration of Tetley's Tea
and the giving of prize drawing tick
cts in this building lent additional in
terest.
Frank Mathews graceful motorboa
attracted much attention.
The Marion Hardware Company
fine exhibit of agricultural machiner,
and implements of all kinds was
most excellent display and filled BIZ
niche in the fair.
The exhibition of automobiles wa
: a pretty feature and always drew
lot of inspection from the crowd. Tn
Florida Auto Sales Co. showed one o
it's big Hudson cars. Mr. +. F. Condor
showed q REQ and the local agent 0
the little Net had a car on display
Mr.. Bruce Meffert exhibited a For
ear of the new model.
| Mr.. r. F. CondOns musical boot
with the fine showing of musical in
struments and the excellent must
supplied by the young ladies in charg
was always d center of attraction.
The demonstration of the Cheek
Neal Coffee by the Ocala Grocery Co
the local distributors of the wares, wa
fine and the American Agriculture
Chemical Co. had a most interestin
exhibit Of it's wares.
The big lecture tent of the FIorid
Experimental Colleges farming de
partment was always we'll filled an
many a Marion county farmer receiv
ed much valuable information there.
The tents and shows were fairly wei
patronized and were all good in thei
way. The restaurants We're well con
Quoted and their service and charge
moderate.
EasterIine Won a Blue Ribbon
Mr.. George w Easterling won tn
blue ribbon this morning at the fai
with his beautiful black buggy hors
= Prince, given for the best drivin
horse and rig Mr.. Easterling is just
" proud of the ribbon
How IL Looked at Three O'Clock
At three O'Clock this afternoon ther
We're proba bly, 5000 people on tn
grounds and among them many schot
children, their parents and teacher
from different portions Of the count.
J The big crowd was enjoying itse
thoroughly and everyone was we
pleased
The motorcycle race had just bee
. concluded with Ralph McCorkle CON
/ ing in the winner. Laurie Yonge sec
ond, McCorkle's time for the five mile
was six minutes and seventeen set