Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1912-10-29
5000 ATTEND HE
 COUNTY FAIR Exhibits of Products, Stock, Poultry and Rice and Got on Attract Attention. 200 HOGS ARE SHOWN stock Display One of tie Fest Eyer Made in trkansas- Snyder
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200 HOGS ARE SHOWN

The Jefferson County Fair, the first eNhlEitiCn of it's kind to be held in Pine Bluff for many years, and which IS held in conjunction with the first Arkansas Live Stock Show and the an- hual show of the Arkansas Poultry As soclaJlon. opened auspiciously yester- day afternoon at the lot between Tenth and Martin avenues and Main street. The weather was ideal and the weather man is predicting Fair ! weather for the entiae week.
 Though many exhibits were not in place Ill the agricultural display and the stock entries have not all arrived about 5000 people celebrated the op- | ening of the institution which, it is expected, will be held annually here after. The students of the white schools were given free admittance to the grounds yesterday afternoon and the colored pupils will attend this afternoon
 The attractions furnished hy the Snyder Greater Shows were in full swing last night and were we'll pat ronized. The amusements are clean and of sufficient diversity to give an evenings entertainment to all classes.
 The Poultry Show.
 The entries at the poultry show, which is state affair, has passed the 1000 mar kEwith more to come. The GOODS have been arranged in a spec ious ,stent which allows plenty of room. Every breed is represented and the chickens have been shipped | from every corner of the state White Leghorns are in the majority. Hearn- SaIl 6 Farm, neaE-this-e eity, having en- tered an even 100, the largest individ- ual entry. Others entered are White W.yandoHes, Rhode Island Reds, NsaiSte sa1td Barred Plymouth Rocks, White, Buff and Black OIpingtons, sBuff, Brown and White" Leghorns, Partridge and Buff Wyanlottes and Columbian. Plymouth Rocks Pens of White Holland Turkeys andt ss5&fNe lImden Geese are also enteret.sss :. z xissS
 $1,O0D Pullet EXhibiteitS.ssS S.s <
 The feature attraction at s#tfE: poul- try.show is the $1000 White Leghorn Pullet, the property of Hearnhale EarrfT The pulleL won the champio5Esa ship. prize, a gold leg band, at the show held in connection with the Fri State Fair at Memphis srecently.. MT Haarn, who is at the head of, ,Hearn- dale Farm, said last night stock of amount of $500 had been sold since the chicken was awarded the prize at the Tennessee show.
 Another attraction at the show is the large number of Indian Runner ducks. A huge pen containing a spacious pond is located just outside thH tent; and many visitors stop to watch the ducks ill the pool.
 ' The first egg laying contest ever beldyin this section will be conducted this week and ten pens contain chickens competing for the prize.
 sJudge J. w. Savage, of Belton, Texas, and Judge Emory, of Garth age, Mo-, will be the official judges and they will begin their work to- day and it is possible that all winners will be known by tonight.
 The Agricultural Department.
 Pine Bluff and Jefferson county citizens will be surprised at the show ing made by the agricultural depart ment, the prizes for which will be awarded to residents of Jefferson county only. J. E. Rogers and George l.. Lowe, county agents of farm dem onstration work, have this division in charge and both of them last night said they were agreeably surprised at the number of fine specimens of ag- ricultural products which had been sent in. Among the many exhibits are huge turnips, sweet and Irish po- tatoes weighing as much as l-2 pounds, mammoth pumpkins, tobacco. cotton, corn, peas, ribbon cane, 15 feet long, peanut hay, Lespedeza, peavine hay and bermuda. One whole side o1 large table is covered with some oI the finest corn ever exhibited, while canned vegetables and honey takes up large space. Several stalks or cotton literally loaded with bolls ton the big table and one of the agricul- tural agents said that it was the result of careful selection of seed and could be raised by any farmer.
 Art Display.
 While no speciality was made of the art department many handsome eX- hibits have been sent in consisting O. embroidered center pieces, beautifully worked cushions, hand worked counterpane and other specimens of this kind of work. One corner Of the agricultural tent will he given over to this work and a handsome display arranged.
 The Stock Show.
 The stock show will easily go be- yond the expectations of it's boosters. At least two hundred hogs, each with pedigree foot long, have already