The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-06-22
STATE FAIR
AS A MARKET
COMING FAIR IN FARGO WILL
HAVE MANY EDUCATIONAL
NOT
TO BE NEGLECTED. ENTER
TAINMENT is IN YOUR HONOR.

Some OF the brightest minds of the
country are engaged at the present
Tins in considering the development
OF the old-time market for the purpose
OF reducing the large cost OF distribu-
ton and endeavorSng to bring the
producer and buyer closer together.
Nowhere is this problem solved to q
greater satisfaction Of the parties
than at the state fair. The manufac-
turer has a greater opportunity to
bring his products and demonstrate
and display them before a larger num-
Der OF prospective customers than he
can gel anywhere else for the same
expenditure of money.
Can See Output.
The prospective buyer, on the other
nand, has an opportunity to see the
output OF different manufacturers arr
ranged side by side and to observe the
demonstrations and compare the rela-
tive merits Of each machine, one with
n other. In less time and with less
trouble and expense than anywhere
else. To buy his threshing machine or
MS automobile, he does not need to
tramp from one dimly lighted ware
house to another and see machines
under artificial conditions. At the
state fair he can see them out in the
open, under natural conditions of field
trials, and examine each machine
practically while standing side by side
with its competitor, thus getting a
better opportunity for observation and
judgment, all of which opportunity the
state fair gives for an entrance fee OF
so cents.
Stock Improvement.
The farmers of the Res river valley
and the state of North Dakota are
waking up to the necessity of improv-
ing the stock grown upon their farms,
and many Of them are now in search
Of sires and dams for that purpose.
TO make selections in the ordinary
way 1T is necessary for them to expend
a large amour of time, railroad and
hotel fares while travelling from one
herd to another in an effort to find the
animals best suited for their purpose.
Breeders of the northwest will have
some of their prize winners on exhibit
ton, together with their price lists,
and the teachers of animal husbandry
at the state Agricultural college will
be available to give advice and sug-
gestions as to the class Of animals to
choose for any particular purpose. All
of which car be had at he state fair
for the price of one admission. Can
any stock buyer think of any greater
saving of time and o than he
can gain by attendance?
Breeders Interested.
The state fair is also of interest to
the breeders. There are many desir-
able herds of stock being grown and
developed in western Minnesota and
North Dakota Some of the most de-
sirable individuals in the country are
in these herds, but the fact is unknown
to h public at large, for the reason
that the owners have never placed their
animals on exhibition where they could
be seen by interested stocknien. Be
cause OF that buyers are constantly
going to southern Minnesota, Iowa.
Wisconsin and Illinois, spending good
money for railroad and hotel fares and
bringing animals which are not accIi-
mated, while stronger individuals, bet
ter adapted to the local conditions,
could have been purchased much near
"a home had their owners only brought
them to the state fair Of North Dakota
and let the fact be known.
Reputation for Butter.
North Dakota Is rapidly attaining a