Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1912-05-15
establishment, that half dozen 9th

ers are ahead of him in the compe-
tition. He is naturally anxious to
know the reason why, and in this
way he comes to see imperfection in
his methods that he would never
otherwise have seen. In "a hundred
ways, valuable information may be
obtained. The farmer comes to know
about new and valuable grains, and
he becomes acquainted with the pos
sibilities Of attainment in growing
all kinds Of produce in his locality.
These are away beyond his long
cherished conception in regard to
these things and he naturally desires
to know the methods by which such
excellence has been attained. He
Sees livestock, much better it may
he, than he possesses, and he desires
to know the measures by which such
excellence has been brought about.
He finds machinery on exhibition,
better than anything in that line that
The has used and he becomes ac-
quainted with the source from which
he can obtain it. He can get such
information with less of distraction
than would attend the securing of
the same at the large fair, because
of the many side attractions at the
latter.
'The farmer who becomes a reg
ular exhibitor at a small fair is al
most certain to become an exhibitor
at a large fair. At the small fair he
has received the stimulus to try and
distance all his competitors. This
leads him to study methods by which
highest excellence may be attained
When he succeeds in his efforts at
the small fair, his ambition leads
him to desire to enter larger field
and so he enters the large fair with
his product. In this way some far
mers who have produced the very Gn-
est of products that have been put on
exhibition have been educated in the
line of such production.
'1n no way can support be fur
nished SO cheaply and so surely fol-
the State Fair as by encouraging the
small fair. The man who has at
tended the small fair for years viii
not remain content with that alone
He knows that products Will come
from a wider area to the State FAN
and he wants to see then. Til;
leads him to attend, and such at.
tendance becomes as It Were, Il habit
He wants to go every var. As IRE.
viously intimated, the >.iall fair be.
comes a school to the man who ex.
|hibits there. 1t tends to multiply ex.
ihibits greatly because Of the opror.
tunity which it furnishes ard TIL:
means, in time, a corresponding in.
} crease in exhibits and exhibitors fo7
, the large fair.
i "The small fair then is worthy o:
} every encouragement. State none.
: given to sustain it is given to sus
. tain a good cause. Chambers O.
; Commerce who give moral and ma
terial support to such fairs are en-
gagged in good work and the SAM
lis true Of local boards Of trade
Even merchants, land men, bushes!
, men of all lines and professional
, men, are casting bread upon tn,
, waters that Viii come back to them
/. when in a judicious way they Civ
> tangible encouragement to the loca
!, fair. In no way can agriculture in
neighborhood be lifted to so high
t plane at so little cost as by main
tanning a county or even a more 10
2 cal fair in thriving condition. TIL
e Ontario government aids fairs in ev
4 cry township and in no place on tn
t continent has agriculture been NOR
s perfected than in the. province"