The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1912-07-11
The COUNTY FAIR.


ing of copy for the book has been in
the hands of Fred Borcherdt and he
has spared no pains to get out an in
teresting and attractive premium list.
The announcement of the committee
reads as follows:
"Reorganized and under new man
agement the twenty-eighth annual
Manitowoc County Fair will open Tues
day, August p and close Thursday,
| August 20, the management having
arranged Tor three-day exhibit in
stead of iour as in former years.
"The County Fair is a public not
private institution, and it must have
the support of the public to succeed.
1t is not City Fair, neither is it
wholly country exhibit, but COM
bination in which the entire County
can unite, anG which, if given oncour-
agement should become permanent
exhibition of annual recurrence and
success.
San abiding faith that Manitowoc
County as one OF the leading Agricul-
tural Counties of the State will support
a County Fair, has prompted the COM
mittee of ten in charge of the Fair to
undertake its management and the
public is asked to show its loyalty and
patriotism. Upon the attitude OF the
public, especially the farmers of the
county, will depend largely the future
of the Fair.
"Some important changes have been
made in planning the County Fair this
year, the premium list has been entire
ly revised and new claSsitications made,
that it is believed will be more salts.
factory to the exhibitors The various
departments will be in charge of ex-
perienced superintendents and judges,
selected with reference to their espec-
ial fitness for the department, and it
will be the aim of the management to
place the supervision of the Fair in the
most competent hands, thus looking to
the most economical, successful and
satisfactory conduct of the exhibition.
'"The Manitowoc County Fair is an
educational institution of the highest
rank, it is the peoples school, wherein
is presented grand review of their
skill and learning, aifording opportuni-
tv to measure by comparison the mer-
its of their arts and industries.
'It also provides entertainment of
the highest order of excellence, con-
sisting of feature acts of the amuse-
ment world, band concerts and spirited
horses and motorcycle races, making
a visit to the Fair recreative as well as
instructive.
''The daily program Of the Fair has
been arranged so that each day will be
enlivened with special free attractions,
in addition to the regular premium
shows throughout the different depart
ments, therefore arrangements can be
made to attend on any of the advertised
days with positive assurance that the
complete program will be carried out.
"Again asking your hearty co-opera-
tion in making this years Fair the
success it justly deserves, we remain"
Very Truly Yours,
c.. F. Fechter, Chae. Brady, John
Kellner, Albert Schuette, M. II. Demp-
sey, j. j. Stangel, Chas. Esch, Gus
tave Torrison, f. T. Zentner, Jay Hall.
An agricultural paper not long ago
defined a county fair as "an exhibit
prepared by a community for the pur-
pose of advertisement and for the edu-
cation and attraction Of the public, :"
and the definition is a good one.
The county fair is Of Importance to
the farmers. Naturally it should be
faithfully representative of the coun-
ty's agricultural products. But it is
true, however, that such is not always
the case in Manitowoc county fairs.
Evidently many farmers do not appre-
ciate the fact that display of products
is good advertisement for the farmer
as well as for the county in general.
The premiums offered this year are
sufficiently large to be of great attrac-
tion in themselves, but the farmer who
raises fine stock and neglects the fair
as means of making the public ac-
quainted with his mplishments in
that line is overlooking n good adver-
tising opportunity. The same may be
said with regard to the products of the
soil. 1t requires some time and trouble
to prepare an exhibit for the fair, but
the farmer who does 80 will not have
labored in vain even though he may
not fare very well when the blue and
red ribbons are distributed. He, at
least, has advertised his goods and
has advertised himself as a progressive
citizen.
Every farmer who has the energy
and the ambition to get along in the
world should cooperate with those who
are working to make success Of the
county fair this year. 1t will pay him
to do so, for advertising pays in farm.
ing as in other things. A fair is not
alone OF value to the immediate local..
ty where IL is held. 1t helps business
of course at the place Of its location
but it also helps the whole county, ant
the influence OF a first class fair ex
tends even beyond county boundaries
For that reason the fair should be re