Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1912-08-29
TRI-STATE FAIR
Offers MANY PRIZES
ARKANSAS, MISSISSIPPI AND TEN.
NESSEE WILL GET LARGE SUMS.
AGRICULTURE ENCOURAGED
Association Will Promote the Agricuk
tural interests of Three States.
Secretary Fuller Says Fair
viii Be Typically
Agricultural.

The Tri-State Fair Association Of
Memphis has arranged to make the agri-
cultural exhibits OF the fair this year,
September 80 to 20, inclusive, the prom
inent features of the fair.
The arrangement has been 50 perfected
that each county in Arkansas, Missis-
sippi and Tennessee which enters the
fair with an agricultural exhibit will re-
ceiye not less than $4,000 III prizes,
while those counties which excel may win
considerably more.
The outlay will be considerable and the
returns to the fair will not be proper
Tomato to the expenditure, but the man
agement expects the reward to come in
an incentive for better agricultural
methods and better results i'll farming
in the South.
The exhibits will be an object lesson
to those who aspire to succeed in farm
ing and produce bumper crops according
to the improved methods which all up
to-date farmers are employing at this
time.
Dependent on Agriculture,
The Tri-State Fair is largely depend
ent upon the agricultural cooperation Of
Arkansas, Mississippi and Tennessee in
making it a success, as the city Of Mem
phis must be sustained by the products
OF the farms Of those three states. 1t is
in recognition of this fact that the fair
association has placed the agricultural
building in Il place of prominence near
the main entrance to the grounds and Is
giving much thought to developing the
attractive as well as the educational
features of this department of the fair.
The county exhibit feature has proven
quite a success in the past, but has never
been the complete success which was
desired nor what may be expected from
this years fair. The interest has been
increased from year to year and the
scope of territory covered and the mum
Der of exhibits this year will be larger
than ever before.
The amount of money offered for
county exhibits has been largely in
creased and the prizes have been SO ar,
ranged that each county will profit from
the distribution.
There will be first, second and third
prizes for the best general county dis
play from each of the three states, ag'
gregating 100000, and a series of cham
pionship prizes, for which the prize win
ners in the state classes compete, while
an additional series of prizes will be
awarded for the most attractively ar
ranged and decorated exhibits. A fourth
series of prizes will be awarded for the
best exhibit of a single product from any
one county and each county not sharing
in the above distribution will receive
$4,000 if the exhibit made is a creditabLe
one.
Corn Clubs Will Share.
The Boys Corn Clubs will also share
in the county prize feature as well as
in the prizes for individual exhibits. The
prizes for county exhibits total some
thing over 50, 100000 and the arrangement
by which this amount is given a wid'
and general distribution is meeting with
favor from prospective exhibitors.
The response from prospective exhib
itors has thus far been very satisfactory
and each of the three states will be rep
resented by good exhibits. There viii
be many thousands of visitors from
points outside the three states, and thu
best advertisement that could be mad'
is in the exhibition of the production
of the three states.
The decorators are now at work witt
new plans for the interior arrangement
of the agricultural building. This vii
have the effect OF greatly impro ing tn
artistic effect and at the same time adj
to the attractivenesS of the displays.
Counties desiring to make exhibits ar
required to make application for spac'
not later than September 18th. Unde
no circumstances will reservations TO
space be made after that date as tn
interior arrangement and generally dec
orative scheme OF the building will b
completed by that time and no altera
tions can be made.
The fair association will publish, 70
general free distribution, a catalogue o
the exhibit, giving a brief historica
sketch of each county making an eS
hibit and containing valuable informa
ton in regard to the agricultural an
industrial products OF the county. Thi
will add attractivrness TO the exhibit
and prove a valuable piece OF advertis
ing for the enterprising counties.
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