The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1913-11-27
FINE EXHIBITS AND
MANY PEOPLE AT THE
MARION COUNTY FAIR

The Marion County Fair never
looked more bright and promising
than it did Wednesday Afternoon.
The exhibits were all in place, pro-
fuse in number and quantity and
extra fine in quality. At least two
thousand people were present, rec
ord breaking crowd for the second
day of the fair. The weather was
of the best, and the brightness of
the skies was reproduced in the tenn
per of the people.
The principal part of the fair is
always the agricultural building.
Our agriculture is our foundation.
Unless it is broad and deep, all our
other prosperity is artificial and un-
certain.
Truly the agricultural hall bears
an encouraging aspect at this fair.
The long tables are heaped with
products, and in the open spaces are
stacked hay, oats and fodder with
their abundant promise of sturdy
work animals, fat cattle, sheep and
swine and plenty of milk and butter.
The building is nearly filled with
the products of Marion and Sumter
counties. Nearly the entire east
side of the main hall is taken up by
Sumter's display; the rest is we'll
filled by Marion.
Our county shows a variety of
products that is astonishing even to
the natives. Almost everything ed
ible that grows in North America,
except wheat and apples, is in the
display, either piled in we'll ordered
heaps on the tables or sealed in bot
ties and jars.
The most striking thing perhaps
in the Marion display is the pyramid
of fruit near the division door The
pyramid is as high as a tall man
and at least seven feet thick at the
base. Grapefruit form the founda-
ton, and on this is ringed circle on
circle of golden oranges, narrowing
to the apex.
Gigantic stalks of sugar cane as
tall and thick as saplings are stack
ed around some of the posts. Across
the rafters lay immense bamboo
canes, raised on the Golden Acre
farm. When one looks at these, he
can understand why the people of
the far east use the joints for buck
cts. They come very near being as
thick a sthe buckets that are used
in pipe wells.
The L on the north end of the
building is given up to corn, to
fruit and flowers. Near the door,
glittering with its glass case, is the
Boozer cup, the trophy that any
community in Marion or elsewhere,
would be proud to own.
The most striking thing in this
room, and one OF the features of the
fair, is the Munroe & Chambliss dis
play. The proprietors of the bank
own farms. the interest of the farm
ers is their special care, SO it is ap-
propriate that they help out the fair
by taking such a big space and fill
ing it SO appropriately. A regular
bank advertisement is printed il
corn on the wall. At the top is the
date 1913" in large figures, form
ed of grains of corn. Below in {
semi-circle 'tMunroe & Chamblis:
Bank is lettered in sections made
by cutting thru the ears. Within tn,
semi-circle the words "Establishet
1897 are lettered in grains.
The sign is most striking and ap
propriate. At its foot is heaped tn
products of the farms Messrs. Nun
roe and Chambliss are interested il
oranges and grapefruit, corn
oats, sugar cane, tomatoes. beans
potatoes, squash, pumpkins an
many other things.
This display cost Munroe an
Chambliss a good-sized sum, Blu
they consider they wisely investe
the money.
Corn Crops of Florida
- In trays on the south side of tn
room is heaped quantities of big
sound ears of corn. So fine dis
play did this make that it awakene
the admiration of Professor Rolf
of the government experiment sta
ton at Gainesville, who was PAL
ticularly looking after the corn il
terests of the farmers.
The corn crop OF Florida, said tn