The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-10-04
Preparations Are Completed
This Year One Day Ahead
Of. Time.
FARM EXHIBITS
LARGER THAN EVER
Entries in Poultry, Cattle, Horse
and Farm Produce Departments
Exceed Former Years.
MANAGER WARWICK PLEASED
Grounds in First-Class Order, and
Everything Ready for Coming
Of Visitors.

AS IL with tho magic of another
Aladdin's lamp. the Virginia State Fair
Grounds have spIung into active being.
and tho spaces SO lately filled with
haunting silences are spread to-day
with vast panorama OF human activi-
tics. Whitc-topped tents. ronred in q
night, cover all the grounds and
everywhere arc lying in trim array the
exhibits. OF Virginia industries. And. I'm
spite OF the present financial stress
which the country Is underG ding, 1t is
confidently believed and predicted by
The members of the directorate and the
active officials that the fair will bo the
greatest and most successful in tho
history OF the State. Even yesterday
mere was noted n greater degree OF
preparedness than was cxperienccd
Just one day before the fair opened last
year The majority OF the agricultural
cAiiiDtts are now inl place and the
stables for the cattle and horses and
me stalls for the sheep and swine arc
oeing hlled with greater rapidity tlIgn
ever before The tented shows Will be
mp and in position by Tonight Pruc-
i'cisiiy all the display and luncheon
booths wcrcsup ycstcrday, ana several
Uid business.
GROUNDS HAVE Dt,E,N pIrr
IN ADMIRABLE: CONDITION
The grounds have been pu. into adj
'niiablc condition., 80 that there viii
lc a." ,nscoiufort arising from dust and
rnld. Granite dust has Lcc, laid In.
: 'front.' oi mo grand stand; tho roadways
haSc 'heen rolled and hardened and are
I continually watcred: comfort houses
inSe r'''fhstalied In convenient
places. ana every other necessity which,
experience requires and dictates for the
comfort arc convenience OF the visitor
has bec'i Installed and tested.
There VIII probably be moro exhibits
this year than there have been at any
previous state Fair, and this In spite
oil the pcss;rnism of some who thought
That the farmer had begun TO loae in
tercst. and that hard times had befallen
him to such an extent as effectively
10 Keep him and Is products away As
matter or fact. some Of the exhibits
are overcrowded. There are 500 more
entries 2or the poultr.A show than
there have been In any previous ex-
hibit. and. because o. lack of space.
the officials decided to put two chickens
where one went before
CATTLE AND HORSE EXHIBITS
LARGER THAN EVER BEFORE
Tho cattle and horse exhibits are as
large. II not larger, than ever before.
ana there are already on the grounds
as many swine as were seen on the
opening day OF the fair last year. En-
tries arc coming In not only from Vir.
ginia, but from many other noted anrI-
cultural and stocls-raising sections of
the country. The spaces allotted to
n l.
ready filled The county exhibits with
three -fourshs OF the counties of the
state entered are practically complete
and ready for.tnspection. The sections
SCI ASIDE LOT machinery and agricul-
turei implements arc now occupied
Along Midway and Ballyhoo Lane
favorite. resorts of all visitors. there
are almost solid lines of tents and
Yesterday the fakers began their
plants, practtcing on the "deadheads'
~
themselves had gotten into the grounds
But they refused to be ent!ced. and tho
faker replied with shrue of his
shoulders. knowing full well that bet
ter times were on the way and that
his garrulity would not be lost unon
the crowds to come -
PREPARATIONS COMPLETE
ONE DAY AHEAD OF TIME
Manager Warwick said Yesterday
afternoon that the work was n day
IN advance of what 1t was last year,
and he was pleased more than evar
with the outlook for the present Stnte
show. He pointed with some pride to
the county EXHIBITS, where, as alwaya
Nins Corn reigns supreme. and where
are stocked and displayed everything
that Is grown mo Virginia soil. Farm
produce, garden products and fruits
were never In greater abundance and
never more tastcfplly arranged. Great
yellow pumpkins Mic next to golden
ears or corn. Alfalfa bales are built
into pyramids behind which the green
and gold, with here and there scarlet
flash, OF fruits and vegetables lure one
on to closer view. Nor are the women
to be gainsaid In their claim that the
products of their hands arSa less to be
desired and emulated than the things
their sons and fathers have made and
grown. Jars of jam and preserves are
stacked high. and ranged beside them
are piles upon piles OF canned thincs,
such things that tickle the palate as
we'll as please tho eye. And over in
the Administration Building ono NAV
see the dainty fabrics they have
wrought with the needle through the
long winter nights and the old -fus sh-
toned ihome-spun bedspreads lying be-
side the patchwork quilt which is part
ofsmany young brides parental gift,
Not least among them all Is the great
exhibit of the Boys and Girls Poultry
Club, nor of tho Boys' Corn Club. nor
& still again the display of the Girls,
G Canning Club. Every side of home life
9 and agricultural endeavor is exhibited,
Z and the aggregate is SO large and pleas;
ling that only man OF easy phrase
g and delicate word could describe 1T.
sf BY tonight the sound of hammer and
saw will have ceased, and on tile NOR
row the fair will be ready. Practically
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