The Springfield herald., 1914-09-11
The Last Issue
Before the Fair

Just what the mis- takes of this
year are, will be better known
after the fair is over, but it looks
row as ii the time of holding it,
in the midst of the greatest crop
the county has ever known,
is one great big mistake that
will not not want to be repeated.
The calling of the fair for the
date set was a compromise be-
tween the too early and the too
late. The August fair is gener-
ally too early for matured
crops, and the October fair is
generally too att for flowers and
certain vegetables.
1he date set was unquestiona-
bly, right for the best crop dis
play, but it hap pens also to be
the right lime for harvesting, and
brOOmcorE and fodder harvest
particularly is something that
just about has to be done at the
right time.
We are consequently fearing
that both exhibits and attend
ance are going TO suffer on ac-
count of the early date of the
fair. We will have a good attend
ance and good fair, but it is a
certainty that neither will be
what it would have been if the
fair mad been held in October.
Once more the Herald wants
to call attention to some of the
features Of the fair that want to
be understood aad kept in mind'
and will again refer to the pa
rade, in the matter of which par
ticular attention wants to be
called to the fact that the chanc-
es for winning the S25.00 prize
increases as the number of floats
decreases.
To our knowledge, great
many floats that were planned
will not be in the parade by rea-
son of 4he great rush of work in
crop harvesting. That increas-
es the chances of the one in the
parade, and though not a good
thing for the parade, it makes it
Il good thing for that one.
We want to call attention a
gain to the necessity of dis
play of farm tools in that pa
rade-headers, grain and corn
binders, one and two row disc,
weeders, knife weeders, tooth
and disc llarrows, grain drills,
stirring and sod plows, corn
planters. disc and moldboard
gang and sulky plows, grain
cleaners, broomcorn seeders
and balers, corn shelters
threshing machines-anything
and everything used on the farm
in the machinery line; and the
exact same of all household ma
chinery.
One of the big features of the
fair, during the whole three days
will be the Lamar band-one of
the famous bands of the state.
The band had a chance to go to
the state fair at Pueblo, but pre-
ferred to help Baca county in.
stead, out Of kind of home
pride.
The races will be great big
thing. See premium list. The
racing excitment will be every
day of the fair
There isn't any questioning lhe
fact that the farm exhibits at
the fair will be eye openers.
From all over the county the
exhibits are coming-every-
Thing that grows out of the
ground.
The stock exhibits are going
also to be great To say nothing
of local and individual pride, the
stock premiums are worth GO
ing after. See primium list.
The great success in planning
and financing the fair has been
beyond any possible conception.
When the Herald and it's
valued contributors began to
talk fair last spring, good So
cial time with few ten cent and
dollor premiums was all that
was thought of.
But every opposition to the
fair was swept away, every OBJ
sticle was overcome, and we are