Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1915-02-13
PENNYROYAL
FAIR TALK
Address By The Board Of d.
rectOrS To The People of
Christian County.
To Christian County People:


be measured entirely by the size of
the dividends paid to stock holders. !
There is no doubt but its mainten- !
ance largely depends on the financial
standing. but when it is compared
with the achievements along some
other lines. it should occupy only a
position of secondary Importance.
We reach the conclusion by deter
mining for what purpose a fair is
organized and what results it is in
tended to accomplish.
A fair is organized for the purpose
of providing a specified time and
place for people to meet and engage
in a friendly open competition along
the lines of agricultural production.
Its results should be stimulated in
terest in breeding better live stock
and improving the quantity and quail
ity of crops raised in the community.
To give way to outside competition
and fail to exhibit our home products
is not only silent acknowledgment
of another's superiority, but defeats
our ultimate purpose.
1t is true that the show ring has,
like most other things of this late
day, entered the realm of the pro-
fessional and the professionals will
continue to get the majority of the
premiums offered, because they give
their best time and thought to the
production, selection and prepare
ton of what they exhibit. However,
this is no drawback to the scheme or
to the fair, because they give us an
opportunity to compare our results
with those who are specialists. and
the standard of merit which they
have attained is guide for the anna
teur. Moreover, neither dividends
nor premiums constitute any greater
part of the pecuniary benefits which
community may derive from fair.
II man shows what he has, be it
horse, COW, corn, tobacco or what
not, in victory or defeat, the result
will be the same; if he strives to do
so again, if he loses it will only in
tensify his desire to excel next time.
To merely use an animal or a farm
product that approaches the standard
type of perfection, is somewhat of
an education, but the lasting good
must come from the attempt to pro-
duce one.
There are other things which are
in a supplementary way necessary to
make fair complete, but the one of !
major Importance, the one from
which can be reapedboundless prof !!
its, isithe exhibitions of home pro-
ductioEs. 1t is therefore the indi-
vidual obligation of every breeder
and grower who is interested in the
advancement and progress of his
community to contribute to the. sue
cess of the enterprise by preparing
some display which will present the
fruit of his eoffrt. Therefore let us
hope that every citizen of Christian
and adjoining counties will resolve
to prepare and make an exhibit of
some kind for the next fair. Many
times we hear people say, if we just
had our corn, poultry, or some other
things here we could clean up with
anything here. Now, it is not good
judgment to make a remark of this
kind, because it sounds boastful, and
if you are interested as citizen you
should be willing not only 10 bring
out some of your own products, but
urge your neighbors also.
We believe we have the best peo-
pie and the best country on earth,
and most everybody are boosters,
but lest we forget ourselves and UNI
thoughtedlv drop a remark that
sounds like knocking. because the
date happens not to suit. because