The Prescott daily news., 1915-10-01
Big Business Men Backing Project and Former State
 Fair Secretary at Helm.
V. P. WEEK AS IN OLD DAYS
Horse Show, Farm Tractor Show and Dairy Cattle Show, and Harness, Running, Mule and Automobile
 Races Are Among Features.

The St. Louis Agricultural Fair, October to (Veiled Prophet Week., will be in the nature of a revival of St. Louis institution which in days of old attracted to that city many thousands of farmers and other residents of Missouri and neigh boring states.
 Representative business men are officers and directors of the fair so- ciety, the secretary of which is John T. Stinson, who for seven years was secretary and manager of the Mis- souri State Fair, at Sedalia.
 Secretary Stinson has announced that although the Horse Show, Farm Tractor Show and Dairy Cattle Show will be the three foremost features of the Fair, other features of especial note will be the Agricultural Exhi- bits, Swine and Sheep Exhibits, Poul- try Show, Farm Machinery Exhibits, Industrial Exhibits, and Mule Show.
 Some of the Free Amusements.
 The free amusements so far an
 
 ming races, mule races, automobile races and daily band concerts. An other free feature of interest to many will be the general athletic meet of the Western Association of the Amateur Athletic Union of the Unit ed States.
 Secretary Stinson is authority for the statement that the St Louis Agri- cultural Fairs saddle horse stake. S3.- 900, is the largest offered by any fair or horse show in the world this year. This stake, he said, is bringing out the best horses in at least seven great horse states-Kentucky, Tennessee, Missouri, Iowa, Illinois, Colorado and Oklahoma, In addition to the $3,0O0 saddle horse stake which will be con- peted for in five sections-stallions mares, geldings, four-year-olds and under and championship-there is a $500 under-one-year saddle colt stake, a $500 roadster stake and a $500 fine harness horse stake.
 Missouri being the premier mule state, the Fair management is offer ing a $500 mule colt stake
 The horse show proper will have forty classes, including the saddle horse, roadster light harness horse and cavalry and artillery horses.
 The poultry section, under the man. agement of Henry Steinmesch, will have 280 classes. Every known breed recognized by the American Standard will be eligible for competition.
 Demonstrations of Power Farming.
 The important part that motor pow CT is playing in agriculture will be demonstrated in the exhibition of farm tractors, which will be under the management of Frank Goodwin. There will be practical demonstra- tion of blowing and other field work, as we'll as demonstrations showing the practicability of the tractor in hauling and other farm work for which horses are still in large meas ure employed.
 The agricultural exhibits will cover general agriculture, as well as such special subjects as truck farming and corn-raising. The horticulture ex- hihits will consist of fruits and school children's garden premiums.
 There will be working demonstra- tons of the last word in farm imple- ments and scientific farming, which, Secretary Stinson promises, will be of material benefit to agriculturists and horticulturists throughout the territory tributary to St Louis
 Those familiar with St. Louis names who doubt that the St. Louis Agricul- tural Fair will be one of the best such fairs ever held in America should read the list of officers and directors The officers. besides Secretary Stinson, are James E. Hereford, president; Paul Brown, Adolphus Busch III, James A. Houchin, John c. Roberts, Charles A. Stix and w. D. Vandiver, vice presidents; and Fletcher R. Har- ris, treasurer; and the directors, in addition to Messrs. Brown, Harris and Hereford, are E. F. Bisbee, l.. w. Childress, A. c. Einstein, Merritt Mar shall, Jr, Richard McCulloch, Dinks l.. Parrish, A. L, Shapleigh, Col. D. s. Stanley, Henry Steinmesch and M. l.. Wilkinson.
 Purpose of Fair Society. An announcement issued by the of the St. Louis Agricul- tural Fair says in part:
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