Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-09-19
ENTRIES FOR State FAIR
WILL CLOSE THIS WEEK
Saturday. September rs, at Mid
night Is Final Limit for All
Departments.
NEW PLAN OF COUNTY EXHIBITS
VIII Be Classified According to Prod
ucts Instead Of by Counties-Onc
Exhibition to Bring Ten Carloads
of winning Chickens.

This Is the last week in which en-
tries for any department OF the Vir-
ginia State Fair can no made, as all
entries close at midnight Saturday.
september %. Between that date and
the opening Of the Fair. October II.
the clerical force In the offices of the
Virginia State Fair Association Will
list the entries SO that awards can be
mSde expeditiously.
Every farmer in the State has been
importuned TO make Il display at the
Fair and every housewife has been
importuned to make display OF
jelltes. preserves cakes, or some piece
OF fancy handwork. Such exhibits
give a personal interest in the Fair.
and the officials are anxious to have
every person in Virginia regard the big
State Fair as his or her individual in
stitution.
NEW METHOD OF SHOWING
AGRICULTURAL EXHIBITS
It will not be necessary this year
for a person interested in tho corn
exhibit to walk all over the county
exhibit hall and view each separate
display In fact this will be true OF
every other product Of the farm. for
this year the offerings from all coun;
ties will be combined. Corn from all
counties will be shown in one exhibit;
alfalfa. tomatoes. bccts, potatoes,
squash. beans and everything else
raised on farms will each have their
separate exhibits. and 1T each stall
there VIII be some experienced man
or woman who Will deliver brief adj
dresses on the proper way to attain
the best result with each product.
The county exhibition hall will! this
year take on the aspect of great
educational institution. and every Wis
itor there. IL DESTROYS of gaining
greater knowledge as to farm work
e. m
desire gratifed.
we are certainly pleased at tho
way entries are being made for the
1915 Virginia state Fair" said Cen
eral Manager Abram Warwick last
night. 1t is gratifying TO know that
exhibitors at last years Fair were eo
we'll pleased that they are increasing
their space this year. For instance.
one exhibitor at tho poultry show last
year who had four carloads OF hne
fowls. writes that he Will bring ten
carloads OF prize winning chickens
TO the Fair next month. THIS means
that the poultry department. which is
under the direction OF g. T. Ridd!ck.
will be even greater than at any pre-
vious Fair. and indicates the great in
terest the breeders and fanCicrs of
fine poultry In Virginia are taking in
our exhibition"
CHICKEN DISPLAY WILL
RE LARGER THAN EVER
Superintendent Ridd!ck was also in
an optimistic mood yesterday. lie
said This years exhibit promises 10
be the banner event ever staged at
the State Fair. Breeders are realizing
that winning At this show means
something TO the chicken fancier. Lib
cral cash premiums VIII be paid on
all varieties OF land and water fowls.
The Fair Association has built n water
fowl yard. with a spacious pool. where
ducks. geese and all other water fowl
will be given the best oi sttention."
The?e viii be an Interesting racing
card for each dag o. the Fair, which
Will include the e"er-Popular steeplc-
chase. There Will be Il Roman chariot
race run each day. and a woman rider
on a Thoroughbred horse will race
a r!derless horse, while there viii be
a halt-mile event each afternoon FOR
women riders only.
In front OF the grand stand every
day there viii be fifteen free attrac-
men and women in aerial and aero
battle stunts. comedy acts and sensa
tional automobile stunt in which n
car will run over Butler. the auto
fiend.
The star free feature will be the ex-
hibitions Of Charles + Niles, the avia
tor. who will do near-dcath slides and
Slides in violation OF the stern laws
OF gravitation. Each n!Sht the big
show will close with a pyrotcchnic
display. featured with the spccta GUAR
production, Battle OF Dardanelles."