The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1915-10-20

THE COUNTY FAIR

On November 3rd, 4th 5th, annual County Fair
will be held city the fair grounds The fair is an
institution county rot for the city, and the fair
will be accordingly the people fo the county pat
ronize it. county OF the county, and the center
population, speak, it is the duty of the people
of the city making all arrangements pro-
vdng premium list and procuring the exhibits and attac
This the County Fair Association has DONE The pee
pie responded to the requests the committees as never
before city of Abbeve is prepared to do and doing
more than make this fair success.
Agricultural Exhibits.
Great good can come to people county from the
agricultural exhibits by farmers and Others We are an agr
cultural people, those who not directly engaged IN the pu
suit great extent dependent upon for livelihood
Therefore, benefit the agricultural nrests of
the county helps Now improve in calling by
studying the appropratng the knowledge which
others gained We will have farmer here with crops
raised certain kind of land which he has farned or tert
lied on given plan another part of the county
has kind of land; he is interested in knowing the
plan seeing hearing of the results from an
made by planting certain kind
corn cotton grain His brother farmers from another
section need know this that species of or cotton
and the of raising it.
A Place To Lear
county fair the place selected for all these farmers
to together exhibit their productions notes and
of mutual assistance each other in furtherng the
interests of their calling There in Abbevie
county young who recent have made great
methods farming; the number of these
men, glad say constantly growing; but there
something for these learn and then there army of far
county who have farmed for with
still should methods Inc
county place of these methods of farming
brother will be here; he has something to tell
you you something which you tell him. There
FORE you yourself and him the dutya double dutyof
being here to make the fair
Divers6cation
Last fall account of the low price of cotton great
the of bankruptcy and they
looking methods of farming exate themselves from that
condition The past year has been of dverfcation
in Abbeve county One farmer has met with and
another with another dversfying crops
of tho haye tho
pays diversity and the prudent farmer will continue
ce that pan but he wants know the results of other far
along this line You may know what he wants know
planting gran vetch alfalfa other crop; he
know something which should know along these lines
Let all together and learn these things at the county
fair Prospert will always e here. people
fight panics with diversified crops may learn
how the fair.
Stock Raising
With the low price of cotton last renewed inter-
in ockrasing the county Many farmers have purchas
ed beef cattle and during the have been paun
these CATTLE and in position to give their neghbors
valuable information the subject of beef cae The Western
part Virginia given mostly stockang, and in that
section the farmers growing fbulouy wealthy pauring
their lands and raising nothing but cattle for the market
gentleman from that secon who interested in that subject
at Clemson College few years ago stated to the writer that
the Piedmont section of this state the ocraising
section he had that better than Virginia for
number of reasons which the shorter winters
longer grazing periods If this cattle raising section of
the country and the people this raise
they do Virginia. you should know it, and all should
lands
Hog gandH Hominy.
There always something about raising
farmers of this county have sent enough out of the
county for money which might have remained their
pockets because the farmers of this county all
for farm The Corn Club Boys and the
cornasers of the county will be here with their exhibits
There of knowledge which you need and which you
get by coming to the county fair.
Hogs cannot be raised without There many
things perhaps which will faen hogs Some people faen them
peas, in places they fed pnders,
people look and hickory hogs
good farmer knows that it takes along with these things
to make meat For that the farmers of the county
should raise plenty of 1t be raised told
proftably cotton; if why the freight cotton
it to market for sale and then the freight
to bring to market The people of the county have
nothing against the transportation companies but they should
farm to furnish these companies something to do.
Meet Your Friends
But this not the whole of the fair 1t is here
all meet at the close of years abors, to talk
the trials and buations of years existence, to comfort
each ohe when need of comfort and to rejoice with those
of the blue and