Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1915-10-01
THE COUNTY FAIR.

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growth of community, especially as
an aid in assisting the farmer with
his products.
| The county fair edusates, and shows
the farmer where he can diversity his
crop In legitimate and valuable man
ner. 1t is change with results known,
and not experimental
In discussion of the fairs, the Sa-
vannah Morning News had the follow
ing editorial:
when the people of county are n
the dumps because crops have not
done well and debts is general, the
farmer unable to pay the merchant
and the merchant on that account I'M
able to meet his obligations in full
there is not much enthusiasm in that
county over plans for fair. But
when crops have been profitable, debts
are being paid, and the outlook for
| the fall trade season is excellent, the
farmers and their wives take interest
in the preparation of exhibits for the
fair and everybody is anxious to lend
| hand to make it a success. So, since
the prospect of successful fair seas
on is pretty good indication of pros
perity, it is worth while to call atten
ton to the really remarkable series of
county, intercounty, state and district
fairs that will help to make October
| and November busy months in, Geor-
gia.
"The complete list of them would
make tedious reading, and yet it IS
not as long as it ought to be. The
| names of some counties are missing
from it that by all means should be
there, for they are counties that need
the aid of every influence that viii
help build up their farms, increase
the quality, quantity and variety of
their products land give them public
ity in an effort to attract settlers.
County fairs exert an influence Of
just that sort. They give an oppor !.
tunity for the exchange of ideas about
crops, enable all the farmers of a
county to profit by each others ex-
perience, and are especially valuable
at this time because they help to pass
along from farmer to farmer informa-
ton about many crops that must be
substituted for a part of the cotton
crop next year.
Most of the fairs will be held in the
second and third weeks of October
The First District Fair at Savannah is
the real curtain raiser, opening its
doors Oct. II, and closing them Oct
16. The dates of the Southwest Geor-
gia Fair at Donaldsonville are Oct 10
to Is, that of the East Georgia Fair at
washington is Oct 90, while in about
| the same period fairs will be held II
Emanuel, Toombs, Camden, Butts.
Appling, Dodge, Tattnall, Lee, Wayne
and Dooly counties and perhaps in
others. Thomas, Pierce and Coffee
counties prefer November dates and
the Twelfth District Fair at Dublin
will be held Nov. 8 to 8. The Five
| County Fair at Millen, in which Bu!
loch, Screven, Burke, Emanuel and
Jenkins will participate, will be held
Oct. 26 to 81.
This does not pretend to be a com
plete list, but merely indicates that a
great number of Georgia business men
and farmers believe fairs are worth
while. Next year the list should be
much longer. Every county in South
Georgia should either have a fair of
its own or join with its neighbors t.
have one. Fairs pay in real money
They foster the cooperation spiri.
that has been found to be proftab {
by farmers il other states and in some
parts of Georgia. They help numbers
of farmers to profit by the mistakes Of
one farmer and to be taught by his
successes. The county that takes no
| part in fair lacks that much of be.
ing as progressive as it should be-"