Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1916-05-12
THE COUNTY FAIR AND OTHER.


Once upon a time, long before was
connected with The Atlanta Journal I
visited in Indiana. EIkart, Ind. and had
my first glimpse OF the county fair.
There was one at South Bend and then
others followed. each one trying to beat
the last one me Studebakers We're do
ing a lot TO encourage the farmers that
showed stock At South Bend They had
the finest sort OF COWS horses, sheep
and hogs. but did not compete for prizes
simply showed people what good stock
was and gave prizes for the others 70
win
Since then I've often wished that
stock. would do as much for the various
counties OF our southern states.
The county fair is coming back. there
was a good one at Live Oak. Fla, at VAL
dosta- Ga. here In Tuscumbia and all
about. They are feeders for the big
fairs, Macon, Ca. Atlanta, Memphis,
and all the others naturally have better
exhibits because the winners at the
county fairs usually go TO the big ones
And there have been times. why I can
not say that exhibits passed over at the
county fair have taken prizes away
from home
The Boys and Girls clubs are doing
9 lot toward making these smaller fairs
q success And that Is partly why am
writing about the fairs. Il is not the
nos, COW nor chicken. any more than
the corn. cotton and hay. that is picked
up a. the last moment and entered that
gets the prize. One must do ones level
oest from now until autumn TO have the
oest on exhibition. Why not plant or
plan 20 have some things to show? A
community might make a gala affair of
IT. have their one-day fair and them
send the best TO their county or state
Iair Let some church. or school house
De the meeting place and let the ladies
serve hot dinner, or have a bazaar and
make some money, for never have
seen people eat as they usually can on
a crisp autumn day after walking about
looking at their neighbours best hogs
cows. peas or Percherons.
neard farmer say that his wife
was never satisfied: that when the cow
gave half gallon Of milk and thew sen,
two pounds OF butter to town. she was
proud. but kept saying, This COW must
90 better. then when they worked up
10 gallon OF milk she bought a six
quart bucket and insisted on its being
fun and now sends a two-auart bucket
along TO bring in the milk the other
bucket won't hold She has worked I'D
a good name for her butter and sells
eight pounds week I content that the
only way 20 succeed is 10 raise your
ideal notch or two higher all the time.
and you will always have something
worth while These people who reach
the first ideal and contentedly stop
there soon become members Of the has
beens" club. II is we'll enough to be
able to say. Last year 1 did thus and
So" but don't stop at that. continue by
saying. but this year 1 hope to beat
it"
A great many country people are neg
Letting great opportunity by not plan
ming to have an sorts OF things to can
this year Nothing adds TO the health
OF a family like a varied diet. The
physicians have found out that the
dread peIagra comes from eating
or protein
Corn bread can be made so full Of
eggs and milk that with good spread
OF butter il goes a long way toward
making one strong and we'll The hot
weather IS beginning and we should
change from heating foods TO salads and
more acids. The mayOnnaise on lettuce,
the good ham gravy on tender mustard
cut uD and tossed in the pan where
the ham was cooked, or young onions
served with white sauce, are all not only
appetizers but supply minerals that our
bodies demand.
There are one hundred ways to serve
eggs viii venture the assertion that
a fourth OF the housekeepers who read
this are not in the habit OF fixing them
in more than three ways. They are
cheap now and its better TO mix them
with your cabbage. or cook them with
minced beef, a can Of some sort OF beef
will help make a fine meal combined
with eggs, or you might boil nard anil
fix the yolks with bits OF 'ean meat or
simply add vinegar, salt and mustard and
put back in the hollow where the yOls
was and serve for super. Sugar is pref
" high, a doctor would charge more.
but IL does not take much sugar 10 make