The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-10-17
WALKER COUNTY HAS
REGULAR FAIR, SAYS.
PRESIDENT PRESTON
Jasper Banker Says EXPOSE
ton Is Showing Farmers
of His County They
Can Live at Home

1t is not going to be many years
before farmer in Walker county will
be ashamed to walk into a store and
puy any pork, beef lard, canned goods
or other things that can be raised on
his own farm" said A. S. Preston,
banker, and president of the Walker
fair. I'VE are on the road to that point
now and the number living at home is
increasing all the time. And as the
farmer lives at home he finds how
advantageous it is to have some extra
stuff for the people of the town We
want to see the day that not dollar
will go out of Walker county for any
thing that can be grown or raised
within its borders That's one of the
chief aims of the Walker county fair,
which opened yesterday for one week"
That the people of Walker county
are fully alive to the Importance Of
diversification and improved agricul-
tural conditions was shown last night
by the reports on the county fair
which opened at Jasper yesterday Mr.
Preston gave glowing account OF
the showing made at the opening of
the exposition.
THE county fair which we opened in
Jasper yesterday was a splendid dem
onstration of the interest the people of
Walker are taking in the matter of
farm Investigation, in the raising of
live stock and in the general better
ment of agricultural conditions" said
Mr.. Preston. 1--WE have striven to max
our fair a real value in that. it would
show to the people just what could
be done along these lines in our coun-
ty. After all is said and done, these
are the prime requisites of any fair
and these are the things the people
of the south are working for now
This display Of live stock is as fine
as could be found anywhere and so
far as quality is concerned would
compare favorably with the best west
ern state fairs. We have the very best
of beef and milk cattle and the dis
plays of thoroughbred hogs show that
there is no excuse for people in Wal
ker county buying any more pork and
lard from st. Louis or other western
cities
zone of the objects of our fair has
been to teach the people to live at
home In the past there have been
many good farmers who refused to
take up the raising of hogs and cat
tie and who refused to diversity, saying
that the climate and conditions of this
section were not suited for them as
were some other sections. However,
we are demonstrating to them that
such is not the case. They are being
convinced that cattle and hogs can be
raised here as well as anywhere and
that a greater diversity of farm prod
ucts can be grown than in any other
section of the country.
"Of course. we have all the other
essentials of a fair in the way or
amusements, but it was the agricul-
tural and live stock end which was
made with an eye to the future up
building of our county. OF course we
have a large number of carnival at
fractions and free acts and some of the
best race horses in the state, includ-
ing nearly 20 fast horses from outside
our own country.
1.-THE people of Walker county believe
in reciprocity and we think those~sof
Birmingham do the same. Now we sent
hundreds of our people over here ev-
cry day during your fair. What we
want to insist upon is that Birming-
ham reciprocate and we will guaran-
tee to show them something that will
be a revelation in the matter of farm
products and live stock. We will prom
Use to give them a splendid welcome"