Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1916-08-10
COUNTY FAIR
THE BEST YET
The Management Plans to
Have Fair This Year Excel
All Previous Efforts
SEVERAL NEW FEATURES
Race Track Is Widened and
Improved Until 1t Is One Of
Best in the Northwest

That the sixth annual Grays Har-
Dor County fair, to be given at Elma
September 6, 7, s, 8 and 10, will be
the most complete exposition of it's
kind in the history of the county, is
the confident prediction of Secretary
and Manager j. B. Kirkaldie. Many
new features have been added to
the fair this year that will make it
more educational and valuable to the
farmers of the county. New build
ings have been erected and old ones
enlarged. The racetrack has been
widened and is now standard half
mile speed ring that is in excellent
condition. According to horsemen now
training on the fair grounds, the
track is one of the best in the North
west and this improvement will at
tract a far better class of horses to
the fair this fall, as we'll as make
the racing faster and more interesting
to the spectators.
In addition to the many hundreds
of premiums in the various classes
for stock, poultry, grains and grasses.
vegetables, school exhibits, etc., con-
tanned in the regular premium list.
special premiums have been offered
by the Aberdeen Chamber of Com
merce for community exhibits. The
cities of Hoquiam, Aberdeen, Monte
sano and Elma will not compete for
the community exhibit prizes, but out
side of these four cities each school
district will be considered COM
munity for the purpose of the con-
test. At least five communities must
organize and enter the contest, and
not less than five farms shall be rep
resented in each exhibit.
Secretary Kirkaldie is responsible
for an innovation this year that will
make the fair of much practical value
to the ranchers who take an interest
in the products. This departure Is
in the nature of a cost-inding re-
search and is intended to bring out
the best methods of raising all kinds
of farm products, livestock, ETC.. and
the comparative cost of production.
Blanks will be supplied all Intending
exhibitors which they should fill out.
showing the entire cost of produc-
tion-materials, labor, feed and pas
ture, quantity of feed, fertilizer, etc.
These blanks will be exhibited to-
gether with short talks by the pro-
ducers telling of their method of pro-
duction. The interchange OF ideas
and comparisons of costs should be
of much benefit to all engaged In
the same line of endeavor.
J. l.. Stahl, horticulturist of the
Western Washington Experiment sta-
ton will make comparison of the
cost record blanks and will give q
talk explaining the means by which
the best results have been obtained
and how the farmer may take ad-
vantage of the results demonstrated.
w. A. Linklater, superintendent OF
the Western Washington Experiment
station, will give lecture on the
cost results for stock.
The school exhibits this year will
be much more extensive than in any
previous year and an entire building
will be devoted to this department.
Schools in all sections of the county
will compete. In the community ex-
hibits, Garrard Creek, Cedarville.
Summit, Satsop and the lower Satsop
have signified their intention of en-
tering. Some splendid products are
raised in these localities and a great
showing should be the result.