The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1917-10-19
The ROUNDUP FAIR
A BIG SUCCESS,
The Fine Hogs, Bulls, Chickens and
Canned Goods Show Up Mos.
C~reditably for the People of the
Several Counties. Good Crowd.
and Splendid Results.

0Oo0 SIOWQ8
and Splendid Results.
Inc County Fair and Live Stock
GXhiolt, as announced in these COL
umns for the past several issues be-
gun on Wednesday of this week. The
city park and public square have had
the appearance for the past two days
OF some thriving western town, which
mas been noted for its fine hogs, it's
FLOODED cattle and registered poul-
try. 1t is almost a revelation. For
one to have prophesied such a COL
lection of canned products of almost
every kind, hogs, cattle, poultry and
farm products in Grenada county
twenty-five years ago. and all, too,
raised in Grenada and adjoining
ties, would have been regarded as
emanations from an o~verzealous en-
thusiast or from some crack brain.
But the goods" have been delivered.
The stock, ETC., are here to show for
themselves. What has been done
can be done again and best of all
this is only the alphabet of what CAN
be done. 1t is needless here to dis
cuss the service rendered by the boil
weevil. it is needless to say that far
mers have just chad to-; but the
fact that these things are here is the
consoling matter just at this time.
The world is looking to the United
States for feedstuff, the ~exigencies
OF war makes this so. However, it
must be remembered that the people
had had a vision, that they had been
figuring, that they turned from one
crop, before the war came, but now
that the war is here, their lessons are
many, many times emphasized. For
%tunate indeed will be the day when
every hillside in Grenada county and
in the hill section Of Mississippi is
set with pasture grass and when
sheep, cattle and mules and horses,
as well as goats and hogs can be
seen browsing upon them. These hill
sides are not farm wart-appendages,
Nature lavished too much upon Mis-
! sissippi in the way of grass, running
| streams and verdant valleys for it all
not to be useful for man and beast
The Creator has done His part ant
is patiently waiting for the people
allowed to live here to do their part
The exhibits in Grenada show thai
there is beginning to be a realization
Of what is expected of the people il
these parts. Nature has been so Law
ish that the very lavishness has pro
duced an indifference, a don't care.
way of doing things. But the col
leges of every kind have been send
ing out men for the past twent!
years who have carried the lesso,
of intelligent effort, the agriculture
colleges especially, the lesson of di
versifcation and fertilization with tn
result that the farmers of Mississippi
of the entire country, are better of
than ever before. Now comes tn,
Grenada Bank and takes up the wor'
where the colleges cannot follow i
any further and to that institution
is largely due the credit for the fai
in Grenada and much of the bette
farming and stock raising in thi
county. These exhibits came, as here
tofore stated, from the twelve dit
ferent counties where the bank ha
branch institutions. The bulls wer
as fine as the best; the chickens equs
those of any section of the countr
and the hogs are prize takers an!
where tehy go. There were twent.
two exhibits of swine. Almost ever,
thing in the way of canned geoC
was shown and it made a sight M
only good to look at, but appetizin
one. And, too, n could but fe'
ecsurer for the coming years for 20
terity when he would consider VIII:
of the waste of years ago could |
stored for the rainy day. Only in
%potence and immortality. it woul
seem, could bring upon this countl
any of the famines of the orient
world.
The following is the official pr
gram for Thursday, the second da
, of the fair:
1000 a. m.-Farm Implement Der
onstration.
II 200 a. m.-Poultry Grading; Ed
cational Demonstration.
1870 a. m. to 1890 p. m.-Baf
Concert.
1900 m.-Lunch on the Ground.
1 100 p. m.-Speaking by DR.. j.
Countiss and representatives fro
the A. & M. College.