The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1917-11-07
FOOD CONSERVATION
FEATURED THE FAIR
RSckbes and Preserves In
large Displays.
RING EVENTS
WERE'OMITTED
T&e County Fair, Heltl@F riday, While
.S0t Attracting MS Mmct Interest and
NJ Many Exhibits, wns Largely At
tended and Many Gi@tlitaINc Ex.
llibitS rYcrc SioR'n.

hibitS rycrc Sii0Sn.
The annual county .fAir, hcl6 Fri
day Of last week was largely attend
cn ana crcditabit exhibit, were shown
in various departments, On account
o. the short time givcns preparation
q, adve rtiScmeHt of the fair, 1t did
~ t comr up to pm vious similar events
IL most departments, though the wO-
mems and field crUp departments prob-
ally were larger ana more cDynprc.
hensIrc U III thosSe depar tmcnts III the
past.
On accs,nmt OF The uuampcd condi-
ttcns Dr~.liiing qn the railroad lot,
wArcrc it was firsl tdeoitiel to haze the
ha.tcr lcad cXhibcs it, vas decided at
tbs last n&ment IN have 3hcsc exhibits
in CARING on's nU,adnM adjacent to
tin old faar grouhds. l'hc grounds
mere were in an alGai condition and
haa The exhibits lis thS class been eX-
tcnsivc eve. ything would have Been
con pincd ~ make II UrGt,I cable SHOW
ing. Scarcely any horses, mules or
COWS were shown. however, SO the
o''d& ng OF r limals in these deEart-
mcn's TOOK but a fsiw IhrtHf moments.
The swine department, also on these
grounds was Il more ambitious afi2ir.
The exhibits IN this tieputs mcnt wS'rc
made up principally Erom 9nc pens ,of
ii. HTStewar1. j. d. ttMlbc,tson, j. T.
Sumsrel and Robcrt Nuyis. Gus WAf-
ford, q pig cietl mcmtnr, ;;ia,o had his
prize winning Bcrksfare IL, this dih..
play. ,i'om Ow.Igs, son or Mayor Ow-
ings, mad cusplc oil 'fPigs in thfs
dcpa r,tp ent aiss, but fta shinlsclf, did
not sta on the srountM ion$s enough
to give mnuch III orma1lon as to their
pedigree or raisyng. T9a pig depart
ment, "Alc prob bly, nrei as AArgc IN
FORMER gts trs, wsh made |,ortis' by the
quality uf the showing. Prof Rouse.
or Clcmseon College. Judged the OK
hibits on nhc fair %;round propcr and
gave gcntn&,l sa1ists ction. flis willing
ness 10 p,hnt out al he goya ant bad
points In ?nc stock was appreciated.
Messrs II. g.. Stewart. J. NJ Sun ercl,
Jack H. DAVIS ana r. o. Sumereiy rem
dered valuaEta assisls nee in this de-
Dartment.
The field e~Op deDa .tmcnt, presld-
cd over by those two old ficld-crup-
pers, A. II. AGtloro and J. II. Power
held exhibits from about sixty differ
sentative display. Judging from the
wide variety OF fuod products shown III
this department, tho call OF the gov.
enment for mose ifooh crops did not
fall on deaf ears tits year.
The poultry department. where
superintcndents v. i. White and w.
p Norris held sway had wide va
ricty Of chickens ana other domestic
: fowls. Exhibits were not lacking in
%numh,r nor quality. III Is true that a
(much larger exhibit Goald have been
gotten together, but the Nnality OF the
individal exhibits showed that great
deal Of interest Is taken in better
poultry In the county. Judging in this
department was by that expert peul-
tryMan, w. p. Stewart, OF Simpson
vile. MIR. Stewart praised the display
very highly. The displays of the Pine
Blum Poultry Farm and j. II. Power
were particularly noteworthy The
collection of opossums, rabbits,
hounds and bird dogs was rather re-
stricted In number and comparisons
were out OF order on account OF lack
OF competition. One collio dog, one
setter. one hound and two puppies con-
stituted tho bench show. All Of them
got blue ribbons.
The ladies' department was the out
standing feature of tho fair. The
countrywide interest in the conserya-
ton of fOod resources was manifested
TO a large degree in this department.
Tho long tables and shelves in the
c0nrt room were burdened with pick
les and preserves, fruits, vegetables
and edibles Of every description, can
ned and uncanned Community eY-
hibtts In this department attracted
wide attention. Notable among these
were tho exhibits fyon the ggsatty