Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1918-09-06

has been an annual event for the past
thirty-four years and is one of the
oldest and perhaps the best known in
Northern Michigan will be held at East
Jordan Sept. II, IS, 10, 20.
The old residents of Charlevoix
County appreciate how this fair has
grown and developed in the past thirty
four years. They will remember that
it was originally held in one building
and has gradually developed from a
very small fair to one which now re-
quires ten buildings and forty acres Of
land and that the present grounds have
developed from forty acres of under-
brush into the most improved County
Fair plant in this part of the country.
This year the management has en-
deavored to have a fair which is COM
plete in every department and have
especially endeavored to develop the
patriotic and educational features and
it points with pride to program which
will be worth coming miles to see.
Among the features of the fair this
year will be the following. Every in
dication points to barn full of regis
tered cattle. The cattle exhibit last
year was the best ever held at the
Charlevoix County Fair and this year
there will be more and greater vari-
ETY. of thoroughbred cattle. The ex-
hibit of last year created great deal
of interest among the farmers of this
county and resulted in at least four
farmers laying the foundation for
thoroughbred herds. In this depart
ment the butter fat contest will be held
again this year and every farmer who
has what he considers a champion
mixer is urged to enterhis cow in this
contest.
Charlevoix county this year has been
blessed with an exceptional grain and
vegetable crop and the Secretary has
heard from farmers in all sections of
the county who feel that they have
grain and vegetables which they think
will take first prize and who are going
to exhibit these products and get the
opinion of experts as to their quality.
Fruit is also much more plentiful
this year than it was last and the grow
ers of fruit in the county have indicated
their intention to exhibit their best
products and the competition in this
department will be unusually keen.
The Fair Association has purchased
the Grange building on the fair grounds
and will use it this year as poultry
building and as building for the exhi-
bition of the war garden and war gar
den canning clubs products. The old
poultry building has been torn down
very much improving the looks OF the
grounds. People having poultry to
exhibit should observe that the method
of awarding prizes in this department
has been changed and that an expert
from the M. A. C. will do the judging
and will deliver lectures on poultry
raising and feeding on two days Of the
fair using the birds exhibited to illus
trate his lectures. This is an excellent
opportunity to get an experts opinion
as to the quality of your fowls.
The educational exhibit is always 6
feature of the Fair and Miss Stewar
reports this year that every inch ot
space in the buildings will be taken ur
with exhibits of very high class. She
has also planned an excellent program
for School Day, Sept. 10Th, which will
include an address by Hon. H. X. Pat.
tengill Competition among the junior
four minute men and a spelling con
test among the township winners oi
spelling contests held last winter.
In the dairy products, cooking and
fancy work departments an entirely
new feature has been added this year
in that the ladies work will be judged
by an expert from MAC. This should
cause great deal of interest in this
department and should insure a large
and varied exhibit.
Mr.. Smith, the County A. .ricultura
Agent, has secured speaker oi
national repute to address the farmer:
on Farmers Day, Sept. 10th. In ad
dition to this main address there will
be other addresses on various subject.
given by the expert judges which ht
has secured to do the judging in the
various departments.
A tractor demonstration will be giver
each day Of the fair by Ford and Cleve
land and possibly by Moline tracto,
and by tractors of other makes.
There will be milk testing contes
under the supervision Of Mr.. Smitl
given by various boys clubs in tn,