The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1918-07-25
SAYS STATE FAIR
WILL BE A DANDY
Inspector Collier Boosts for Yak
ina Show and Urges Ken
neWick Exhibit

tickets consist of six admissions to the
fair, to be used by anyone and they
sell for $1.50. This gives half rate
to the fair, as the genral admission is
so cents.
State Food and Feed Inspector Har-
ry H. Collier, was in Kennewick Tues
day and he is boosting the fair on his
trip over the state. Speaking Of the
fair Mr.. Collier said:
Secretary Frank Meredith, of Yak
ina, says that he will have the best
fair this fall in the history of the or
ganization. He has erected fine
auditorium building where night
shows will be given and has provided
for campers on the ground, where
they can erect tents in the big grove
and spend the week at the fair. The
amusement features of the fair will
be the best that can be had. A big
band has been hired that will play for
dancers and big dance platform will
be erected. The race feature is one of
the best offered in years. All horse
races have been filled and there will
be automobile races Monday, the op-
ening day. The dates of the fair
this year are September 16 to 81. The
premium list is out and can be had
by writing to Secretary Frank Mere
dith, Yakima, Washington.
"The premium list has been greatly
enlarged and the money premiums
are better than ever. The women's
art and needlework department has
been much improved and the women's
building has been very much improved.
Mr.. Meredith is very anxious to get
a good exhibit of housewifely essen
tials in Kennewick. The ladies are
conserving food of all kinds and he is
anxious that the canned goods ex-
hibit be larger than in former years
and feels that great fruit center like
Kennewick can add greatly to the sue
cess of the department. The premium
list for ladies' nieedlework is very
complete and the ladies in Kennewick
are expected to help fill all of the
classes in that department.
'1The live stock premiums have been
largely increasd and it is expected all
of the leading breeds of hogs. horses,
sows and sheep are to be on hand.
81 judged two splendid poultry
shows in Kennewick and / know that
lot of good fowls are bred here. I
would like to have a large exhibit OF
J poultry from this section. The pre-
MUM list for poultry is the best yet
and it is possible for successful ex-
hibitor to win as high at $1,000 on one
variety. There are premiums for ev-
cry recognized variety of poultry and
III hope that Kennewick poultrymen
will help to advertise your section with
their good fowls. Despite the high
price of feed the poultrymen are get
ting by with their fowls. Eggs are
now bringing the best price I ever saw
for this season of the year and if the
housewife would realize that every
time she bought dozen of eggs that
she was getting 1k pounds of food
and that this food carried more pro-
TEN value than most any kind of meat
or substitutes, then eggs would come
into their own and the price would 60
much higher.
seWhen I left Seattle, broilers were
bringing 55 cents per pound and hens
j were bringing a big price. The man
1. who has fowls for sale this wintr will
be able to name his own price. note
/ that the storage men report that they
|. have the least poultry on hand in the
history of cold storage plants. Wash
ington has less that twenty-five per
cent of everything, from chickens to
geese and the price for fresh
stock is constantly growing. The
poultrymen have the best chance to
make money that / ever saw in the
forty years have been connected with
the poultry industry.
sThe war is not near over and be-
fore the war ends fowls will be nearly
exterminated in Europe. America has
been an importer of pure bred fowl:
for years. England, France, Spain ane
Belgium have shipped many Of thei1
good breeds to America. In France
Belgium, England and Italy no one i
allowed to feed poultry anything tina
can be used for human food and tn
consumption of poultry as meat sub
stitute in these countries results in al
fowls being killed off and the America
poultryman must furnish the stock t
| reseed Europe with domestic poultry
The man who breeds Orpingtons, Dor
| kings and Hamburgs will have all tn
| export trade that they can handle