The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-08-22
ALL READY FOR THE FAIR
WHICH STARTS TUESDAY
Attendance is Expected TO be Up to
The Avera9e-Nlany Fine Features
For This Years Fair-PIenty of
AmuSementS.

For the past few days there has
been unusual activity out at the
grounds of the Dorchester County
Fair Association, as the men have
been getting things in shape for the
Great Fair to be held Tuesday, We'd
nesday, Thursday and Friday of next
week. Everything is ready, too, and
| if the weather is good there should
| be a record-breaking attendance this
year. Many persons thought that on
account of the war the attendances
would fall off at the county fairs this
year, but exactly the opposite has
been true; fairs all over the country
have been better attended than ever
before in their history.
| One reason for this is the fact that
people have been working hard,
many people have worked harder in
the last year than they have ever
done before in their lives, and it is
/ but natural that they should feel like
| taking a day or two off now and
meeting, not only their home friends,
! but friends from every section of the
county, and from many of the cities
as well. Speaking of meeting people
from the cities brings to mind the
fact that grear many people living
| in Baltimore, Wilmington, Philadel-
phia and other places, who formerly
! lived in the county, arrange to take
| their vacation while the fair is going
on at Cambridge, as it enables them
| to see many persons they otherwise
would not have the chance of seeing.
So many persons come from Balti-
more that the big steamer Dreamland,
the largest excursion steamer in Bal
timore, runs excursions to Cambridge
three days during the Fair, and usu-
| ally brings tremendous crowds each
| day. Then in these days of State
roads, there are thousands of per-
sons each day who come by automo-
biles. And there is no use talking
about it, people owe it to themselves
to take a little time off for recrea-
ton. The best business men in the
country do it; in fact, almost every
one recognizes the need of doing so;
| it makes one feel more like work.
| There are going to be many fea-
lures this year that will appeal very
oil h. Fn
Wednesday will be Tractor Day. The
| County Agent, Mr. feathers, has ar
ranged to have most of the tractors
that demonstrated last week at the
West farm, return to the Fair on
Wednesday, when they will again
demonstrate just what they will do.
! Not only this, but in addition to
those which were to be seen at the
recent demonstration, there will be
several that We're unable to make
the connection for Cambridge at that
time Now every farmer and every
landowner is interested in tractors;
tractors are bound to become just as
numerous as automobiles; they sup
ply need that the intelligent and
whether he does it now or waits un-
til some time after his neighbors and
friends have done so. The tractor is
here to stay, it supplies demand
that can be filled by no other machine
1T may be expensive and all of that,
but it does not eat its head off during
the winter months; it does not get
sick and lay down and die, it does
not kick, but, if treated right, it is
good, steady, reliable machine, that
can be depended upon to do its work
under practically all kinds of condi
tons. Now every man interested in
farming, and the ladies, too, will
want to see this tractor demonstra-
| ton on Wednesday, August 2Sth.
In addition to the tractors, there
will be an unusually large display of
| farming machinery. One concern
has been in correspondence about
renting the whole of one Of the tents
for it's machinery display; others
have arranged for more display room
than usual, so that there seems ev-
cry reason for believing that the
farm machinery display will be very
| large this year. Manufacturers of
| farm machinery are realizing the
great demand for labor saving ma
chinery, and are trying to meet this
demand. Every line of industry has
| been handicapped by lack of labor,
| farmers have been given a greater
preference than any other class, but
their products would be worth moth,
ing if the railroads could not haul
them, or if the ships were not in
waiting to carry a large part of the
crop to foreign countries, or if there
was not such a demand for labor as
to enable it TO pay big prices for
what it needs. If every man started
out to grow his own food, the farm
ers would be put out of business, and
so would the manufacturers, but in
stead of this, the various lines of
industry work together, one supplies
one thing, the other another, and so
on all along the line of public ne
cessities, and every branch of indus