Daily Kennebec journal., 1918-08-28
FAIR NOTES

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fer the Fifteenth Annual Exhibition
Of the Central Maine Fair, to be ned
SEPT. 1913 inclusive, are now being
rapidly brought to a close, and from
now on. everyone connected with the
prcparation and staging of the en-
terprise will be busily engaged In
,rinsing their work for the season
10 successful climax.
-'he same policy pursued in the
past continues to be the watchWord
for the present and such features as
have been instructive and educatlcn-
al will be retained this year.
The great tents for housing the
, livestock. poultry and machinery ex-
| hipits will leave Boston August 3lst;
, the race track is in the best condl-
! ton in its history all grass and
small PEBBLES having been raked out
enc the surface looks like a billiard
table. The entries of livestock are
coming to hand in each mail, and
Yesterday the secretary received en-
ties from The Blue Hog Breeding
Company of Wilmington, Mass. of
! l07 head of hogs. These Will be
cared for in tent erected near the
! clain shed and it will be an exhibit
of swine never before seen in this
rdlt of the country. 1t looks at the
present writing as though the live
stock would be present in even larg-
cr numbers than last year.
Both the Hereford and sheep auc-
ton sales will undoubtedly bring
purchasers from all over New Eng
land and inquiries are daily coming
70 hand from new districts.
! The Agricultural building this year
viii, he scene from the rural dis
, tricts. Ten Oranges from various
Iarts Of the state have signified
their intention Of exhibiting. These
VIII all be located in the second
story of the building now being pre-
pared for their reception. These, in
aceition to the usual list Of agricul-
tu,al products. will make this build
I, ing the meeting place for interested
Persons. This season will bring the
fouI days of the fair we'll into the
season Of ripened fruits and grains
ano the displays in all these depart
r'tnts ought to be the best in years.
| Commenda ations from various pa
irons of the fair of last year, are
coming to hand daily. making special
mention of the courtesy extended by
the Waterville people in extending in
vitations to their homes during their
! stay in the city. This is the real
test of some of the ideas advanced by
! the management of the fair. which
will bring to this city and to this
community a reputation Of open
handed hospitality which can not fai!
in the years to come. to be taken into
account in favor Of our community,
and while the management recognizes
the fact that in some lines of busi-
ness along the street patronage may
be brisker than in others. still Is there
not a broader view to be taken when
il becomes known all over NeE Eng
land that Watervillc is the home of
the Central Maine Fair; that it in
augurated the first sheep auction sale
ever held in the New England states ,
that the New England Hereford
Breeders Association came here to
hold it's first sale. and this year are
coming back. conquered by the hos
pitality of the citizens Of this city and
realizing that we have the beginnings
of the only real livestock and agri-
cultural exhibition shown in the en-
/ tire State of Maine. The men and
women who come here during the
fair, come from all over Maine, and
during the last few years, the patrons
have been coming from wider fields,