The Devils Lake world and inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1915-1920, 1919-04-02

miums and exhibits, and dwelt to
some length on the benefits that the
country is receiving through the Civ
ing of premiums to the boys and girls
for having attained a certain point in
the production of hogs, or corn, or
something else that is produced on the
farm. He pointed out that this same
thing applies to the breeding of thor
oughbred cattle, and that each is a
stimulus to this line of business and
that through the county fai. g due the
rapid advance that Cavalier county IS
making in the matter of pure bred
livestock on their farms. The county
fair furnishes a place where the far
mer can exhibit those things which
he has raised that are exceptional
and through his success his neighbor
will profit. He also advocates giving
a prize for the best farms in the
county-not the biggest in acres or the
n with the best buildings-but the
farm that scores the highest according
to a schedule worked out by the ag-
ricultural college for this purpose.
He told of how the fair was direc-
ted. No one township, city or village,
under the bylaws Of the Vavaliei
county fair is entitled to more than
one representative on the board Of d.
rectors. This is the way the represen-
tation is kept scattered yer the coun-
ty. The directors are all farmers, and
they run the fair as a farmers propo-
sition and in any manner that the
directors in session see fit to run it.
Those in town who are share holders
in the association, according to Mr..
Groom, have never yet found cause for
complaint as to the way the affairs
were conducted, and the same applies
to the country.
The fair is an educational clearing
house. 1t is an agricultural and indus
trial institute for residents Of both
town and country. 1t is a short course
in better farming and better living. It
is a physical demonstration of why
the man who farms with his head in
stead of with his hands must newt
ably succeed.
It is a comprehensive exhibition of
what the ambitious boy or girl may
achieve in agriculture, livestock rails
ing, dairying, horticultural, home, gar
dening, domestic science or household
economy. It is an exposition of the
marvellous improvement in farm ma
chinery and agricultural implements.
It is an object lesson in the great part
which improved machinery plays in
cultivation of the farm and the in
creased prosperity Of the farmer.
The chief educational value of our
fair lies in the fact that it is demon
strative in character. The eye is a
more convincing instructor than the
cal. We are slow to accept and be-
lieve in any new method until we have
had optical proof of it's superiority ov-
Ell the old. {
Often it is difficult to secure the
attention of the busy man or woman
long enough to give such q demonstra-
ton. Not infrequently in happens that
farmers who would be most benefited
by better methods of farming are not
sufficiently interested to be present at
any special meeting called for the pur-
pose Of discussing the subject.
But the fair appeals to that trait
of mankind which demands entertain.
ment and amusement and becomes 8
common forum for the discussion Of
all matters having to do with agricul.
ture, industry, the home and the
school.
In tbs clearing house of education
the farmer learns what the manufac
turer, the merchant and the banker
are and have been doing to make hi.
labor less arduous and his farm NOR
profitable and the town resident learn.
what rapid progress is being made il
agriculture. A bond Of common in
~terest is created which means much t,
both town and country.
The farmer learns bv actual obser
walton of the newest devices and i'm
provements in agricultural nipple
ments. He learns their use and bene
hts. He learns in what way they as,
slst in soil cultivation, in plant growth
| n sowing, in harvesting, in threshing
He learns the economic value of thu
more modern machinery, of the silo, q
motor power on the farm.
The urban dweller is furnished {
vivid picture Of the agricultural re
sources of the community. He learn.
about the fertility Of the soil in thu
vicinity; Of what is being done to in,
crease the farm yield; to improve thu
quality of the stock, and to multipl,
the total dairy product.
Every man and woman, whether
town or country resident, is brought
into closer touch with the home Eft
Of others. All imbibe that broader ed
ucation which is service to self ant
all humanity.
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