The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-09-09
Free Fair Space, Big as 1t Is,
Overlooking Today.
Clearly This Is Most Wonderful
Event on Record.
THERE ARE $40 PENS OF HOGS
Farmers and Stockmen Crowd
ing the Departments.
Tents Erected To Care for Some
of the Livestock.

In every way this years fair is the
greatest that has ever been put on In
Topeka Fair officials said today that
with the single exception of show
horses, there is not a department that
is not larger and more elaborate than
ever before.
The cattle barns have been filled
and tents erected to take care of those
that could not be given barn accom-
modations. All OF the prize winning
are here and there are herds from
Texas, Colorado and half a dozen 9TH
er states The largest herd is that of
the United States government disci-
plinary barracks colony at Leaven-
worth, consisting of twenty-five head
of Holsteins. Prof. A. NJ. Paterson,
of the State Agricultural college, SUI
perintenent of the cattle department.
says he never saw finer collection OF
cattle in the state. The Agricultural
college has its fine herds here and
among the finest privately owned
herds are those OF Harris & Sons, of
Harris. Mo. and Robert H. Hazelett of
Eldorado. Kan>
$40 Pens OF Hogs.
In their appeal to the farmers the
cattle probably do not equal the swine
exhibits. Even with the rev barns
built only this summer, the swine ac-
contradictions have proved inadequate
and many eXnlDlIOTS are putting UP
with makeshift pens. There are $40
pens filled with hogs and some of
them contain more than one animal
Farmers and fair visitors who like
machinery are spending interesting
hours in the farm machinery field.
The field resembles a tractor show on
first sight. In every corner may be
found q tractor and there are all types
and sizes from the smallest to those
that resemble the willowpowalopus.
Also there are hundreds of other farm
machinery exhibits including engines
of all kinds, threshers. clover hullers,
hay presses, pumping outfits and light
ing and heating plants.
The poultry department was filled
by the time the fair grounds were
opened Monday morning and in the
pens can be found every kind of fowl
! that is raised in Kansas. The repre-
sentative Of a big poultry journal who
Lincoln, said today that Topeka has
the best poultry display he has seen
this season and that poultry lovers will
find it worth while to make a special
trip to the fair just to visit this de-
partment.
Granary of the World.
Agricultural hall is keeping pace
with the other departments of the
fair that are becoming larger and
! larger every year. This year 1t Is
filled with grain displays that would
indicate Kansas is the granary of the
world and some of the corn shown
bellies the crop reports to the effect
| that Kansas will have no corn crop.
The boys and girls and women's
! departments are larger than ever be-
fore the superintendent say and the
young Kansas farmers and house.
wives have some remarkable exhibits
1t is impossible to pass the displays
of the boys and girls canning clubs
and keep your mouth from watering
In all departments, and even on the
Sunflower Trail, there is a new appea
this year-the appeal of the educa-
| tional attraction. Nc longer do tht
majority of fair visitors seek merely
amusement. They want something in
structive and educational and these
are the things that make the big ap-
peal.
In no place is this shown so plainl!
as on the Sunflower Trail In the ole
| days the big attractions on the car
nival grounds were those where thu
girls kicked high and carried thei
paint and jewels enticingly. But nov
the carnival crowds gather around tn
shows that have something to offer il
the way of education-such as tn
submarine show, the Panama Cana
| ShOpv and the