Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1919-10-30
VALUE OF FAIR
|. TO OUR PEOPLE
Agricultural and Industrial Show
for Both the Town and
Country Folk. Nv
An EXCHANGE FOR new IDEAS
Besides, II Appeals 10 All Of Us Who
Want to Be Amused While We're
Learnins-cIosef Touch With
Home Lives 81 Neighbors.

The fair is an educational clearing
house. 1t is an agricultural and In
dustrial institute for residents of both
town and country. It is short course
In better farming and better living. 1t
is a physical demonstration of why the
man who farms with his head instead
of with his hands must inevitably sue
coed. -
It is comprehensive exhibition Of
what the ambitious boy or girl may
achieves in agriculture, livestock rails
ing, dairying, horticultural, home, gar
dening, domestic science or household
economy. 1t is an exposition Of the
marvellous Improvement in farm ma
chinery and agricultural implements.
1t is an object lesson in the great
part which improved machinery plays
In the development and cultivation of
the farm and the increased prosperity
of the farmer.
Look for Yourself.
The chief educational value of our
fair lies in the fact that it is demon
stratiye in character The eye is
more convincing instructor than the
ear. We are slow to accept and be-
neve in any new method until we have
had optical proof of it's superiority
over the old.
Often it Is difficult to secure the at
tention of the busy man or woman long
enough to give such a demonstration.
Not infrequently 1t happens that farm
ers who would be most benefited by
better methods Of farming are not suf-
ficiently 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 entertainment
and amusement and becomes a cont
mon forum for the discussion Of all
matters having to. do with agriculture,
industry, the home and the school.
! In this clearing house of education
the farmer learns what the manufac-
turer, the merchant and the banker are
and have been doing to make his la
Dor less arduous and his farm more
profitable and the town resident learns
what rapid progress is being made In
agriculture. A bond of common inter- |
est is created which means much to |
both town and country.
N''''a'- Value to Everybody.
: The farmer learns by actual obser-
walton of the newest devices and i'm |
,provements In agricultural imple- |
ments. He learns their use and bene- |
fits. He learns in what way they |
assist in soil cultivation, In plant |
growth, in sowing, in harvesting, in |
threshing. He learns the economic |
value of the more modern machinery, |
of the silo, Of motor power On the
farm.
The urban dweller is furnished a
vivid picture Of the agricultural rel
sources of the community. He learns |
about the fertility of the soil in the
vicinity; of whatis being done to in
crease the farm yield; to Improve the
quality of the stock, and to multiply |
the total dairy product.
Every man and woman, whether |
town or country resident, is brought |
into closer.touch with the home life |
of others. AL imbibe that broader
education which means cooperation
that ideal education which is service |
to self and all humanity.