The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1919-08-31
ESClBlA FAIR
GIVES PROMISE
OF Being GOOD

Escambia county expects to win the
blue ribbon for her agricr'4ural ex-
hibit when the state fair il held in
Jacksonville. The entire exhibit which
will be placed on display at the. Mo-
limo Fair will be shipped to the state
exposition and farmers who are help
ing to make it up are confident OF
victory in the big contest.
Farmers throughout the entire. Sec
ton are making busy preparations to
place their products at Moline. The
broad publicity campaign is bearing
fruitful results and practically every
agriculturist in the coun' will be
represented when the gates OF the fair
are opened.
County Demonstration Agent Burnett
gives this advice 20 farmers who will
make entries for the fair:
The object of q county fair should
be educational to the largest degree
possible. This can be accomplished by
having exhibits of the best crops and
Of the best livestock in the county.
alone with some information. such as
the name and variety of the crop
shown. how many bushels per acre was
grown and the expense of growing the
crop. including the amount and analy
sis of the fertilizer. This will bring
before the people of the different Sec
tons the best crops that are being
grown, and will be a help to others
in growing these crops. With exhibits
o. livestock. the breed. age. and weight
should be given II 1t is dairy cow.
give the gallons or pounds OF milk pro-
duced in the year, and the pounds of
butter made. 1t would be interesting
also to state the kinds of feed and
| the amount given a day.
Exhibits must be made attractive
| so that people will take time to stop
and examine them thoroughly. Looks
count for q great deal in exhibits, a.
well as in other things. 1 have seen
many good exhibits at fairs that were
not appreciated simply because they
were not arranged in an attractive
manner. Other exhibits that were not
so good. but arranged more attractive
| ly received more recognition.
Tn exhibiting livestock it is abso-
lutely necessary to have the animals
iE good condition If you wish to make
a good showing. They should receive
a little extra feed and care for so days
before they are put on exhibition. and
should be in good flesh.
] 1T will be necessary to use shears
or clippers to remove any long hair
around the horns and ears of the cattle,
and especially inside the ears. Often
time the clipping OF the long hair on
the rump and tail will greatly improve
the appearance of the animals. The
shearing and clipping must be done
with considerable care so as not to dis
figure the animal Practically the same
treatment should be given the horses
and mules. This preparation should be
done at least month before the AMI
mails are put on exhibit. Don't be
afraid to use soap and water. See that
the skin is in good condition. Use the
curry comb freely. and also q good
brush See that the hair is bright and
shiny The horns of the cattle should
be polished. This can best be done by
! the use of sandpaper or emery paper,
which will take OF the rough edges.
After these rough edges are taken off,
polish with wooden cloth, and little
oil applied to the cloth will bo found
helpful The hoofs of both the cattle
and horses should have attention. See
/ to it that the hoofs are trimmed and
lclean. Horses, mules and cattle when
/ shown as individuals should be broken
i to the halter, SO that they can be
shown to better advantage.
4 Getting exhibits is usually q diff
4 cult problem. This is not because the
/ farmers have any objection to exhib-
! iting material but because they do not
have the material. To have an album
dance of good material for exhibits
| means that plans for having it must
be made in advance Of the planting sea-
| son. The same is true with livestock.
The cows and sows must. be bred at
/ the proper time so that the calves and
pigs will be the proper age to enter in
| the various classes.
/ "A successful county fair should have
exhibits from all sections of the county.
If all sections OF county are not repre-
scented it is not truly county fair. II
] all sections of the county are represent
ed as they should be, it means good
/ deal of individual responsibility It
means that some one must be respon-
sible for exhibits from each section
of the county. Are 20 unwilling to take
/: this responsibility There is no rea-
| son why you should not take that re-
| sponsibility and see to it that there Is
creditable exhibit at thu next county
fair.
In addition to the individual re-
sponsibility. there is a certain amount
of community responsibility. In addi-
,, ton to in iividual farm exhibits, there
should be community exhibits There
is no good reason why the next county
fair should not have ten to a dozen
community exhibits. To get these COM
munity exhibits there must be coopera-
ton of individuals in each community.
The farmers and stockmen should get
together four or five months in adj
vance of the fair and decide on what
they will exhibit Then again some one
must be responsible Tor getting the ex-