The Mena weekly star., 1920-10-21
POLK COUNTY WILL
DISPLAY PRODUCTS
Thru Efforts of Demonstration Forces
and Commercial Club Car. Com
prising More Than 200 Exhibits
Sent to Texarkana Fair.

The residents of Miller county, Ar
kansas, Bowie county, Texas, and all
other folks who attend the Texar-
kama District Fair being held this
week from Tuesday until Saturday,
will realize that Polk county, Arkan-
sas, is on the map when it comes to
making display Of farm, garden and
forage crops, and livestock and poul-
try. A carload Of exhibits gathered
from all parts of the county went out
from Mena Monday to be placed on
exhibition in competition with the
counties in the Western district Of
Arkansas and with Bowie county,
Texas, and in addition the car con-
tanned exhibits made by the boys and
girls club members of this district.
The county exhibit, gathered by
Miss Anna Woods, home demonstra-
tion agent; O. l.. Henderson, county
agent, with the cooperation of the
secretary OF the Commercial Club, is
being made to show particularly the
diversity OF crops grown in Polk
county on farms and gardens. 1t con-
tanned more than 200 different pro-
ducts comprising everything from
peas, peanuts, potatoes and pump
kin to the staple farm crops like
corn, cotton, hay and the saccharine
and non-saccharine sorgums. Then,
there were hogs and cattle and a
dozen or more coops of poultry, rep
resenting all OF the standard breeds.
Miss Wood made special effort to
get good exhibit of canned goods
products, put up by the canning club
members, and this will have sep
arate place at the fair. The hog and
poultry that went out from this coun-
ty will make good showing in
themselves, and will demonstrate that
Polk county has gotten away from
the razorback hog and the scrub hen.
The showing of cattle will not do JUS
tice to the development along this
line in Polk county for the reason
that on account of unavoidable causes
it was impossible to take some of the
animals from the Watkins ranch and
the Golden Rule Farm that had been
slated for exhibition.
The farm and garden products
were assembled and packed at the
Commercial Club Office, where the
display attracted lot of attention
and favorable comment, putting many
in the notion of visiting the fair that
the exhibit might be seen when put
in place.
The car was accompanied to Tex
arkana BY r. P. Gregg, and he was
joined there Tuesday by Mr.. Hender-
son and Miss Woods, who will put the
exhibit in place. One or the other
will be on duty in the Polk county
booth thruout the fair, giving infor-
nation to inquirers and handing out
Polk county literature sent along
from Commercial Club headquarters.
The expenses of sending a man with
the exhibit we're met by taking = sub
s=:c;TiiPttion from the business and pro-
fessional men of Mena amounting to
$45.75. The transportation expense
of the exhibit will be met by the
Texarkana District Fair Association
on condition that all premiums won
by Polk county be applied on this ex-
penses. j. M. Dashiel, who is al
ways ready to boost Polk county, de-
voted his time to securing funds for
expenses while Miss Woods, Messrs.
Smith and Henderson and a bunch of
volunteers were busy packing and
loading the exhibit. Special courte-
sizes were shown the parties in charge
Of getting up the exhibit by A. Mitch
ell, local agent of the Kansas City
Southern 1-aiIxUav