The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1921-10-28
VALUE or FREE
FAIRS SHOWN IN
STATE THIRD YEAR
RESULTS ARE BEYOND ExPECTA
TloNS DECLARES DISTRICT
AGENT DEAN.
EDUCATIONAL VALUE GREAT
Already Beginning to Plan Exhibits Of
the Boys and Girls Clubs at the
State Fair Next Year--Summary Of
Exhibitions.

III o.. -.
Exhibitions.
Now that the fair season for 1921
is about over, j. M. Dean, district
agent for Middle Tennessee, gives re-
port of results Of fairs, and sugges-
tions for future: GO successful com
munity fairs were held with 29,l00 at
tendance; county fairs with $4,000,
or a total of 93,l00 people attended the
community and county fairs to say
nothing. Of the state fair.
Continuing Mr.. Dean said THE out
standing feature of all fairs this year
in Middle Tennessee was the noticea-
BILE Improvement in the quality of /
exhibits, crops and live stock ovof
previous years. The thousands Of
people who viewed these exhibit
agree that the farmers are making
progress as never before in MAKING
Tennessee a happier place in which
to live.
THE committees from the commu-
nifty and county organizations in
charge of fair exhibits and the people
contributing to the success of the
fairs deserve a great deal of credit.
The success of the free agricultural
fairs more than any single factor
shows the Importance and effective
ness of the farmers organizations. Be-
fore the farmers can make the great
est strides in agriculture they must
have well regulated organizations
through which to channel all activ-
ities-social and economic.
Five years ago we had very few of
these free agricultural fairs, due
largely to the lack of organizations to
handle such activities.
eff the community and county farm
| organizations this year executed all
parts of the program as well as they
did the fair work there can be no
question that the organizations have
done a successful years work.
"All Of us are proud to see public
sentiment moulding in the right direc-
ton, Judging from the interest shown
at all fairs this year. AS refectors or
indexes of the sentiment of their COM
munities, fairs occupy paramount
position. The types of exhibits dis
played and the character of the fairs
being promoted advertise either adj
vantageously or disadvantageously
the interests that people have in meet
ing the eXigencies of the situation So
these fairs are not only popular insti-
tutions, but are worthwhile institu
tons and from year to year must be
improved, They bear a most direct
relationship to the educational prob
lens of the day, particularly those
problems which touch vocational edu-
cation.
I'VE have heard many compliments
on the fine agricultural show which
the farmers of Middle Tennessee put
on at the state fair this year, and we
are glad to hear this from such men
as Dr. Tate Butler, of the Progressive
Farmer Director Refer, of the Tenn.
division of extension, and Frank d.
Fuller, of the Tri-State Fair, Memphis.
These gentlemen said: "The exhibits
in this department, individual, commu-
nifty and county were a revelation"
We must realize they were far from
perfect, and that is a good geason why
we must continue to improve.
Eve all realize that the boys and
gorIs are to be the future farmers of
this country. and more and more must
we encourage them through such ed
ucational institutions as the fairs.
Next year hope we may have a spec
ial building for the boys and girls club
work. In this way the club boys and
girls can show up their work to good
advantage. AS at present their work
is so scattered in the different depart.
ments that the public cannot grasp
the magnitude of this great work. Es-
pecially do We want the boys put on
the best live stock club show that has
ever been shown in the South by club