Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-09-03
BIGGER FAIR,
BETTER FAIR,
GRANT BOAST
President of Indiana
Board Of Agricul-
ture Is Optimistic.
FARMING EXPANDS
State Never Had Such
Resources in Live
stock.
FARMING EXPANDS

Thomas Grant, president of the
Indiana Board of Agriculture, said
today the State fair next week gives
promise of establishing new records
in several directions, while the at
tendance figures will depend upon
the public response and in a meas
ure on weather conditions.
1.-The annual boast of the Indiana fair
he said, sis that it is larger and better
than ever, ami each succeeding fair proves
the assertion. The fair is the show win
dow Of Indiana farms AS Hoosier
farming interests expand, the fair expands
with them. Indiana never had such re-
sources in pure-bred livestock as it has
this year, and the Indiana fair never had
such heavy entry lists in its livestock de-
partments as it has for next week.
NEW RECORDS
FOR LIVESTOCK.
I'VE are going to establish new records
for numbers and quality of Herefords
shorthOrn, Aberdeen-Angus, Jersey, Hol-
stein and Guernsey cattle, and the arena
OF the coliseum viii every day have very
extensive shows of these animals, the
number from Indiana being larger than
ever
so many draft horses, light harness
and saddle animals, as well as ponies
are coming to the fair that they Will
overtax the big brick horse barn, and we
viii have TO provide many temporary
stalls for the overflow. Indiana has
Joined the first rank of States as a pro
Queer of PercherOns, Belgians and
Cgdesdales, and the futurity shows in
these horses viii be evidence of what
Hoosier breeders are accomplishing in
raising horses which viii in quality rank
with the foundation stock which was i'm
ported from France and Belgium before
the World War;
ZOOS ENTRIES
OF SWINE.
''The swine department Of the fair Mr.
Grant said, ''is going well over its
records of other years. There are ZOOS
entries in the many swine contests, which
means that about 1000 animals Will be
candidates for the ribbon honors All
Of the breeds are going to be largely
represented, in some contests there being
over 100 animals, and three or four swine
shows will be in progress at one time
The swine department viii make a bril-
liant start next Monday with the con-
tests for club pigs, in which perhaps 400
animal reared by Hoosier farm boys and
girls W. be the contestants.
"Anothe- department which Will over
flow its housing capacity will be that
of poultry. The old horticultural build
ing will be occupied by chickens The
poultry house viii house the geese ducks,
turkeys and other fowl, as well as rab-
bits, and a large tent between the two
buildings viii shelter the overflow Of
exhibits.
Wo8IAN'S BUILDING
NOT NEGLECTED.
1.-THE women's building will have the
most elaborate displays of needlework.
decorated china, pictures and other ex-
amples Of the arts and crafts that it
has contained since the structure was
completed two years 60 Nearly one
hundred indianapolis artists and crafts
men viii display the products Of their
studios and workshops"
President Grant said that while all of
these departments will be filed with en-
tries and exhibits, the fair is better pre-
pared to take care Of them. The per
manent building program which began
several years ago is now beginning to
show the improved housing conditions,
the new unit in this program being the
immense horticultural and agricultural
building, which will be opened next
Monday. The fair mana cement still has
far to go with its building projects, NJ
Grant said, a great permanent cattle
barn, much larger swine pavilion. a
sheep pavilion with larger capacity, and
a building for dairy products being
structures or the construction program
for future years
IF the people Of Indiana Will con-
ttnue to give the fair their support
In the way Of attendance" President
Grant said, at will not be many years
until the Hoosier State fair will be, 10
point of buildings and exhibits, among
the tC 9-notch State fairs of the Union