Imperial Valley press., 1922-02-23

men who yet require to have this les.
son firmly impressed upon them. And
the same may be said with respect to
every other kind of livestock. Exhibits
of it at this Fair will serve to stimu-
late a generous rivalry that will eventu.
ate in private gain and the public
good.
81 wish to speak particularly of the
great dairy interest that is being so
widely and so thoroughly established
in this county. We are finding by prac
teal experience the proof of how pro
fitable this industry iutelligently pur
sued may become. 1t is automatic that
every dairy section is a prosperous
section. In such you will find stabil
lied population. You will also find
good homes filled with the conveniences
of modern life, ample barns and out
buildings and preserved fertility of
the soil that is possible only in con
neetion with the keeping of livestock,
The Successful Dairyman
And the successful dairyman is one
who finds in the fair stimulus tt
his business. He comes to the fair for
the purpose of learning new methods
and for being stimulated to the adop-
tiOn of those with which he is already
familiar. He gathers with his kind to
learn better how to test his cows an6
prove the ones that are rendering him
profit and to discard those that aro
not Until he does this he is victim
of fate and folly. There is no reason
for being in this business, or any bust
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by the well established rules by which
alone success is possible.
''There are many other phases Of
the fair that are delight and profit.
In the domestic and tine arts depart
| ments there are always to be found
| evidences of the better things of life.
| The handiwork of the home makers is
something always to be taken into ac-
count. The business of the housewife
is rs important and necessary to com
| munity development as any other.
Herein she will find much to interest
| and to stimulate her.
''Then there is the social side that
is promoted by the county fair. II
| furnishes large opportunity for ex-
| tension of acquaintanceships and
live to ourselves alone. Every new
| found friend is new joy in life. Here
we meet on a common level and i'll an
unconventional way. In such fashion
are the finest friendships formed and
the county fair comes to be an annual
reunion of the utmost enjoyment.
Farmer Our Greatest Asset
"The county fair stands for the ad
vancement of agriculture more than
any other one thing and for that rea
son we may well look forward to the
success of this one. The farmer is our
one greatest asset. He is the founda
tion of our social and industrial fabric.
His prosperity is our prosperity. He is
depended upon to produce the things
we eat and wear, the fundamentals of
existence. 1t follows that being de
pendent upon him we are primarily in
terested in him. The Greeks had goo
that was all powerful so long as his
feet were upon the ground, but that
power was gone when he was in the
air. 1t is so with us. SO long as we
keep close to the earth and the great
industry of agriculture we are safe.
The farmer has proved himself not
only an ever present help in time of
peace but likewise indispensable in
time of war. In the first place he has
always been dependable in his patriot
ism. There is no finer or surer scnti
ment than his patriotic devotion to
country. In the last great war he gave
up his sons and after doing that was
able to speed up production so that
short handed rs he was, he contribut
ed more largely than ever of food pro-
duets TO the armies in the field. He
made every possible sacrifice. Follow
ing the war he has been the first and
hardest hit in the readjustment now
going on. He has taken a tremendous
loss in the value of his lands and his
crops. He has suffered while many 9th
ers have profiteered. He has been un
able through his isolation and lack of
unity in action, to protect himself
against the intrigues of the designing
There is satisfaction in noting how he
is organizing for cooperative selling
and buying. So far as he is able to do
these in Il practical way and eliminate
unnecessary middle men he will serve
himself and the public. The farm bloc
III congress Is ldhlllS Hccu oI Ms
rights. / am glad to know that our
statesmen are beginning to under
stand his economic needs. 1t may well
be hoped the farm bloc will be able
to block the game of those who are
fattening off the farmer. These fairs
will help him to solidify his interests
and defend his rights.
Age OF Fulfilment of Prophecy
"We are living in an age of the full
filment of prophecy. Men of vision of
Yesterday fOrsaw the coming of tht
things of this day. Many writers of the
last century predicted this would be the
electric age and it is plainly proving
to be such. Many of our great writers
in producing what we have called fic-
tion really gave us the truth before
their time. That is what fiction is
the prophecies Of yesterday coming
true today.
cit requires little flight of fancy
to foresee that we here in this great
and wonderful valley are to become
the beneficiaries of propbecy's fulfil
ment. We are giving upon a soil gath
cred from the richest Of seven great