Palatka daily news. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1919-1994, 1922-12-07
A COUNTY FAIR
is EDUCATIONAL

10 EDUSAIIONA
Whatever may be the result OF
county fair unless there has been
something learned by the people
generally it must be declared fail
ure. And because much has been
learned at the fair now in progress
the first annual exhibit Of Putnam
county should be pronounced great
success. The entertainment furnish
ed b ysuch a proposition is but a
secondary matter; it is the educa-
tional portion that renders it OF
much or little value.
The fair now in progress has
taught many people many things.
In school exhibits it has shown pa
rents ust what may be gained by
the children under tuition of skillful
teachers who are heartily in accord
with the pupils, who have the knack
of getting out of the children all
that has been latent, who can, them
selves, enter into each of the many
details which are q boter to the UNI
taught, and make plain the right
way to gain in excellence. The
showings made by the pupils of the
schools of Putnam county have
taught parents much, for no doubt
many viewed for the first time spe-
cimens of the work turned out by
the several grades.
The fair has shown many hundred
people something not before known
regarding poultry. There were some
excellent specimens of various va
rieties of fowls, many splendid
showing; and these have been reve-
lations to the many who have al
WAYS thought that "a hen was mere
w hem" To the lovers of poultry,
those who are anxious to conduct
yards of more than ordinary stand
ing. the exhibition of stock at the
fair has imbued them with a desire
to go more extensively into the bus
mess and produce in the future bet
ter stock than in the past.
There is now no doubt that there
will soon be formed in Putnam coun-
ty poultry association which will
be conducted upon a plane that will
be beneficial to each individual as
well as to the county. There are
enough interested in poultry culture
at the present time to form such an
organization, and there will be fire.
uuent acquisitions once it is formed
and under way The poultry bust
ness is one that cannot be cover
done" There is always an unsup-
piled demand for the products Of the
poultry yard, and an association
formed for the good of the whole
and to raise the standard Of stock
would be a splendid thing.
Even exhibitors have learned
much by the present fair. They
have learned, those who did not
know, that much depends upon the
arrangement of display in order
to win approval of the udges-and
the Judges are supposed to look al all
displays with the eye Of an intelll-
gent spectator.
Another thing that has been learn
ed from the present fair. That IS
the possibilities of the county OF
Putnam county; and yet the general
public was surprised to see what was
being produced. Even with all that
was shown it is safe to assert that
hardly a fraction of the possibilities
of the county, have yet been under
taken.
AS an educator the fair has prov
Ell all that was expected-and more
To be sure the county fair is always
to be one of the sources of entertain
ment and pleasure; but it is more
than those. The fair of today vii
be more than doubled in a year from
now provided normal conditions shall
prevail; which goes to show that the
educational features of the county
have already commenced to be re-
sultful