The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1922-08-24
HOLD FAIR
FOR FARMERS
SOCIAL SIDE is BEING
EMPHASIZED
Many Worthwhile Agricultural
Contests Staged by Badger
Communities in Different
Parts of State.

| Parts of State.
Scores of Wisconsin communities
serve a big purpose in advancing the
cause of a better and bigger agri-
culture.
The success with which these en-
terprises have met has stimulated
other communities to do likewise, and
plans are now being made in many
new districts for making this ban
ner year for community fairs.
''The church, the school, the town
hall, the community center, the small
town or village-each one of these
institutions forms a nucleus around
which can be built a community
fair" says J.H. Kolb, rural sociaiogist
at the University of Wisconsin, who
is devoting his time to the develop
ment of rural life.
Community Fair Important
'sSchool teachers, agricultural
agents, leading farmers, rural minis
ters are all agents for the promotion
of good-fellowship and better agri-
culture in the. country. Community
fairs offer one of the best outlets for
this kind of development. 1t is only
when everybody works and plays to-
gether that the best results can be
brought about. This is just as true
of country folk as it is of city people.
The road to better agriculture lies
locked up in the hearts and minds of
human beings.
"The community fair is the key to
the locked gate. A group of farmers
and their families assembled for a
festival day in the fall of the year
will develop spirit of cooperation
that can work wonders for agricul-
ture. Friendly competition in ex
hihits of farm produce stimulates the
entrants to improved farm practices.
Group games call forth the spirit of
team play, so essential to progress
in any line. The meeting and ming
ling of new neignbors is another one
of the joys which community fairs
foster"
| Teamwork Brings Results
| A typical community fair was that
held in west Kenosha county at Will
mot. The county agent and the high
school principal there decided to
divide the county into two divisions,
Ia fair to be held in west Kenosha
county at Wilmot and the other
fair in east Kenosha county
/ With the high school as the e ir
grounds and the principal and school
children as the driving forces, a big
fair was put on for west Kenosha
county. More than 5000 people from
the surrounding countryside were in
attendance. The fair was in progress
one day and night.
Exhibits were of the highest order.
Grains, poultry, vegetables and stock
were pronounced by many the equal
of similar exhibits at the states best
county fairs. The fancy work ex-
hibits were said to have surpassed
the exhibits at the state fair.
Friendly Rivalry Encouraged
| Opportunity for friendly rivalry
was afforded the schools of the
county by a mammoth parade.
Floats were entered by each of the
high school classes and from many
of the neighboring rural schools. The
seniors won first honors among the
| high school floats. Their float was
artistically decorated in blue and
| white and bore the motto, "If We
Rest, We Rust" The Wilmot prim-
ary school was a prize winner in
another division. The float was
beautifully decorated in white and
rainbow colors carrying a japanese
lady drawn by IL little boys.
Il A baseball game between Wilmot
and Antioch high schools was the
chief athletic event on the program
for the afternoon. Besides this event
l26 races, and contests were staged
Climbing a CREASED pole for gold
watch hung at the top was one of the
most interesting contests. Creased
pig and wild chicken chascs gave
much merriment to both spectators
and participants.
Financing the Fair
Any trouble getting money for the
fair? Not . bit. Booster day
was the first source of revenue
Visiting business men from the cit,
of Kenosha o the country schools
were tagged. One hundred dollar:
resulted. Selling display space tt
: auto dealers for the auto show at the
fair, $500 car, brought in ovel
$4,000. Chicken dinners each day o,
the fair put on by the ladies OF th'