The Devils Lake world., 1922-09-20
DIVERSIFIED
FARMING URGED
BY Gov. NESTOS

Governor K. A. Nestos delivered the
opening address at the Ward County
Fair on Tuesday afternoon of last
week before large crowd. 1t was
fitting that Ward county's disting
uished citizen, elected to the highest
office within the gift of the people Of
North Dakota should return to his
home city to participate in the OPEN
ing of the great fair. The Governor
left that afternoon for Fargo to at
tend the conference he had called, in
hopes of securing better prices for
the products grown on North Dakota
farms this year.
His address was as follows:
"It is indeed a pleasure to be invited
to open the Ward County Fair, and
to see what progress has already been
made in making this real fair.
"I have the confidence that you who
have accomplished so much in few
months will make this one of the
greatest fairs in the State of North
Dakota-not necessarily the largest
hor the most expensive. That is
not the real measure of its true great
ness. The real measure of the value
Of any fair is it's inspirational and ed
ucational influences in making our
men and women, our boys and girls
better farmers, and thereby creating
more satisfactory economic conditions,
and the assurance of a permanent
prosperity for the territory served
by the fair.
ut is quite apparent in looking at
the good beginning you have made,
that this is your intent, purpose, and
ambition. You have already realized
that as sound basis for such fair,
there must be splendnd line of ex-
hibits of the animal and plant life
that thrives in North Dakota, and also
exhibitions Of the work produced by
the women and children of the north
west. No fair can be a successful
one and claim any continued interest
and increased attendance that does not
have fine exhibits of different breeds
Of lsiry and beef cattle, of draft
horsesS-of hogs, sheep and poultry,
nor would any fair in this state be a
successful one that failed to show
what can be accomplished by the best
farmer in raising grains and grasses,
corn, potatoes, garden truck, as we'll
as fruits and berries and in addition
thereto, the exhibition of the splendid
articles Of beauty and usefulness Gre
ated by the hands of our women and
the art work Of the children in the
public schools will always and should
constitute an important part of what
is shown at fair.
1t is the aim and purpose of making
these exhibits to show what can be ac-
~co1nplished in this section by intelli-
gent farming, the purpose of encour-
aging all others who see these ex-
hibits to do equally well. To achieve
this purpose, we must of necessity
have demonstrations, lectures, and a
number of men who know and under
stand the reasons for the success of
the different farmers who have brot
exhibits to the fair to explain to those
that come here and who are seeking
information and inspiration the help
needed to enable them to go back
to their farms and to make there
the same success that others have
achieved.
"Not only should this fair aim to in
terest and encourage the adults and
to induce them to duplicate or i'm
prove what others have done, but it
should be the distinct aim and pur-
pose of thes fairs to encourage the
attendance of children, to make the
fair interesting for them, and to seek
through the proper presentation of
the mind of the youth, what the fair
Is seeking to accomplish, and what
these exhibits means to produce bet
ter farmers of the growing genera
tion.
ut has been the experience of most
fairs, however, and it is but natural
that in order to drow the crowd, you
must have amusements and other at
fractions that provide clean and whole
some fun. Good races always have
been powerful drawing card, and
will continue to be such, l am sure,
for the future. In addition thereto
there will be needed the carnival fea-
ture, the stunts and exhibitions that
indicate skill, daring, and provide fun
and fellowship. Needless to say, you
cannot expect to build a successful
fair, and one that will continue to
grow and develop as a valuable educa-
tiopal factor of your community if you
permit the gambler, the fraud, and
the thief to ply their nefarious trades
during the fair time. Only when
you develop reputation of having a
clean, wholesome and educational fair,
free from the curse Of those who prey
upon the crowd can you possibly hope
to develop a great fair to which folks
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