The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1926-09-02

Ibetter work, get better seed AM
the blue ribbon the next year. Thu
farmer that displays his product a
the county fair does not want to b.
defeated by anybody and the race
for better farming is on. If you d.
not believe the county fair teache.
and encourages better farming, wall
through the fair grounds and lister
to THE conversations of groups o.
people. You will find one exhibition
tells another, or to the visitor, how
to breed and how to feed with bes
results, why he has certain breed
of stock and how he manages then
to get the largest returns. Tells Of
the Importance of certain varieties
of seed that produce especially large
crops, learns new methods of eradi.
eating quack-grass and Canada
thistle and other pests.
"While visiting with neighbors AND
seeing the fair, he is giving and re-
ceiving the most practical lessons in
agriculture. He is giving and tax.
ing lessons in the use Of labor saving
devices. While he is relaxing lit
the from the summers hustle he is
storing up knowledge to put in prac-
tice the coming year. The county
without him realizing it.
"The farmers wife at the fair is
just as busy. The displays that in
terest her are also the subjects that
are discussed with neighbors. She
learns and tells of new methods of
preserving and of new kinds of pre-
serves. In the department of home
demonstration she has learned how
to can everything grown on the farm.
Her cellar of late years has shown
such variety that the farmers table
the year around compares favorably
to that of the city dweller and passes
it in quality.
In the fancy work department
she is closely examining the art of
the city lady, and does not seem to
tell what breed to keep and how to
need any further lesson.
"In the poultry house you hear her
feed in order to get eggs when the
price is high. At the fair the farm
er's wife has received many a tip on
how TO reduce the drudgery of house
work.
ssThe farmers boy gets the most
lasting lesson at the county fair. He
learns to love and properly take care
of livestock and the pleasant compe-
tition under capable, orderly leader
ship has kept many boys on the farm,
which is really the biggest gain for
the farmer.
Zone more and not the least ben
eft, the townsman as well as the
farmer receives from the county fair
is the better feeling and spirit OF
working together it has created.
The fairs in Minnesota, that have
been most successful, are those
where the farmers have a fair share
in the management, where the farm
ers and the business men are joint
ly putting on the fair. The neces-
sity of working together, of learn
ing to know each other better, Of
finding that their mutual interests
are really the same, has in every case
wiped out class prejudice, that here
tofore existed. 1t has been in many
cases THE beginning of real cooper
alton between farmer and business
man. It has wiped out the feeling of
class existence and created in its
place the community spirit.
"The county fair has also brought
the farmers among themselves closer
together. Exhibits at the county
fair put up by farmers clubs and
townships has shown them in every
case that working together is more
pleasant and brings better results.
Farmers learn to know and to like
each other. It was hard work to ga
Their the exhibits and arrange the