Democratic Sentinel, Volume 9, Number 30, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 August 1885 — Indiana State Fair. [ARTICLE]

Indiana State Fair.

The present season so far, is the most productive in the history of the State. The grass and hay crop the most important ,of the products, is immense and all that could be desired. The corn crop, second in importance, is magnificent, the recent hot weather with the propitious rains have given it boom by which it promises to excel in this State any previous year by several millions of bushels.

The wheat crop although comparatively light in quantity, is of good quality and exceeds all anticipated estimates, with enough and to spare. The oat crop is the largest ever grown in the State by one fifth, and the potato crop, the most indispensable to the human family, will be of such proportions that we could feed the world. Mother Earth is certainly doing her full share to bring about good times and make happy those who tickle her bosom. These facts in connection with auspicious omens in the rooms of the Board of Agriculture in the shape of business connected with the Slate Fair, the commence September 28th, give assurance of another grand success.

It has been asserted that fiie last Indiana State Fair was the best a«riD cultural exhibition in the U. S. This is not mere assertion for the facts can be easily produced to prove it, and the management have reason to expect this season an improvement on the last. The fair has outgrown its clothes, the greatest want now. is more room to spread itself, and the day is not far distant, (for the idea is now being entertained) to shut out all vehicles from the ground during the Fair to give room for the exhibits and- visitors.

The Railroads promise better rates than ever, and there is hope of some of the prominent men of tne nation being present at the Fair.