Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 176, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 July 1914 — STATE FAIR AND MOTOR CAR SHOW [ARTICLE]

STATE FAIR AND MOTOR CAR SHOW

Two Great Expositions to Bo Combined This Year. THE FAIR AS AN EDUCATOR Farm People Will Be Inspired to Greater Efforts by What They See and Learn—Each Department Rich In Prizes, the Total Being $71,601. The education of men and women from the farms, inspiring them to greater achievements to the end that Indiana may become more than ever an agricultural and live stock state — this will be the dominating note of the Indiana State Fair, which opens for the 61st exposition on Sept 7. It was this incentive which led to the founding of the enterprise in 1851, and so rigidly has it been fixed in purpose, the Indiana Fair is now reaching the third generation of Hoosier breeders and tillers of the soil, giving them both instruction and encouragement to push the state forward along farming lines. In the last four years 592,479 people have attended the fair to obtain the inspiration and enjoyment which it offers, and in that time, in addition to the instruction given, the fair has incited farmers and breeders to greater efforts by distributing $194,919.38 in premiums among them. Some Educational Feature*. i ’ .■> ’ - The coming fair will be chiefly noted as a’source of instruction and inspiration to those who would accomplish more for themselves along agricultural, livestock and allied lines. The fair will not only reveal what individual farmers and breeders are doing, but Will have a pronounced flavor of these later days by the greatest show of automobiles tbat has ever been held in Indiana.. In addition to what the fair itself has to offer, the State of Indiana will, through four of its departments, have extensive educational exhibits —in forestry development and preservation, in fire prevention, in farm etymology, in safe-guarding the public from dishonest drugs, adulterated foods, short weight and measures. To make the educational work still more valuable and far reaching, practically the whole force of experts from Purdue University will spend the week at the fair, helping farm people in the solution of their home problems As an'incentive to the farmers and live stock men to send their best products to the fair, that other farmers may see and Compare with their own best yields, $71,601 is offered in premiums. In the speed department, in which the development of Indiana trotters and pacers is the leading factor, the purses amount to $30,000, and in the show horse division the prizes are $12,339, over $4,000 going to draft horses, nearly $5,000 to show horses, including about $2,000 for the saddle classes. .-. : Great Live Stock Shows. The Indiana Fair measures up with the great live stock shows of the continent in. its cattle, the premiums in this department reaching $12,849, of which $6,360 goes to beef cattle, $4,946 to the dairy breeds and the remainder in special awards. The sheep show will be the most pretentious the fair has ever had, offering $3,218 in premiums, and with a wool exhibit as one of its new and best features. The fair’s big swine pens have been greatly improved this summer by cement floors. The prizes amount to $4,200, again assuring that the fair will have a fine exhibit of swine. One of the great poultry shows of the'eountry is given at the Indiana Fair, the prizes, which will bring out a rich exhibition of pure bred birds, amounting to $2,190. The corn show, the displays of grains, seeds, vegetables and root crops from Hoosier soil, will again be a notable one, the prizes amounting to $1,762. In the department of horticulture, with shows of fruits, plants and flowers, bees and honey, as well as table luxuries, the coming fair will have displays of uncommon interest, the department prizes amounting to $2,876. In fine arts, where -Indiana women show their, skill along many lines, bringing out in rich array the best needlework, pictures and craftsmanship, the awards will reach $1,702. Many Special Attractions. 0 Combined with the educational features of the fair and automobile show, the fair will offer a gala list of special attractions—Natiello’s band- and singing quartet; Amedio, the piano-accord-ion player; fresh vaudeville bills, lavish parades of live stock; midway carnival shows, ending each day with a night horse show of splendor in the coliseum., ’ t A notable list of eminent authorities on livestock and farm products make up the list of judges who will award the prizes at the state fair/ Many thousand people, especially from farms and small towns, went to the state fair in their autos last fall, and still greater numbers of these cars are expected at the coming fair, for tbehe visitors then control their own transportation. An immense amount of free parking space win be provided for these autos at the next fair, and the cars will also be admitted at the gates free. . •«.