Rensselaer Republican, Volume 25, Number 45, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 June 1893 — FAIR SEASON AT HAND. [ARTICLE]

FAIR SEASON AT HAND.

Getting Beady far the Seventy-Fire Fain to Be Held This Year. The county fair seasoD in Indiana will open at Bedford on July 4. and will continue until October 7, when the closing event will occur at Huntington. Between those two dates about seventy-five fairs will be held. About twenty-five of them will occur in the month of August, but nearly forty'are dated for September, when the farm work will have been about completed for the year. Reports made to the State Board of Agriculture indicate that the outlook for fairs is more favorable than last year. During 1893 they were not generally successful, as the agricultural displays were interfered with by unsatisfactory crops. The fair associations are making preparations now by improving tfiei* grounds and otherwise furthering the work. Bloomington is about the only place that has a new association, which is to succeed an old organization and carry out Its work. Beyond this there are no new fairs on the list for this year. The expenditure of money on fair grounds is being made with caution, as the managers think that the financial outlook will not justify a liberal outlay of money. Plymouth is, building a new half-jnile track, and RushviQe is giving the barns on the grounds a general overhauling. The Improvements at the other p >ints are of a general nature. It is thought that the displays will be an Improvement over those of last year, especially in the fruit department