Rensselaer Union, Volume 9, Number 50, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 August 1877 — All About Fairs. [ARTICLE]

All About Fairs.

The season for folrs has again opened suspiciously. The first fair of the season was held the past week at Middletown, Henry county, ami this week 1* enlivened by three others in different parts of the state. Each succeeding week the number will Increase until the opening of the State Fair on September 24th. A glance at the list of tbo fairs to be held in (his sud adjoining states will demonstrate the foct that the interest in fairs is unabated. In some instances within the state where county fairs have been abandoned for two or throe years past, tho associations have recently reorganized and announced fairs the owning September. The agricultural fair of the present day is mainly an American institution, and although the management of some of them have been subject to severe criticisms tljere is no doubt mat they have been the means Of encouraging and promoting the industrial interests more than perhaps any other agency. The feet is recognized by enterprising farmers nnd inventors, nnd such not only advance their

own interest!) .at these exhibitions Wi thereby become public benefactors. Tfcn fairs are almost indispensable t> enable furmors to keep up with the progress and improvements' of the dSy.‘ (it ihe great number of improved devices ia machinery and freSh Importation of breeds of lire slock. It beeomes a necessity that the opportunity for comparison be offered to the public.—lndians Parmer. djib