74 BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



Mr. : What about the Wild West shows ? 



Mr. ISTowlin : I never saw a Wild West show on the fair gronnd 

 that was worth going to see. 



Mr. Thompson: What advantages have you found in getting 

 the people's money hy selling cheap jewelry over paddle-wheels 

 and that sort of thing ? 



Mr. l^owlin : I think there is a great deal of difference. When 

 a man walks up and buys some wire jewelry he knows what he is 

 getting; there is no game of chance there whatever. He knows it 

 is cheap stuff when he buys. The jewelry man is always sure to 

 make nine cents profit on every ten cent piece of jewelry he sells, 

 and we usually tell him we want part of that when we sell him the 

 privilege. 



Mr, McDonald : I should like to know of some way by which 

 to get what we pay for when we sell privileges to the dining-hall 

 people. 



Mr. Nowlin : The only way I know is to be the first man at the 

 table. That is something we can not control. 



The discussion of the next number on the program, "What 

 Recognition and Courtesies Should be Shown Exhibitors ?" was led 

 by Hon. J. Q. Thomas, who said : 



The original purpose of fairs was educational and, incidentally, a place 

 where the people could annually meet for social enjoyment. 



In their establishment our fathers builded even better than they 

 knew. They grew in public favor from the beginning and increased in 

 value and usefulness as their influence extended and their purpose was 

 ))etter understood. 



There has been no factor in the development of oiu* country of so great 

 consequence to agriculture and all its kindred interests, including manu- 

 facture, as the fairs. There the people could meet to compare experiences 

 and discuss the most successful methods, and by this interchange of 

 thought, in the presence of the best specimens of stock, fowls, farm prod- 

 ucts, manufacture and art, obtain practical information highly profitable 

 to them in their several vocations. 



