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the preseni winners, and that competition will be more strenu- 

 ous next summer, and vastly more so in 1916. If therefore 

 this year's winners enjoy seeing- the silver cups on the side- 

 board they wull have to go to work immediately to keep it 

 there, for those who did not carry home a cup or a medal, or 

 even a ribbon, this time, have already made up their minds 

 that they are going to do so next time ; and it may be well 

 tor all to remember that it takes more than a Aveek, or a 

 month, to put an animal in blue ribbon condition, and that 

 entry regulations will probably be far more strenuous in the 

 future. Also that milk cows or dairy stock in general cannot 

 be judged as to merit and value simply by their appearance, 

 that it is their performances as milk and butter-fat producers 

 that count, and that breeding- is quite as important as con- 

 formation. Consecpiently future exhibits must be accompanied 

 by either pedigrees or performance records and such anoma- 

 lies as brindle Jersey bulls are not likely to be admitted, un- 

 less exhibited as freaks. That the Hilo county fair has caused 

 a great deal more interest than would appear from the press, 

 which for instance entirely omitted mention of the almost 

 preponderating, if not the most important section, the poultry 

 exhibit, cannot be doubted. Those on the Big Island who did 

 not exhibit, and who, on account of poor means of transporta- 

 tion, could not exhibit, except at exorbitant cost, are possibly 

 inclined to favor a territorial exhibition, at the expense of the 

 county one. That is right in one way only. A territorial ex- 

 position every two or three years, to be held in Honolulu, for 

 all of the counties to partake in would be great, but for the 

 benefit of the great majority, who can neither afiford to visit 

 nor to exhibit at such a central affair except occasionally, the 

 county fair as inaugurated by the recent Hilo effort is the one 

 thing which can be appreciated and participated in by every- 

 body. Hawaii for instance is a big island and while it might 

 be easier, under present conditions, for certain sections— Ko- 

 hala and Wairnea for instance — to exhibit in Honolulu than in 

 Hilo, still there will always remain the natural ])ridc of the 

 inhabitants in their own island, and therefore they should 

 have their county fair, and transportation accommodations for 

 themselves and their exhibits should be forthcoming, and un- 

 doubtedly will. The county fair has built miniature empires 

 everywhere, and the ambulatory state fair has put its crown- 

 glory on each in turn, amalgamating the state interest-; and 

 spirit and putting zest and good-will into the competition for 

 suj)rcmacy among the counties. \\hiU> a county fair may be 

 held once a year in each county and uikKm- proper management 

 be made to pay for itself, a territorial fair held cverv third 

 year for instance must be subsidi;^ed. iUit without such pr.l)- 

 lic exhibitions of individual endeavors and accomplishments 

 nnich \-aluable time will be lost in brinL-insj- the \arious auri- 



