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in a similar way in the county fair work. It will draw attention and 

 draw people, and it will put into your fair a thing that you are working 

 for, namely, a feature that is educational, something that the older people 

 will be interested in. I venture to say that you can put on a good boys' 

 calf class or pig class at the fair and you will not find any more ringside 

 spectators at any judging work than right there. If a boy is interested 

 and has an exhibit there, it draws his parents, his neighbors and others 

 who will come to find out what Johnny wins. 



I don't think it is necessary to take any more of your time, other than 

 to say again that the county agent has information with regard to what 

 is being done in club work, and if you go to him you will find what 

 classes can be provided for your fairs. I want to emphasize again the 

 effort necessary on your part to follow up the work with the assistance 

 of the agent in getting out the exhibit and in putting on the demon- 

 stration. 



I have spoken here more of the boys' clubs, clubs that the boys usually 

 enroll in, though, as you know, girls come into them, too, and they are 

 often successful because they use great care, sometimes greater care 

 than the boys do. But we have a number of clubs that are purely girls' 

 clubs. If you can put on demonstrations with girls' canning teams, or 

 garment making teams, or food teams, you can develop a great deal of 

 community spirit and interest. If in the girls' club you can get a can- 

 ning demonstration in each township, a team from each township to 

 represent the township at the county fair, you will find it to be a big 

 drawing card and educational feature for you. It interests a lot of peo- 

 ple for you, it creates a sort of rivalry among the people of the town- 

 ships, and by organizing these teams early, getting them trained so that 

 when they go into the county contest they can put on a really effective 

 demonstration. The same thing is true of the food preparation team, the 

 bread baking contest, and so on. There is a lot of work on the girls' 

 side that I hope you will not overlook. 



If there is anything that we can do in the matter of providing uniform 

 classification, we would be glad to do that, because uniformity in these 

 things is always of benefit. We will do that through our county agents, 

 because we will provide them with whatever information or methods we 

 have worked out. 



I thank you for your kind attention. 



The Chairman : We will now be favored with a solo by Miss 

 Lillian Jacobson of the T. Fred Henry Band. 



A few years ago the women of the state of Iowa came to the 

 management of the state fair and requested, if it were possible, that 

 a women's and children's building be provided upon the fair ground. 

 The board took the matter under consideration ; they knew that 

 probably it would be a pretty hard task to get an appropriation from 

 the legislature of the state of Iowa, because you know it is pretty 

 hard to get appropriations, but the women of the state stood back of 



