TWELFTH ANNUAL YEAR BOOK — PART VI. 253 



COUNTY AXD DISTKICT FAIRS. 



lu spite of the rainy September, during which month a greater portion 

 of the county and district fairs were held, we are pleased to report that 

 on the whole it has been a successful season for these fairs. The report 

 will indicate that the receipts and attendance were larger and that more 

 money was paid out in cash premiums than last year. 



Ninety fairs reported this year against ninety-one for last season. Two 

 or three fairs were completely rained out and did not pay a sufficient 

 amount of premiums to warrant making application for the state aid. 

 The total attendance reported was 830,831, an increase of 30,000 over last 

 year. This would indicate an average attendance of 9,200 for each fair. 



The total amount of state aid paid amounted to $20,471.58, or an average 

 of $232.00 for each fair. The total receipts were $449,731.00, or an in- 

 crease of $23,503.00 over last year. There was paid out in cash premiums 

 — not including premiums, for speed events — $87,581.00. The total dis- 

 bursements were $432,510.00'. This was an increase of $29,156.00 over last- 

 year. The cash balance on hand at the close of the season s-hows an in- 

 crease of $2,826.00 and on the other hand the total overdrafts were $6,728.00 

 greater than last year. This would indicate that the fairs favored with 

 good weather were more successful than a year ago and those that met 

 with unfavorable weather suffered severely. 



The value of the property has increased from $818,277.00 in 1910 to 

 $882,989.00, or an increase of about ten per cent. 



The average valuation of the eighty-eight properties reported is $10,- 

 000.00. The other two fairs stated they occupied leased grounds and 

 buildings. 



We have prepared the following table showing this information in 

 detail for each fair: 



