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large steer of four thousand pounds and the hog of over eleven hundred. 
This was the transformation to be seen and accomplished by diligent and 
willing hands. 
The promoters of the fair spared no i)ains or expense to make this 
sixth annual event better than the preceding ones. As an educational 
force and power the fair is becoming an important factor in showing up 
the wonderful and varied resources of the states embraced in her terri- 
tory, the garden spot of the great union. There is not an enterprise, 
factory, farm or a home that is not benefited directly or indirectly. This 
interstate fair with its marvelous exhibits will do more to broaden the 
mind, quicken the perception, and increase the knowledge of the visitor 
than any other enterprise in the same length of time. 
A free day was set apart for the pleasure and benefit of old soldiers 
and children. The minute service of street cars with carriages, auto- 
mobiles and wagons pressed into service brought hundreds of these peo- 
ple to the fair ground at an early hour which was soon converted into a 
romping play ground for the thousands of curious, bright and happy 
hearted little children clothed in their best. The veterans of the civil 
war with their good wives were as eager to see and learn of the great 
fair as the little ones. A veteran large drum corps added pleasure to 
the occasion. It was a record breaking day in attendance for hospitality, 
yet the sight presented and the good accomplished well repaid the man- 
agement for the courtesies extended. 
The live stock industry was represented by the cream of the best herds 
and flocks of the west in horses, cattle, swine and sheep. The exhibits 
in all these departments were never excelled in quality and in number 
never exceeded, especially is this true of the swine department. Cattle 
were represented by Shorthorn, Aberdeen Angus, Galloway, Hereford, 
Red Poll, Holstein and Jersey — the former predominating. Two hundred 
and seventy pens were filled with nearly one thousand of the finest hogs 
the sun ever shone on. Duroc Jersey leading in exhibits of Poland 
China, Chester White and Berkshire, the latter not receiving the atten- 
tion given to other breeds. One particular individual of the Poland 
China breed weighing over eleven hundred pounds attracted scores of 
people to see the massive porker. A special feature of the stock ex- 
hibit was the grand display of Percherons and Belgian horses. Their 
barns were filled at all times with an admiring multitude. The parade 
of live stock composed of many herds of fine cattle and grand horses on 
the race track was an imposing event for an admiring and cheering peo- 
ple. INIore and better sheep were shown than ever before, consisting of 
Shropshire, Southdown and Oxford. Many of them being imported. It 
seems strange that more are not engaged in sheep husbandry. There is 
no stock properly cared for that in the long run will bring a larger re- 
muneration than sheep. They do not exhaust the land but enrich it. 
The interstate fair is growing in favor and popularity with exhibitors. 
It is growing in quality and exhibition importance until its accommoda- 
tions are inadequate for the exhibits. The show has become of special 
educational force with the exhibitors. The ambition of the management 
to have everything first class has found a responsive chord with those 
