OFFICERS OF NORFOLK FAIR. 



501 



fill groves in various places in the grounds, 

 thus making the grounds and buildings 

 second to none in the Province. 



The membership at present is between 400 

 and 500, and the entries average between 

 4,500 and 5,000. 



Mr. Murphy occupies the position of 

 president of the Canadian Association of 

 Fairs and Exhibitions for the third term, is 

 secretary-treasurer of the Simcoe Horticul- 

 tural Society, and also secretary-treasurer 

 of the Norfolk Poultry Association. He 

 held, until its removal from Simcoe, for a 

 number of years, the position of U. S. Vice- 

 Commercial Agent at this point. 



Mr. H. H. Groff says of him : " It is a 

 well known fact that in organized effort of 

 this kind success is impossibl-e without :^n 

 efficient secretary, and the great and con- 

 tinued success of this Fair is the best evi- 

 dence of the efficiency and well known abilit\- 

 of Mr. Murphy, who, since its inception, has 

 devoted his time and energy to a work that 

 has become a monument to the honor of his 

 name wherever the Fair is known. In spite 

 of this great success and its merited recog- 

 nition by the Provincial Association in the 

 election of Mr. Murphy as its president, like 

 all men of high mental qualities, he is a man 

 of retiring disposition and modesty to the 

 verge of self effacement, and these facts add 

 to the satisfaction of his many friends, who 

 recognize the force and ability of the man in 

 the character and quality of his work." 



W. F. KYDD^ SUPERINTENDENT. 



W. F. Kydd was born in the parish of 

 Barry, County of Forfar, Scotland, the son 

 of a farmer, who was a tenant on one of the 

 finest farms on the Panmore estate. He 

 left Scotland for America in 1878, and 

 farmed for ten years in Kansas and Nebras- 

 ka, leaving the latter state for Canada en 

 account of his children's education. He 

 settled in Simcoe thirteen years ago. pur- 



Fio. 2699. W. F. Kydd. 



chasing a small farm inside the corporation 

 of said town. This farm he greatly im- 

 proved, and turned many an acre of stumps 

 into strawberry beds and fruit trees. He 

 has been greatly interested in agriculture 

 and horticulture, and has for twelve years 

 been a very prominent member of the Fair 

 Board. For the last three years he has oc- 

 cupied the position of general superintend- 

 ent, which he has now managed with marked 

 ability and success, and in connection with 

 all the work which he has undertaken, has 

 done much to place the Fair where it is at 

 present as one of the most prominent in the 

 Province. As a further evidence of his 

 ability, Mr. Kydd has been selected by the 

 Department of Agriculture to judge horses 

 at various fairs, and also as a speaker st 

 Farmers' Institute meetings. 



