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ments will show, for instance, a herd inchidino; from six to 

 twenty dairy cows. It will show them installed in model 

 quarters, how they should be looked after, Avhat they should 

 be fed, and how much they should be fed, say, for one year. 

 These cows will be milked before patrons of the fair, demon- 

 strating use of the milking machine and cleanliness of milking 

 methods. Care of the milk will be demonstrated, also separa- 

 tion of cream from milk, and, if possible, the actual making of 

 butter and cheese, and preparation of dairy products for ship- 

 ment to market. 



The women's work department should not be confined to 

 arrays of garments, fancy work and cooking. Get something 

 into this department that will be of real service to farm women. 

 For instance, present a display of dresses best adapted to use 

 on the farm, cutting patterns, making the garments and dis- 

 playing them on living models before farm women. Another 

 display worth while for this department is one showing how to 

 furnish a rural home and how to arrange furniture. The Art 

 Institute of Chicago presents an exliibit of this kind that is 

 very instructive. Another feature for this department is dem- 

 onstrations of cooking by farm girls, taught through the agency 

 of the farm boys' and girls' clubs. The fair should be filled with 

 demonstrations. 



In the department of education exliibits usually 'are confined 

 to work of school pupils. Provide an exhibit showing the 

 model school and model school furniture, so that school officials 

 of your rural communities may profit by seeing them. 



Many fairs, large and small, present w'hat they call a fine arts 

 department. Shun any such travesty on real art. I know of 

 but one fair in America that has a real fine arts department, and 

 that is the State fair of Texas. Hundreds of thousands of dol- 

 lars have been spent on this exliibit, and it contains real art. 



Provide High-class Entertainment. 

 Now we come to a very important feature of fair manage- 

 ment — that of its policy in providing features in addition to 

 real educational exliibits. In other words, shall there be enter- 

 tainment features and how much entertainment shall be pro- 

 vided? As I said earlier in this discussion, fairs should be built 



