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they give individuality and attractiveness to the advertising. 

 Printed handbills or "fliers" giving detailed lists of articles that 

 may be exhibited in each department are distributed to every 

 family in the community several weeks before the fair. In the 

 preparation of these suggestive lists the publicity committee 

 works with the chairman of the committees having charge of the 

 several exhibit departments of the fair. 



While it is to be expected that the exhibits at a community 

 fair will receive special attention for the purpose of exhibition, 

 nevertheless they should represent as nearly as possible the nor- 

 mal production of the community, for one of the purposes of 

 holding a community fair is to stimulate a desire to increase the 

 quantity and to improve the quality of the average product. 

 Freak exhibits of all kinds are to be avoided. 



Personal solicitation has been found to be a most effective 

 means of inducing people to make exhibits. Each exhibitor 

 should realize that he is in competition only with other members 

 of the community and that it will not be possible for some 

 stranger to take all the prizes. 



Satisfactory results are usually obtained in community fairs 

 by grouping certain classes of exhibits. Thus, in the live-stock 

 department, horses, cattle, swine, poultry, and pets are exhibited. 

 In the farm-products department are shown different varieties of 

 grains and seeds, grasses and forage crops, field beans and peas, 

 peanuts and potatoes, together with dairy products and bee 

 products. The orchard and garden department includes such 

 exhibits as fruits and vegetables, ornamental shrubbery, and 

 flowers. 



The woman 's-work and fine-arts department includes prepared 

 foods, canned goods, jellies, preserves, and pickles, and all kinds 

 of needlework, together with such exhibits as paintings, metal 

 work, raffia and reed basket work, pottery, painted china, and 

 handmade jewelry. 



The school and club department includes all exhibits from or- 

 ganizations in the community which wish to bring the results 

 of their work before the community in this way. 



The historical relics department includes firearms, swords, 

 caps, and other war relics, old looms, spinning wheels, and arti- 

 cles produced on them, old pictures, drawings, documents, Indian 



