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The day following I had the opportunity of meet- 

 ing a great many of the farmers, business and profes- 

 sional men at work on the roads, this being ' ' Good Roads 

 Day." I am greatly indebted to Mr. B. Gr. Nelson for 

 bis assistance in accompanying me up and down the 

 different roads, and presenting me to the workers. 



The policy of meeting the citizens of the county was 

 continued, and with that end in view the business men, 

 county officials, and others were visited with the idea 

 that it was advisable to establish my identity, and to 

 sferve notice on the people in a personal way that I was 

 on the job, and ready to serve them in any way that 

 I could. 



As superintendent of "Agricultural Exhibits" at 

 the Pennyroyal Fair, I scoured the country for exhib- 

 its of com, tobacco, fruit, vegetables and live stock, with 

 the result that we had the best agricultural exhibit ever 

 put on at this fair, as evidenced by enclosed clippings. 

 Again I was indebted to Mr. B. G. Nelson for accompa- 

 nying me on these excursions, and profiting by his sug- 

 gestions, succeeded in locating many good exhibits. 



A special effort was made to get the Com Club 

 Boys interested in the fair, and to select com for ex- 

 hibit at the State Fair and at our county fair. As a 

 result of this activity, one of these boys won first pre- 

 mium at the State Fair for Western Kentucky, and $20 

 in money, and on showing this same com at the local 

 fair won $25 in money, and first on single ear and on 

 ten ears. Encouraged by his son's success, Mr. W. T. 

 Keatts made some selections for exhibit, and won first 

 premium in the adult class. 



Fair week was a busy time for me, as the arrange- 

 ment of exhibits, interviews with farmers, advising with 

 exhibitors about their show stuff, and meeting the peo- 

 ple generally, consumed the entire week. 



I visited the State Fair in the interest of Christian 

 county, securing a registered pig as a premium for the 

 Christian County Pig Club boys, from a breeder in the 

 northern part of the State, Mr. Thos. Powers, of Crit- 

 tenden, Kentucky. 



Through my efforts one of the large breeders of 

 Durocshas agreed to give every Pig Club boy entitled 

 to consideration a registered sow pig. 



