CHAPTER TWENTY-FIVE. 



A WORD TO THE EXHIBITOR AND FAIR 

 MANAGER. 



The wise exhibitor or herdsman will so arrange his 

 circuit that he will arrive on the Fair Grrounds as early 

 before the opening of the Fair as possible, that he may 

 have his hogs well rested and in the pink of condition be- 

 fore the show opens. Where one attends a Pair each 

 week, this of course is sometimes a hard rule with which 

 to comply, but many thinking Fair Managers today 

 are so arranging their dates and days of show that the 

 live stock that is to show the following week at a distant 

 state is allowed to be released on Friday night — which, by 

 the way, is a custom that all Fairs and Expositions should 

 follow. 



Many State Fairs have too many men among their man- 

 agement who know nothing whatever of the need's of the 

 live-stock exhibitor while on the circuit. They manage their 

 show as though it were the only one the exhibitor was 

 going, to attend and seem to think that the exhibitor, be- 

 cause he made an exhibition at their Fair, should be obliged 

 to remain there vintil the last man is gone. They should 

 always remember that without the live-stock exhibit their 

 Fair would soon be a thing of the past, and for this reason 

 should give the live stock exhibitor every encouragement 

 and help possible. 



Necessity of Being Prepared to Show Pedigrees. 



Oftentimes in the under-six-months class or the class 

 over six and under twelve months, there is such a wide 

 range of sizes that one hesitates in comparing. Here is 

 where every exhibitor should produce the certificates of 

 registry, and if any of the animals have been purchased of 

 others, the certificates of transfer, showing exact age of the 



