Macon County GaArchives News.....1911 Macon County Fair  October 10 1911
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The Butler Herald
The Butler Herald
Tuesday, October 10, 1911
Page Two

Macon County Fair

Taylor County folks who attended the county agricultural exhibition at 
Oglethorpe last week were highly pleased with what they saw.

Our neighbor county friends are to be congratulated upon the undertaking and 
its very successful termination.

A long list of premiums was offered for individual displays and their awardings 
was a matter of great interest not so much for the amount of the prize but for 
the fact that the recipients had given his or her best efforts in specializing 
on the farm, which ought to be done on every farm but is too often neglected.

We are pleased to learn through those attending the fair, that our genial 
friend, Mr. Bob Hicks, of Delta, was given the first cash prize for the best 
showing of pigs.  Mr. Hicks has for years been the leading farmer of Macon 
County in hog raising and by winning the premium offered in this department we 
are given no surprise.  Mr. Hicks makes a specialty of raising the Poland China 
hogs.

One fact that is of particular interest to us is the statement made by the 
Montezuma Record in speaking of the fair that the best display of cotton was 
made by Taylor County farmers, who, of course, could not be listed as 
competitors and receive the prizes because these were only offered to Macon 
County Farmers, but it shows what Taylor County farmers are doing.  The Taylor 
County display of cotton was by J.A. Matthews and others.

Governor Hoke Smith and Hon. Pope Brown, candidate for Governor delivered 
addresses, while other men of state prominence were present and added interest 
to the successful occasion.

The needlework and display of canned goods, preserves and jellies by the good 
women of Macon County were classed among the best displays of the fair.

The corn display was good and in speaking of this item the Record says: “As 
usual the boys beat the old farmers raising corn.  Their yield was from 40 to 
150 bushels to the acre, while the old men were from 60 to 102 bushels per 
acre.”


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