New York State fair and agricultural and industrial expositionSyracuse, September 9 to 14, 1912. . e New York State Agricul-tural Society. Even with more permanent buildings—the best Fair buildingsin the State at that time—an excellent geographical location and grounds ofabout 120 acres skirted by two important railroads—the West Shore and theLackawanna—the Fair did not meet expectations. Something was solution came in 1 899 when the State took over the plant and lodgedthe management of the exposition with a Commission. While slow in development during the first years of State cont
New York State fair and agricultural and industrial expositionSyracuse, September 9 to 14, 1912. . e New York State Agricul-tural Society. Even with more permanent buildings—the best Fair buildingsin the State at that time—an excellent geographical location and grounds ofabout 120 acres skirted by two important railroads—the West Shore and theLackawanna—the Fair did not meet expectations. Something was solution came in 1 899 when the State took over the plant and lodgedthe management of the exposition with a Commission. While slow in development during the first years of State control, theexposition, benefited by educational features and a management of depart-ments based upon careful study and a knowledge of the demands of theinterests these departments were supposed to represent, soon went ahead ata rapid pace. The exposition of 1911 has been pronounced by agricultural and otherauthorities, the greatest in the history of the institution. The attendance,although held down by frequent spells of unfavorable weather, reached very close to 200,000. Governor T>ix.
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