. Biennial report of the Department of Agriculture. Agriculture. 466 TENNESSEE AGRICULTURE WHAT I SAW AT THE STATE FAIR. Alton C. Greer, a boy of Bledsoe County, who was attending the institute as a guest of the State Fair, was presented and read his prize- winning essay on what he saw at the State Fair. Mr. Greer was a member of the Boys' Encampment at the Fair. His essay follows: While at the fair during the week of September 16-21 I saw many thing which were both inter- esting and very instructive to me. To mention all that I saw would be impossible, but in a general way I can mention those
. Biennial report of the Department of Agriculture. Agriculture. 466 TENNESSEE AGRICULTURE WHAT I SAW AT THE STATE FAIR. Alton C. Greer, a boy of Bledsoe County, who was attending the institute as a guest of the State Fair, was presented and read his prize- winning essay on what he saw at the State Fair. Mr. Greer was a member of the Boys' Encampment at the Fair. His essay follows: While at the fair during the week of September 16-21 I saw many thing which were both inter- esting and very instructive to me. To mention all that I saw would be impossible, but in a general way I can mention those features of the fair that were most interesting to me. I saw live stock of almost any and every description found in the State, excepting scrubs, which I did not see any of. There were horses from the large, heavy draft types to the small Shetland pony; jacks and jennets; mules that any farmer boy ought to be proud to drive; excellent breeds of beef and dairy cattle, some of them weighing 2,000 pounds and over; some of the best breeds of hogs and sheep for the practical farmer; goats that would relish a sprout thicket more than hay; and poultry that our mothers and sisters take a delight in caring for. In the agricultural department I saw excellent samples of corn, small grains, grasses, clovers and other forage crops. The horticultural exhibits were equally as good as those in the agricultural department. The vegetables were such as any good house- wife would be proud to place upon her table, and the fruits demon- strated the results of proper care and management. To the boy who is accustomed to seeing only wormy and rotten-specked fruit it would seem almost impossible to grow such nice, smooth apples, uniform in size, shape and color; but right here was a clear demonstration that it can be and is being done. In the agricultural and horticultural depart- ments combined I saw the most nearly complete collection of the prod- ucts of Tennessee soils that I have ever seen. In the
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