A statement from the management of the state fair at Raleigh showing the various winnings in premiums by the different counties puts Moore sixth on the list. Moore was outclassed by Buncombe, Catawba, Alamance, Guilford, and Wake. Of the $15,0287.50 in premiums to the counties, Moore county brought home $664. Moore, although only one per cent of the counties of the state, gets almost 4 ½ per cent of the premium money for good exhibits.
It is noticed that the big winning goes to Pinehurst for the livestock shown, and it is just as well for Moore county to recognize that Pinehurst is a big factor in this county in many ways. The Pinehurst livestock display at the state fair came away with $642 in premiums. Without that exhibit the winnings of the county would have been about in line with those of Robeson, Richmond, Montgomery, etc., which ranked between 45 and 50 in the list, where our county as it stands is sixth.
Vass is well represented as Laird Pharr and Worth Blue, in the Boys’ and Girls’ clubs, take $18 worth of prizes, and the Farm Life School club gets another rating, although the prize was only $1. With the exception of $2 to Mrs. Harry Viall at Southern Pines for an exhibit of fine arts, the deck is swept by Pinehurst, Vass and Farm Life School. This is satisfying to the peace of mind of this neighborhood, yet it is not a situation to be appreciated, for the rest of the county ought to have something at the state fair to show what Moore county can do. Where Pinehurst can make such a fine record with livestock not much more needs to be said in a general way by the county, but Moore has other things to present to the attention of the world, as the exhibits at the Sandhills fair at Pinehurst last fall made plain.
Moore county has a chance to do better than was done last year at the state fair, and even thought with the help of Pinehurst the county stood sixth, the farms of the county aside from what Pinehurst has been doing, can make a much better showing at the Raleigh exposition, and it is worth while. Vass is not the only capable community, even though the figures make it look that way and the boys and girls of the clubs are not the only capable farmers. This statement from Raleigh has something in it for Moore county farms to think about.
From the editorial page of The Weekly Pilot, Vass, N.C., Friday, April 27, 1923, Stacy Brewer, manager.
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