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Page 78 fair they would need hay, straw and grain. Two flat-bed wagons were used to deliver and I worked on one of them with an older man. He drove the team and I unloaded the feed. Of course, if we had a big order he would help but most of the orders were a bale here and a sack of oats or corn there. The man I worked with liked horse races so if something was going on in the afternoon we wanted to see we would pile the bales on the wagon a little higher, drive over by the race tracks, climb on the bales to see over the fence and watch. Got to see a lot of the fair this way. I had a pass to get in to the grounds so I never missed a night on midway. I liked to go to Machinery Hall. This was where the new cars were on display along with the latest machinery of all kinds. In later years the 4H clubs took over Machinery Hall and new machinery was exhibited out side. Parking was not a problem then because so many came by train. Both the CNW and Great Northern ran |