Zurich Citizens News, 1976-10-20, Page 9Royal
Winter
Fair
When the harvest is in and the
first snowflakes are in the air,
Toronto becomes the home of the
world's biggest annual
agricultural fair — the. capital
and show window of Canadian
farming. For well over half a
century, the Royal Agricultural
Winter Fair — The Royal, as
most Canadians call it — has
fulfilled its four basic functions:
competition, information, en-
tertainment and marketing.
Its roots and traditions go
muchfurther back into history, to
centuries of country fairs in
Europe and to the early pioneer
days of Canada.
This year's Royal is held from
November 12th to 20th, from 8
a.m. to 10 p.m. on week days and
from 10 a.m. on Sunday, at the
Royal Coliseum in Toronto's
Exhibition Place.
Agriculture is still Canada's
largest basic industry, though the
farm population of this country
has dropped from at least 40
percent to less than 5 percent
since the first Royal was held in
Toronto shortly after. World War
I.
Throughout these years, it has
been the most important single
event for promoting, stimulating
and improving Canadian
agriculture, as well as one of
Toronto's most colourful, ex-
citing and entertaining spec-
tacles.
Today, as the "real" country is
pushed farther and farther away
from the centres of population, a
whole new generation is growing
up without any direct knowledge
of where our daily food actually
comes from. For those, a few
hours at the Royal can be much
more than an occasion for fun
and excitement.
The most glamorous event, as
always, is the Royal Horse Show.
For the first time in several
years, the Royal Canadian
Mounted Police Musical Ride is
hack — one of the world's most
famous equestrian spectacles
with a tradition almost as old as
Canada itself. In the in-
ternational jumping events, the
top equestrians from Canada and
the United States are joined by
teams from Belgium and Ireland
as well as two individual com-
petitors, one from the
Netherlands and the other from
Australia.
On a more practical side, there
is a completely new approach in
the food display — "Foodland
Canadian Style" — with less
emphasis on selling and more on
free sampling, more decen-
tralization of exhibits and more
demonstrations in each.. "The
Story of Corn" will trace this
important crop from the field to
the consumer's table in its many
uses and varieties.
The Royal Flower Show
presents a new face as well: it is
being transformed into a
"Garden of . the Gods" with
gleaming white statuary
highlighting the floral symphony
of colours. Judging of animals
and crops, lively auctions, films,
automobiles, tropical. fish, the
international poster competition
and many more old and new
features complete the most
popular event in Toronto's fall
season.
Losing weight
isn't hard
Losing weight isn't that dif-
ficult. Cut calorie intake by
just 100 calories a day and
you'll lose 10 pounds in a year.
100 calories is less than one
bottle of beer or six potato
chips or about an ounce and a
half of steak.
Citizens News, October 20, 1976 -Page 9
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