Sunday, August 5, 2012

Fairs, Like Crops, Are Drooping With the Heat

New York Times: The cheese curds were sizzling in vats of oil, the cartoon-colored carnival rides were spinning, and the tractors, ready to pull something heavy, were revving. Yet all was not right last week at the Ozaukee County Fair, age 153. Inside the barns here, the entries competing for top vegetable and flower were fewer than usual. The rabbits vying for prizes were scarcer, too, said Elaine Diedrich, supervisor of the rabbit tent, as she paced the aisles, ready to submerge overheated animals up to their...

URL: http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/05/us/fairs-like-crops-are-drooping-with-the-heat.html
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