August is county fair time. Hooray!

Who doesn’t like a county fair?

Yes, we are sophisticated, urbane, high-tech people. But there is something about a good old-fashioned county fair that is like catnip. County fairs still draw us to our local fairgrounds like cotton candy draws us to paper cones.

Who can resist taking just one ride on the Ferris wheel? Who can resist eating deep-fried something (this summer’s new something hamburger with a deep fried doughnut for its bun!). Who can resist walking through smelly barns full of prize winning farm animals? Who can resist drooling over champion pies?

County fair prize winners among the livestock are decided along the lines of type and breed. There is the best Hereford, and there is also the best Charolais — even though they are both cows. …