Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-09-21
THE COLLEGE EXHIBIT.
The Display at the State Fair Attracts
Attention of all Visitors.

Wednesdays Oregonian con
tains the following very conap1i
mentary notice of the exhibit 0
the State Agricultural College a
the state fair:
The Oregon Agricultural Col
lege has won universal commen
dation by its exhibit at the state
fair, and the school will reap itt
reward in more ways than one,
The display is wonderfully com.
prehensive, including nearly
everything that is the subject Of
investigation or study at thai
institution. Very tastily ar
ranged on attractive shelves are
fruits, fresh, preserved and dried,
of nearly all varieties. Grains,
grasses, wool and minerals are
given a prominent position,
dairy products briefly tell what
may be seen in the dairy depart
ment, and vegetables of remark
able growth are present to rep
resent the gardens. On a table
in the rear of the agricultural
display are the products of the
machine shops. There are tools,
such as hammers. chisels, nip
pers, etc, made by the boys at
school. Various castings and
pieces of difficult turned work
are also exhibited, de1nonstrat-
ing the thoroughness of the in
structien given and the pro-
fciency attained. Pieces of
practical woodwork, such as
turning, carving, saving, join
ing, ETC., evince a wide range of
study in this direction.
But there is no other part of
the Agricultural College ex-
hibit that attracts such general
attention as does the collection
of ''bugs.' The interests of all
the people of Oregon are SO
closely connected with and de-
pendent upon the agricultural
and horticultural industries that
every man and woman has come
to feel a vital interest in every
thing that affects these depart
ments of human activity. The
doctor, lawyer, merchant and
public official, the preacher, edu-
Gator, mechanic and artist, are
all more or less familiar with the
various subjects that are of i'm
portance to the farmers. Yet
none of these, and in fact, but
few of the farmers themselves,
are well informed regarding the
nultitudes of insects that aid or
destroy vegetable growth. They
have read from time to time, in
the columns of the press, or in
experiment station bulletins, of
the more common insects that
prey upon the more valuable of
our fruits and grains. It is
quite 10 be expected, that all
would be interested i'll the ad-
mirable collection of insects COM
prised in the college exhibit.
These insects are arranged in
two classes, the beneficial and
the injurious. AS it is generally
supposed that nearly all insects
are injurious, it was surprising
to some to see a considerable
number of repugnant-looking
winged creatures occupying
position of honor in the neat
glass cases that contain the ex-
hibit. But by far the greater
number of insects were relegated
to the other class, where visitors
were pleased to observe them
with pins sb,1ck through their
backs.
Many a farmer has gained his
first clear conception of the ex-
act appearance of the common
insect pests by studying the col
lection at the state fair. Mon
and women gather around the
glass cases and examine to their
evident satisfaction and enlight-
enfnent the structure of the
."bugs" that are their persistent
opponents in the struggle for the
production of food with which
to support the lives of human
beings. Many a farmer will go
away from the state fair this
year, knowing for the first time
how to determine the character
Of the common insects that in
fest his trees and grains. To
these farmers, if they shall make
good use of the information thus
gained. the state fair will be of