The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1909-08-21
EAaIBTs OF FARMING
Every Temperate Zone Product
to Be Shown.
ROBERT GLENK In CHARGE

Colonel Charles Schiller Will Give This
Feature at the State Fair His Per
sonaI Attention-Many Interesting
Features Will Be Given.
The agricultural exhibits at the
State Fair of Louisiana. which will be
held at Shreveport this year from
Nov. ] to s. will contain every known
product which is grown for domestic
use In the temperate zone. Former
State Fairs have done more than all
else to demonstrate what Louisiana is
doing from the farmers standpoint
and even the most up-to-date and mod
ern farmers did not themselves real.
lie the great variety of products
which this state produces until they
saw them ali gathered at the Exposi
ton hall at the State Fair In preceding
years
Colonel Charles Schiller, commits
sioner OF agriculture and immigration.
gives this feature of the State Fair
his personal attention. and at the con
clusioD OF last years State Fair, said
that either of the four parish exhibits
contained a greater variety of prod
ucts than everything shown at the
illinois State Fair the year before
This shows what Louisiana can do
and all visiting the State Fair will see
this fact illustrated by the products
themselves.
Robert Glenk. superintendent of the
State Museum. has been named as su
periDtendent of the Exposition hall
for this year. he having served in
similar capacity last year, and giving
eminent satisfaction to both the State
Fair and the hundreds of exhibitors
who showed their products.
Mr. Glenk's experience In the State
Museum has given him training with
special attention to detail and through
his efficient management none of the
exhibits are In danger OF being lost |
or mislaid and the exhibitor Is assured |
he will get his entry back home In |
excellent condition. whether II be a |
pound of butter or bale Of cotton
In the agricultural department
everything raised on the farm Is |
shown ard the farmers take a special
pride In trying to produce the highest
class article and In this manner carry
off the blue ribbon as we'll as the cash
prizes offered by the State Fair and |
state board of agriculture, and the
many special premiums offered BY
seed houses and Shreveport mer
chants.
In addition to the exhibits of farm
and garden products the state exhibit
which will be under the direct super
vision Of Professor W. r Dodson OF
The state experimental farms. will
prove an Interesting and highly in
structive feature in the Exposition
hall.
Not only will this exhibit occupy a
great space and show what is being
lone with every kind of farm life In
louisiana. as proved by scientific and
PRACTICAL experiments. but the work
ng OF the pest which prey on vege
able life and the best way to combai
he insects will be shown In the state
exhibit.
The parish exhibits show what each
,arish is doing In diversified farming
While the corn contest will mark the
'reat progress being made by the
PLANTERS of Louisiana In the develop
neni of this most important and rap
hly increasing crop of Louisiana
In agricultural exhibits. the state
isplays other features Of farm life !
nd work in Louisiana show that thi'
tate is making the most rapid prog
ess of any In the South. Requests
br space reservations already receiv
d by this department indicate thu
exposition hall will this year be take,
D its full capacity and Louisiana will
q IN position to show the visitor wha
'ealth she enjoys, with her balmy Z
Innate and fertile soil