The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1910-11-25
Maryland Farmers to Have Big
Show

Show.
At special meeting of the Executive
Committee of the Maryland Horticul-
tural Society, all arrangements were
completed for the holding of their thir.
tenth annual exhibition in the Fifth
Regiment Armory, Baltimore, begin
ming ON Monday, November %, and to
continue throughout the entire week.
The best feature of the coming exhibi-
ton is the general invitation for every
body to visit it free. Cash premiums
amounting to $1,000 are offered and the
competition will be keen. Only very
few years ago the entire exhibition was
placed in one room. Now it requires
30, 600 square feet of floor space for
this year exhibit.
The apple crop has been good in most
parts Of the State this year, and many
bushels Of the finest specimens are now
in cold storage waiting for the show to
open next week. The tables will be
loaded down with all kinds and shades
Of red, green and yellow apples. From
year to year a marked improvement in
the grade of apples exhibited has been
observed The growers are learning how
to produce and select prize winning speci-
mems. The success Of Maryland apples
in capturing premiums in competition
with the entire country has given the
growers confidence in their own product
and has given apple culture great i'm
petus throughout the State. The quality
Of the Maryland apple is second to none
grown in the country
The trucking interest of the State will
not be neglected generous premiums
will be given all along the line. from the
humble turnip to the highly cultivated
caulifower or sweet potato.
In the department Of flowers the ex-
hibits will be especially beautiful and
attractive. The mammoth chrysanthe-
NUNS will divide honors with the more
popular roses and carnations of brightest
hue. Specimens of plants and ever
greens will be there in great groups
The Maryland Cereal and Forage Crop
Breeders Association is preparing for a.
much larger exhibit this year than ever
before. Three hundred dollars is offered
in cash prizes alone. Premiums are
offered on all the staple farm crops
grown on the farm in 1910 not listed
among the horticultural products.
While the Dairymen' Association is
young in years, it is old in experience,
and most active in pushing the dairy in
terests of the State. There are large
areas in Maryland especially adapted TO
dairying but the price for milk and
butter have not always been satisfactory
in the past to the farmers. This asso-
citation is encouraging more sanitary con-
ditions around and in the stables and
diaries, improving the quality of dairy
products, increasing the financial returns
to the dairymen and elevating the stand
ard of all dairy products. The exhibits
will consist of the most modern dairy
apparatus For samples of milk alone
cash premiums to the amount of 5000
are offered. This will stimulate compe-
tition and a big exhibit of milk is
assured.
The Maryland Beekeepers Association
will also hold their annual meeting and
exhibition at the same time and place.
Thursday, December is to be their big
day, when Governor Crothers will de-
liver an address. Prominent beekeepers
from out of the State have accepted
invitations to address the meeting on
different phases of agriculture. There
are more than 5000 beekeepers in Mary
land, and it is expected their exhibit
will be very large and that large crowd
will attend the meetings