The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1911-08-24
RIBBONS AND WINNERS
High Water Marks and Records
EStabIished...The Ohio State
Fair Next Week.

One thousand exhibitors and twenty
thousand entries insure the greatest
State Fair ever held in America Five
Thousand more entries than ever be-
fore made. Ohio people are loyal to
the Big Show at Columbus. The
crowds will come early in the week.
Everything will oe in order the first
day. Old and young will swell the
throng. Agriculture has come to the
front and is carrying the flag. The
overflow exhibits in the live stock de-
partment will be taken care of in
several monster tents. Outside
ground space never before used will
be occupied by exhibits The Good
Road Exhibit made by the State and
National governments will be highly
educational and reports indicate that
many county and township road Of
tlcials will take advantage of its les
sons. The great strife between the
owners of the different breeds Of
swine has resulted in almost twice the
number Of entries ever before made.
The Berkshire people lead In point of
having the greatest number of entries.
More than ever before have fathers
realized the good that would result in
having the boys from the farm attend
this y Exposition Sunday Schools,
Young Mems Christian Associations,
and civic organizations are encourag
ing their young people to come. The
state Fair grounds will present a
beautiful picture this year. The
beautifying effect Of the flowers and
shrubbery will be seen.
SCHOOLS INTERESTED.
Since Agriculture is to be taught in
public schools the teachers are taking
great interest, and discussing this SUBJ
ject and the State Fair at their lnsti-
tutes Nearly one thousand dollars
is the sum being spent in the Horticul-
tural Hall on a model landscape, which
alone would pay every home.maker to
visit the Fair to see. Every teacher
ought to see this new feature.
LADIES DAY.
| Monday, August 2Sth, Is Ladies'
Day. Thousands of women will be ad-
mitted free of charge The Oranges
in many places have discussed the
value of the State Fair TO the ladies
The Womens' Building has more than
twice as many entries as ever before.
Home is not only place for a man TO
eat and sleep and wash, but it should
be Home, Sweet Home in every sense
of the word Sweetheart, wife and
mother should not be kept at home.
They will enjoy and get as much good
from the Fair as any one.
FEATURES OF EXHIBITS.
The exhibit will consist of mounted
specimens of insects and diseases com
monty affecting orchards, small fruits,
nurseries, shade trees and farm crops;
material showing injury caused by
these pests Samples of spraying
material, models of spray pumps
equipment, mixing tanks; models OF
limbs showing proper methods of
pruning; charts and enlarged photo
graphs showing different development
insects, pruning, spraying and other
orchard practices; microscopic mounts
of common pests, an Illuminated case
with lanten slides showing many
things of interest to orchardist and
farmer. Infected nursery stock show
ing diseases and insects to guard
against. Model bee hive, bee tools,
comb infected by foul brood, diseases,
different races of bees; literature of
the Division.