The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-10-28

| Fair always forms an important fea-
ture and attracts considerable atten-
tion. This year the exhibit will be
much larger than usual, taking up
three-fourths of the State building in
addition to the live stock exhibit.
Near the State Building will be a
small building used for showing
lanter slides Of the college. Here
lectures will be delivered (according
to SCHEDULE to be issued later) COW
ering such subjects as Entomology.
Bacteriology. Horticulture. and Dairy
ing and Animal Husbandry.
| Clemsons exhibit will show how 1t
IL tina, only $4,000 of the s255. 900
tax is used for running the college,
and will further show how the re-
mainder is used in the fertilizer in
spectlon. experiment station work.
agricultural and textile scholarships.
etc.
| Throughout the college exhibit each
article will have q number which will
refer to descriptive paragraph in a
special catalogue Of college exhibits.
Ask for one Of these catalogues as it
will enable you better to enjoy the
| Fair. Below Is a brief outline Of the
Clemson exhibits:
Agricultural Department.
There will be a large display Of
all field crops, showing many va
rieties OF grain and forage plants. or
special interest will be the large
number Of varieties Of cotton. a fea-
ture Of which will be the comparison
of length Of staple Of different va
rieties. Equal in importance will
be the display of corns. A very in
teresting feature will be the samples
and analysis shown Of the several
types of soil found in the State.
Division Of Horticulture.
In this exhibit will be shown the
effect Of pruning and spraying of va
rious fruit. small fruit. and vege-
table plants. The pruning and spray
ing outfits will be shown and their
use explained. A number Of plants
will be shown illustrating the results
Of modern horticultural methods. OF
special interest will ne the roofing
from cuttings, budding. and grating
Of plants.
DivislOn OF Entomology.
| This vii, be one Of the largest ex-
hibits. There will be mounted spe-
cimens Of every insect pest known In
the State. Along with them will be
shown their effect on plant growth
and methods Of combating insects.
The cotton leaf worm will be OF spe-
ciaI interest.
| Division OF Dairying.
Az apparatus essential to the dairy
farm will be displayed. Among
these will be milk and cream testers,
cream separators. churns. sanitary
milk pals. cleaning powders. and
models OF stave and concrete silos.
There will also be shown samples of
dairy products.
| Textile Department.
Exhibits from picker. card. spin
ming. and weaving rooms will show
the processes Of cotton goods manu-
facture. Work Of the students will
be shown. Several machines will be
In actual operation. OF special inter-
est Will be the small dyeing ma
chine In operation. and samples of
colored materials.
Mechanical Department.
The exhibit here will consist OF
articles made by the students. includ-
ing' patterns. "tc. from the wood
work department; such articles as
andirons. shovels. and tongs from the
forge shop: and various castings. in
Guiding parts for a gasoline engine,
from the machine shop.
| or greatest interest will be one
H. p, gasoline engine which was
cast machined. and built by students.
| Show Of Cattle and Hogs.
AT the cattle sheds will be shown
representative animals OF the va
rious breeds Of cattle and hogs There
VIII be about thirty head of stock
shown.
The clemson Corps Of cadets will
be encamped on the Fair grounds
| during the entire week.. There will
be n dress parSN or drln every af-