The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-15
AUBURN EXHIBIT
 AT MONTGOMERY
Is Expected to Attract At tention of HOusehOlders
 All Over State

Auburn. October tSpeeial1- 1- Householders of Alabama should lind Il wonderful attraction at the state talf al Montgomery i'll the exhibit ot the Alabama Polytechnic institute. For weeks past men have been busy pre- paring the exhibit and yesterday II was shipped to Montgomery, where now II probably Is arranged for the deleeta- ton of the fair visitors
 Every phase of agricultural and me- ohanlca industry that will appeal to the average man will be on exhibition IS well as indications of the extension and experiment. work which the agri- cultural department Is conducting.
 Greatest of all. probably will be the corn palace an intricate and wonder ful scructure made of corn from floor to roof corn in every imaginable shape with frescoes and fittings of corn husks. colored decorations of colored corn, corn doors, windows, walls. flag and furniture. It is the working out of the dream of Professor L. \. Duncan and Professor J. B. IIobdy of Auburn, who are in charge of the agricultural extension in the secondary schools, and who are the sources of corn club enthusiasm. The two especially Mir. Hobdy, have been at work day and night for a long time
 In the development of their plans The palace will have some architectural merit. outside of its aniqueness and novelty of design. Professor N. C. Cur tis of the department of architecture at Auburn has worked out the plans.
 From the agricultural experiment station here. Professor ]. r. Duggar director of the station, will send in wonderful amount and variety every thing that will appeal to farmers. There Rre dozens of varieties of cotton, plants and flores. which have been worked out in experiments on the local station In fact, everything sent from Auburn has been produced at the college. Be sides the cotton there will be collec lions of varieties of corn. In sacks stalks and ears; oats, cow peas, sor- Sh0n, barley and rye. wheat, soy beans and about r kinds of baled hay. As tho result of corn breeding eXperl- mentS at the station there will be about TWO bushels each of experiment station. $ellow and Henry Grady in ears and a large bundle of each In stalks. Mn- scum jars of various farm crops, cases ot moro than DO varieties of cotton Int. great box of recent bulletins for publication and many charts and maps Frustrating station work.
 The department Of horticulture. under Professor Williams. has sent specimens of insecticides charts and pictures illus teating their use, apparatus for their ap- plcation and experts 10 explain them. Varieties of every fruit grown on thc station farm under his direction and eX animation will be sent. including some wonderful oceans and Japanese perslr1- mons The campaign which this depart ment has inaugurated to establish home calming in Alabama will be represented by specimens of canned fruit, as put up by college boys on the local farm.
 pr. W. F. Hinds. professor of entomoo- gy and state entomoogist. has dozens of charts and pictures, illustrative of the work and of the destruction of the crop pests of Alabama. An interesting portion nf the chronological exhibit will be the collection Of actual specimens of the most important crop pests, displayed so that their deadly work will be most fully eX- plained.
 Dr. c. A. Cary. professor of veterinary medicine and state veterinarian, has sent an interesting exhibit which should ap- peal to stock men. Anatomical exhibi- tions of the domestic animals. exhibits Of various phases of the commonest dis eases, and instructions as to their eon- quest will make up the most of this cX hbit
 From the engineering department has been sent many specimens of work done by the Auburn college men In the shops wood working foundry casting machine shop reductions. and forge work. Tho mechanical exhibit was prepared under the direction of Prof. J. J. Wilmore. pro lessor Of mechanical engineering, and dean of the college of engineering.
 The Auburn exhibits will be in charge Of Auburn instructors and advanced stu leuts