The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1913-11-04

He erected thirty-seven buildings in the Fair
Grounds. In 1910 he was given leave of alb
sence to put the First Insular Fair and Ex-
position for the government in Porto Rico,
out of which he made success. At the No
vember election in 1911 he was elected Com
missioner of Agriculture, Labor and Statistics
AS Commissioner of Agriculture he is
officio chairman of the State Board of Agricul-
ture, which has in charge the annual State
Fair and is also ex-oficio chairman of the
State Live Stock Sanitary Board The work
of the Department of Agriculture under his
administration has been directed toward a
greater educational development of the agri-
cultural population. The State Fair is recog-
nized as a fundamental educational institution.
The Corn Club work has been organized and
put upon a plane that is adding great deal
of wealth to the states resources More than
five hundred boys raised 90 bushels more
of corn to the acre last year in Kentucky, and
the champion boy raised 146 bushels and S.
pounds upon one acre. Canning Club work is
being we'll organized, and home canning outfits
are being used to educate the girls in preparing
and conserving at home the winter supply OF
foods that has heretofore been bought from
factories in other states. The concrete so is
one of Mr. Newmans pet hobbies. The De-
partment keeps two men in the held, with
forms, demonstrating to the farmers the econ
omy and efficiency of the concrete s1lo. there
are thousands of silos now in Kentucky where
there were but few hundred two years ago.
The Farmers Institutes have taken new
significance. Politics have been entirely re-
moved from these organizations, we'll as
from the State Fair and only a few days ago
the Commissioner removed his Labor Inspector
at Louisville for dragging that office into
political muddle. Kentucky is unquestionably'
great fruit state if the people would only or
game and handle their products in CO.
lucrative Way and on a scale sufficient to IN
terest the commercial world. The Department
of Agriculture in 1913 organized in Rowan
County $40 farmers into Fruit Growers AS
ISOLATION, and planted $4,000 apple trees on
1862 acres of ground. The work done IN this
mountain county has been so highly appreciated
that the Superintendent of Schools and the
Board of Education have arranged to hang
Commissioner Newman's picture in every school
in the county He is regarded as the founder
of the fruit industry in that section. SIM
liar organization was formed in Hardin County,
with 318 members planting $4,000 trees on 1900
acres Mr.. Newman is also an ex-ottlc1o mem
Der of the State Forestry Commission, and,
through the cooperation of the State Board OF
Agriculture, an arbOretum OF Is acres has been
arranged for upon the lands belonging to the
Kentucky State Fair. Adjoining these lands
Commissioner Newman has succeeded in get
ting Congressman Sherley, of the Louisville
District to locate Fish Hatchery, from which
the Federal Government will distribute fish to
restock the streams of Kentucky and those OF
adjoining states Within the last few weeks
the Fish and Game Commission and Commits
soner Newman have reached an agreement to
start Game Hatchery and Game Preserve
mon some of the State Fair lands.