The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1914-11-06
Maryland Week

Plans are under way to make Mary
land Week this year record breaker
in point of attendance from the coun-
ties of Maryland. Among other things
in addition to unusual excellence OF ex-
hibits, railroads have been asked to es-
tablish excursion rates for the week,
and merchants of Baltimore will be in
vited to conduct one big bargain day IN
all stores for the benefit of county vlsl-
tors. There will be entertainment, OF
course, and a general appeal will be is
sued to all residents of Baltimore to
seize the opportunity to invite their
country relatives and friends who 9TH
erwise might not attend, for house
parties.
Every energy will be directed toward
the county attendance. The press OF
the state generally will be asked to
promote local organization along this
line, and the managers of the event
look forward to huge movement to-
ward the common center, from every
town and village and from every farm
section of the good old State.
The MARYLAND Week Exhibition will
be held at the Fifth Regiment Armory
on November 1921. 1t will be, as last
year, under the auspices of the Mary
land State Horticultural Society, and
affiliated with this organization will be
the Maryland Crop Improvement Asso-
citation, Maryland State Dairymen's
Association and Maryland State Bee
keepers Association. In the order
named, these organizations will hold
their annual meetings on Wednesday,
Thursday, Friday and Saturday, with
three sessions daily, in the 'Armory
gymnasium. The formal opening on
Tuesday night will be with an appro-
pirate programme in which national
government, State, city and various
rural interests will be represented.
The premiums this year, list of
which can be obtained by addressing
the Secretary of either organization at
College Park, are larger and more num-
erous than ever, and competition will
be splendid, following the fine success
of last year, Oranges and Farmers
Clubs desiring to enter the Club Elk
hibit Contest, should notify the Seere-
tary at once so that space can be re-
served.
The prizes for club exhibits have
likewise been increased, and in addi-
ton, prizes are offered for all exhibits
in each club exhibit; so that such an
exhibit can be made by any organiza-
ton with practically no cost.
Last year the Maryland Week Essay
Contest proved such winner that it
will be one of the leading county at
fractions again in November. There
will be two contests-one for boys and
one for girls-and any boy or girl at
tending school anywhere in Maryland
is eligible. School teachers throughout
the State are invited to encourage all
their scholars to enter, and the plan
has the hearty approval of school au-
thorities, who realize the value of such
mental training for students. The
prizes will be $40 in gold for the boy
and girl winning in the Statewide Con- |
test and medal for the winner in each
County. The officials reserve the right
to published the prize winners under |
the names of the authors.
This years subject for boys will be |
why the Maryland Farmers Boy
Should Remain on the Farm" For
the girls the subject will below
Social Conditions in Rural Life in
Maryland Can be Bettered By the |
Daughters of Maryland Farmers.
All essays must be of not less than |
1900 and not more than 1000 words |
written on one side of paper approx |
mately II inches in dimensions, and |
must be in the hands of Secretary T.
B. Symons, College Park, Md, not
later than 6 O'Clock p. m, Monday,
Nov 9. DR.. M. Bates Stephens, State
Superintendent of Education and Prof. |
G. S. Richardson, of the Dept. of En-
glish, Md. Agricultural College, and a
Judge to be appointed by the Governor
will award the prizes.
A floor plan has been prepared for
the exhibition that will show the re-
sources Of Maryland as they never
have been shown before. In the CEN
ter, surrounded by stately columns,
will be huge floral exhibit designed
by the most original minds in Mary
lands Horticulture, and for this exhibit
prize flowers of all kinds are being
carefully brought to perfection by
expert treatment. Thanking the floral
exhibits and backing up to the rear of
the immense hall will be the fruits,
farm products and products of the
Maryland dairy, in arrangement or
derby and graded, in quantity profuse
to point of extravaganza. Nothing
that grows in our State will be lacking. |
In one corner of the hall, the Armory |
officials having granted extraordinary |
permission for the purpose, the State |
Dairymen will have ''stable" of half |
dozen fine cows, which will be fed, |
cared for, and MIXED for the purpose
of showing results of scientific care
both in food value and purity of the |
milk supply. i
The cows will be placed on false floor
of link, bedded with sawdust, and the
dairymen have undertaken to prove to