The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-11-21
FARMERS SHOW
ATTRACTS MANY
TO THE ARM0RY
ssPLENDID AGRICULTURAL Elk
L \, t1IelTs ARE SHOWN BY
CONTESTANTS
COUNTY AGENT Il. LOTT sMlTk
HAS GREATLY ASSISTED
INTHE WORK.
GIRLS CANNING CLUB MADE
\ WoNDERFUL STRIDES
LAST SUMNER.

with by far the best specimens of
agricultural products ever placed upon
iaexhibition in Marion county, the Coun-
stys Agricultural Show opened this
sSmorning at the armory on jackson
street and is being visited today by
hundreds of people from every part
of Marion county.
Marion county in the past has not
3been an agricultural community but
In the last few years great strides
have been made and at the present
time, Marion is rapidly coming to the
4 front as one of the leading agricul-
tural counties in the state, and Is prob
ably. making as much Roadway as any
other county in the matter OF making
i better farms, and farm conditions.
The agricultural show this year has
BEEN under the leadership Of H. L.
Smith, county agricultural agent. and
( w. M. Kennedy, county superlntend-
ent, who have been assisted in their
I, work by Miss olive Davis and Prof. E.
u u. Lively Of the Fairmont Normal
school.
The exhibits this year in all of the
n departments excel those of last year
both in quality and quantity. While
the number OF entries is probably due
I to the. abundant crop year which has
Just closed, the fine varieties of the
4 fruit fands corn exhibits and the excel
4 lent workmanship in the canning divi-
sion is due to an advancement in the
scientific methods of farming ana
rural life which are being introduced
Y into the state by the Extension De-
partment of the West Virginia Uni
varsity and through the county agri-
cultural agents.
Professor LIS. Cook, Of Morgan
I town, connected with the university.
\ is the ge Of the corn exhibits and
awarool. he prizes in this depart
sment while Prof. Lively awards the
prizes for the fruit.
The prizes in the Girls Canning Club
sdepartment were awarded by Mrs. Fl.
III, Smith and two ladies OF the Wo-
4 mans Club Of this city.
Girls Garden and Canning Clubs.
SA visit to the agricultural show
,3lwould not have been complete with
out visiting this very important de-
nj partment where tho delicacies Of the
winter season are displayed. This ex-
is:Iibit consists Of the very finest speci-
linens Of every kind of canned fruit
and vegetables all the work having
5sheenE done by girls between the ages
I OF 10 and IS years.
This department is under the super
vision today, Of Miss Clara Wilson, of
E'airview, county leader of the Girls
Garden and Canning Clubs and Miss
Sadie Guseman, of Morgantown OF the
Extension Department of the iniver'
sity, who has supervision of the can
ming club work all over the state.
Miss Guseman is very enthusiastic
over the work being done in her de-
Spartment at the present time and re-
ports that this year 500 girls we're
members of the clubs and in 10 coun-
4 ties, county. leaders and a county or
eanization have been placed.
Many OF the canning exhibits are
from the Canning club which was heiu
atSBarrackville last August, and sew
eral OF them were entered in the state
fair which was held at Wheeling in
September and took first prizes in
that event.
After today these canned goods will
sbe5placed In the hands OF the Woman's
Club Of this city who will dispose OF
them at sale. The proceeds Of this
Sale will go back to the girls who did
the canning work. Miss Guseman re-
ports that one small girl living in Kan
aywha county earned $1,000 this year
loyScanning .vegeta bles which. she pro-