Norwich bulletin., 1914-09-24
TOT DAY AT BROOKLYN FAIR
Sixtyhfth Annual Exhibition Attracts Big Croyd-Clean Show, With Fine Cattle Featured-Exhibs Made by Three Granges-Good Races.

1 tural show. This is at once patent | to the visitor strolling about the grounds. In adding something from among all the host of attractions that nave come into prominence at fairs in the last 50 years the management has not lost sight for a minute of the | real reason of establishing this fair nearly a century ago-the promotion of agriculture in Windham bounty, and the exhibition of agricultural products. Windham county, the ex- hibitors prove, grows just as big and just as good pumpkins and squash and potatoes as the farmers of any other county in Connecticut, by heck, And the same. is true of all the other products they exhibit of their fruit and dairy and culinary outputs; of their preserves, their needleworlk and their ways and methods of doing things. The Brooklyn fair proves that the county's tillers of the soil have a great deal to be proud of; that they are active and progressive.
 Experiment. Stations Exhibit.
 Their interest in new things in scientific agriculture was indicated by the close attention given to the mag nificent exhibit of the Connecticut Experiment station. which has big tent near the entrance to the grounds. It was hot enough in there to fry near-raw ham Wednesday, but the seekers after knowledge were not bothered by little thing like that. They listened to the lectures on plant diseases, plant breeding, prevention of forest fires. entomology and kindred subjects with the closest attention, given evidence of intention to apply knowledge gained to the mutual ad- vantage of themselves and the com munities in which they do business. The hundreds of specimens of bugs, r1I ante 6z nt> fully inspected by them with a view to thoroughly understanding the fine exhibit the state has made. This ex- hibit is under the direction of Dr. E. H. Jenkins of New Haven, with the following staff of assistants from the experiment station: Forestry, w. O. Filley: plant breeding, H. K Hayes; botany. G. P. Clinton; entomology, c. s. Lowry: chemistry. c. B. Morrison.
 Three Oranges Make Displays.
 Three county granges-Wolf Den Of Pomfret, Plainfield, Canterbury all add to the extensiveness and in terest of the agricultural end of the fair. Their sections are in the exhi- bition building and held as much at tention "Wednesday as any on the grounds in any department. Wolf Den grange has the best display of it's kind ever seen at Brooklyn fair, and probably in the county. 1t in cludes an extensive display of fruits and vegetables, preserves, needle work ,etc. Its feature is miniature farm, carried out in amazing detail by E. E. Brown. who seems to have not neglected a single thing unless it be the putting of a coo into the tiny pigeons that line the ridgepo1e and roof of the stable. Wolf Den grange is modest about its showing. though, and sets forth On a placard; This is our first exhibit, but watch hls grow" Also: We have the largest membership. largest horses. smallest pigs, sweetest babies. best cooks, pret- tiest girls. homeliest men-and sas- siest deputy. There's a. reason" Wolf Den was pronounced O. K by the crowd. They'll be watching for it again next year.
 Fine Fruit and Vegetables.
 Fruit and vegetables from many of the fine farms of the county occupy much space in the main exhibition building The fruit is beautiful, prob ably luscious. though the crowd didn't go as far as it would like as to this, and in most cases without a blemish, showing the results of the teaching of tree spraying methods. The vege- tables are as fine as ever shown at