The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1915-11-18


The educational value Of the local
fairs that precede Maryland Week is
Of inestimable value to both old and
young In fact, in a number of 10
calities the exhibits of the boys and
girls at the end of their club contests
has opened the way for their elders tC
take d hand in the holding of local
fairs or exhibits. 1t is natural then
that Maryland Week should be the
goal Of all progressive Marylanders in.
terested in the advancement of our
agricultural interests. Men, women
boys and girls in every country neigh
bOrhoOd ii the State ought TO have
their representatives at the Exhibit
tion. They should know what they
can produce both in their own i'm
mediate section and in other parts OF
the State. We ought to have q bright
crowd Of boys and girls from every
county. accompanied by their school
teachers and county agricultural and
home demonstration agents, ATTENDING
every day of Maryland Week. The
youngsters can learn more about the
possibilities of agriculture in Maryland
in day spent at the Exhibition by
seeing the best that the country PEG.
pie can produce than they could learn
in ten years from textbooks or writ.
ten accounts. 1t is a great inspira.
ton to any country boy or girl to 90
to Baltimore during Maryland Week,
there to see the city, which is the
goal Of so many Of our brightest boys
and girls, pay tribute to the country
at its Fifth Regiment Armory and
realize the often repeated saying, The
farmer feeds US ALL"
If Maryland Week has lessons for
our children, it has its lesson as well
for US older ones, who after all are
only grown up children. We owe it to
ourselves to know more about the
agricultural riches Of a State that for
its variety and excellence in the pro.
duction Of farm and orchard crops
stands second to none. We owe it to
our boys and girls to take them there,
SO that they may return home with
some understanding Of the wonderful
opportunities farm life holds for them.
We owe it to our neighbors to have
them represented in the Club Exhibit
Glass, unashamed to measure UP with
the best. We owe it to ourselves as
individuals to take to the Exhibition
the best we have grown or made on
our farms or in our homes. What
farm or farm woman Is not proud of
at least some one crop he or she has
grown, canned, or preserved? is
there any better way of getting your
children to grow up content with your
way of living and satisfied with what
you are accomplishing, than by prov
ing to them that father and mother
stand well in the doing or producing
of some one thing that it takes
thought and care to bring about? 1t
Is worth your while if for no other
reason to visit Baltimore during Mary
land Week, keep your eyes open, and
discover some one thing or things in
the producing of which you feel you
could excel. Next year, if not this
year, send your exhibits and have the
satisfaction of knowing that you are
not ashamed to try your best to win
The full program of Maryland Week
ought to be in every farm homo In the
State, whether you intend to exhibit
or not 1t will be in yours if you will
write to 7. B, Symons, College Park,
Md, asking him to send you a copy on
behalf Of the Affiliated Agricultural
Associations.