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Farmers Day.
At The Maryland State College
of Agriculture May 80, 1916.

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of Agriculture May 80, 1915.
College Park, Nd, May 22,-Extra-
ordinary preparations are being made
for the annual celebration OF Farmers
Day at the Maryland State College OF
Agriculture. Farmers and their fam
lilies from every section OF the State
are expected to throng the College and
Experiment Station grounds when
every possible effort will be made to
contribute to their entertainment and
instruction in the activities OF their
institution. In view of last years
record attendance and the increased
interest which has resulted from the
successful campaign Of the friends OF
the College for adequate appropria-
tions, fully double the attendance OF
previous years is anticipated, as this
years celebration will he the open
ing of new era in the history OF the
usefulness of the Institution to the
farming people of the State. The fact
that the College is now entirely State
property under the recent acts OF the
Legislature will tend to draw even A
larger number of those who have never
been well acquainted with its purposes
or its obligations to the agricultural
interests of the State. Maryland
farmers and farm women are more
than ever inclined to look upon their
State College of Agriculture as the
future educational center for rural
Maryland and the agency through
which their interests will he conser-
we'd and protected as we'll as their
possibilities for production increased.
Realizing that the fullest appreciation
of the benefits of the Institution can
only come from a close acquaintance
with it's work and the receiving of di-
rect ben, fits from the information
given, the authorities in charge are
urging each visitor to bear in mind
certain definate points regarding
which information is desired, so that
at the end OF his visit he will have
succeeded in carrying home with him
some lesson of real, practical help in
his daily work in addition to his gen.
eral survey of the activities of the
College.
The program of the morning will
be devoted to inspection Of the Col
lege and Experiment Station buildings
equipment and grounds. A new fea-
ture which it is hoped will appeal to
visiting farmers will he the Horse and
Colt Show which will be held at the
Experiment Station under the direc-
ton of the Department of Animal
Husbandry.
Following the Horse Show and in
spection of grounds and buildings, a
picnic lunch will be served at the Col
lege in which it is hoped that all visi-
tors will join. During the lunch per-
iod, from - to 2 p. M, a number of
lectures have been arranged for the
benefit of those who care to secure in
formation on topics otspecial interest
to them.
The Maryland farmer who visits
his State College Of Agriculture on
May 80 next will be well repaid for
his expenditure in time and energy,
provided he comes for the purpose OF
finding out definitely what is being
done at the institution along the lines
in which he is particularly interested
and makes known his interests.
The main attraction of Farmers
Day is the opportunity which it gives
to visiting farmers and their families
to become better acquainted with the
work which is being done by the var,
ious departments of their State College
of Agriculture.
Most farmers will find much Of
practical interest in the various ex.
periments which are being carried on
in farm crops by the experiment
Station. Those who have used the
selected varieties of wheat which have
been put out by the Experiment Sta.
ton during the past few years will
find the test plots for wheat varieties
a source of considerable interest and
information.
Dairymen in particular will be in,
terested in the inspection Of the dairy
farm. particularly the open barn,
which originated at the Experiment
Station and is being adopted in many
sections as the most satisfactory and
sanitary type of barn constructed.
In view Of the many reports which
are being received of the ravages OF
hau cholara much intnrnst wiil he