The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1916-11-10
PLAN GREAT DISPLAY
FOR MARYLAND week
Maryland Agricultural Society
and Affiliated Organizations
Offer Unusual Attractions
Three thousand Dollars
offered In Prlzea
Farmers and Homsmaksrs Urged u
Attend--olub HShlblts To Bs Fsa.
tursd--noys' and olris' Club
Members To Attend.

College Park. Sept 1A.--Progressiva
farmers and homemukers throughout
the State are working for the suocesa
Of the annual Maryland Week Bxhibh
ton this year. which win be hold In
Baltimore. at the Fifth Regiment
Armory, November 1Ath to 18th. They
are planning display Of unusual var
iety and excellence. In many neighs
korhoods, local shows or exhibits of
farm and home products will be held
from which the best will DO sent to tho
Maryland Week Exhibition, in fact, ne
q result OF this annual show, there 10
now hardly q section Of tho state In
which some local show Ia not hold Ia
arouse the interest OF farmera and
homemakem IN tho possibilities OF
THAR neiehborhoods.
Probably tho most striking features
Of the Maryland Week Exhibition are
the entries OF local farmers clubs and
oranges In tho Club Exhibit Class.
This class represents the highest type
~ cooperative production and has
Zone more than any ono thing "a
arouse an intense nolghborhood pride
and rivalry, II ia unquestionably the
most attractive feature Of the Exhibt
tion, since every branch OF farm and
home activity Ia represented In tho fms
dividual exhibits which 20 TO make
each booth.
II Ia also stimulating q more gem
sral corporation In production In
many neighborhoods. In a number OF
instances. the members Of local
oranges or farmers clubs have had O
standing committee for some months
IN charge Of planning and growing
their exhibit at Maryland Week. In
this manner, they are able TO forecast
che kind of display they will be able
10 put up and havs allowed nothing 10
escape which would 80 toward making
their exhibit more unique and conn
plete. II has stimulated an ambition
TO improve the quality Of their prod4
uots far more than could have boom
done through institutes or technical In
utructlon. The great ambition of theaa
exhibitors is to have their nolghb0r
hood and its local organization excel
beyond any other In the state In agri.
cultural production Tho keennasa VI
the competition only Rdda TO the value
Of the prizes offered and the roputa.
ton which suocoas In this class gives
TO any nsirlihorlDod IN tho State.
Especial Incentive II given every one
In local organization taking q part
through the rule which allows ten
points out OF hundred 10 any organ.
ixatlon every one Of whose members
exhibits.
In connection with tho Exhibition.
there will bo n daily program for the
mombers of tho Affiliated Agricultural
Associations and their friends, Promi.
nent speakers and specialists IN many
lines Of agricultural work win address
the annual meetings Of these assooia-
tons.
Ono Of the Interesting features Of
tho Exhibition inHt year was "A Wait
paid to II by tho Boys and Girls Club
prize winners from many sections OF
the State These youngsters woro one
Of the great attractions Of tho show
and carried back with thom 10 their
homes a greater pride in tho farming
Of their noighbOrhOods aud the ngricui.
tural possibilities Of Tho state. II IL
expected that they win attend the Hx.
hibition again this year and bring with
them many Of their friends and noigh-
bors The prize winners on The Homo
State Tour, which win be held In con.
nection with Maryland Woek, will have
special program during tho Exhi.
bition
Altogether. in tho opinion OF tho
many farmers. farm women and agri-
cultural workers Interested In It's suo.
cess, tho Maryland Wssk Exhibition
this year should prove tho greatest
svont of IT'S kind. not only In Mary.
land. but IN the Fast