The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1917-01-04
GREAT VISITING DAY
FOR MARYLAND FARMERS
stats College OF Agriculture Will Be
Scene Of Enthusiastic Farmers
Day Celebration, May so.

College of Agriculture. Farmers and
their families from every section Of
the State are expected to throng the
College and Experiment Station
grounds where every possible effort
will be made to contribute to their en-
tertainment and instruction IN the
activities of their institution. In view
OF last years record attendance and
the increased interest which has re-
suited from the successful campaign
Of the friends of the College for ade-
Quate appropriations, fully double the
attendance of previous years is anti
cipated, as this years celebration will
be the opening of new era in the his
tory of the usefulness of the Institu-
ton to the farming people of the
State.
Points Of Interest.
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 vari-
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of Agriculture.
The program of the morning will be
devoted to inspection of the College
and Experiment Station buildings,
equipment and grounds, with the head
of each division of work and assistants
to explain the particular activities in
which each section is engaged. A new
feature which 1t is hoped will appeal
to visiting farmers will be the Horse
and Colt Show which will be held at
the Experiment Station under the
direction of the Department of Animal
Husbandry.
Free Lunch For All.
Following the Horse Show and in
spection of grounds and buildings,
picnic lunch will be served at the Col
Iege in which it is hoped that all Wis
itors will join. During the lunch
period, from y to P. NJ, number
of lectures have been arranged for
the benefit of those who care to Sc
cure information on topics of special
interest to them. These talks will
be short and informal in nature, deal
ing with live subjects relating to agri-
culture and home economies, and
illustrated in a practical and helpful
manner. Information regarding these
lectures may be obtained on the
grounds during the morning insDec-
ton.
Noted Speakers Expected.
The program for the afternoon will
be Of especial note, as addresses by
Hon. Carl R. Gray, President, Western
Maryland Railroad, and Hon. Hoke
Smith, L. S. Senator from Georgia are
expected to feature the occasion.
Greetings to the assembled visitors
viii be extended by President H. J.
Patterson, under whose leadership the
Institution has been developed during
the past three years. Selections by
the cadet band of the College will add
to the enjoyment of the occasion, the
exercises concluding with a baseball
game on the athletic field, which the
many lovers Of that sport will no
doubt attend, especially in view Of the
enyiable athletic record made in re-
cent Years by the College teams.
A Profitable Holiday.
The Maryland farmer who visits his
State College of Agriculture on May
so next will be well repaid, 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. His good wife
will most assuredly enjoy a day away
from the work Of the farm home if
she not only has the pleasure of the
trip but can take home with her as
well some helpful thought or idea that
will tend to tighten her work or make
her labor more effective Neither
should we forget the effect on the farm
boy and girl, for they are the ones TO
whom the greatest benefits of prop
erly endowed and administered State
College of Agriculture will come. Their
opportunity of opportunities is this
chance to visit the College and come
to an understanding of its work and
It's teaching which would impress on
them more than any one thing the
opportunity for agriculture in Mary
land, and the dignity Of the calling
when they are getting their first ideas
Of what they would like to be and do.
Farmers Day at their State College of
Agriculture should be the great get
together day for the agricultural in
terests of the State; the day when the
farmer, the farm woman, the country
boy and girl, and everyone interested
in better farming, better living, and
greater Maryland, should find his or
her way to the Institution that is go
ing to be the great leading agency of
the State for agricultural progress.
Observation-Disclosures should be care
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