New Britain herald., 1917-09-11

and Burns, husband and wife, con-
and novelty dancing.
Storrs College Exhibit.
This years exhibit offered by the
Connecticut Agricultural college at
Storrs is most complete and at once
becomes the mecca for those who love
fine cattle, horses and sheep. Here
the college has on exhibition what is
said to be the best Jersey bull in
Connecticut. The beast, jolly Oxford
Lad, born in January, 1909, and
weighing $500 pounds, is an import
ed Jersey. Because it is owned by
the state college it can not be en-
tered in the competitive lists but, be-
fore being purchased by the state it
won many prizes. This bull has got
registered daughters and other off,
springs that have been prize winners.
A couple of Holsteins and a couple of
Jerseys with excellent records attract
favorable attention as does the state
record Ayrshire COW, Mauchlin Snow
drop End. This cow holds the record
for the state of Connecticut for the
past twelve months, during which
time it has produced 655 pounds of
butter and 1927 pounds of milk. A
senior heifer calf, sired by Hollands
Perfect Piece, which is the undefeat-
ed champion of Scotland and Amer
lea. Is also with this exhibit. -Four
excellent Percheron horses add to the
states collection, one of them being
three-year-old stallion, Dragon Jr.,
weighing 1900 pounds. The others
are yearling colts weighing from 1000
to 1900 pounds and one Of them is
sired by Carbon who was sired by
Carnot. the $4,000 prize stallion.
Seven eve lambs and three rams. all
Stropshires, are exhibited with educa-
tional placards showing the value of
sheep raising and how it can be sue
cessfully conducted. A couple Of Jet
black Berkshire hogs with iron rings
in their noses to keep them from
roofing up the ground show that un-
der proper conditions hogs are not
the filthy animals that many people
imagine. The attendants from Storrs
are most courteous and keep their
stock in the most cleanly condition.
How to Preserve Food.
In the tent occupied by the Com
mittee on Food Supply, working in
cooperation with the State Council
of Defense and the Storrs college ex-
tension service lessons ar given daily
in how to preserve fruit sand vege-
tables. Miss Margaret Costello, an
instructor at the state college, is in
charge and has a complete kitchen
establishment where each afternoon
sh gives lesson and practical dem
onstration to scores Of women. In
this tent, too, are many placards CIV
ing timely advice. Among these arc
posters advising the farmer to kill the
Stacker hen and keep only the pro-
ductive fowl. Others addressed to
housewives advise them to buy their
products and take them home per-
sonally, rather than having them sent,
thereby saving on the cost and help
ing In the conservation of gasoline.
A series Of actual photographs tell
convincingly of the many kinds OF
work that women can and are doing
in this war time crisis and the bu-
reaus of horticulture and other farm
ing departments are replete with per-
tinent advice. large sign board
containing many posters in foreign
language attracts much attention.
The caption. "Why we are fighting,"
speaks for itself for these posters are
facsimiles of those posted by the Ger
mans in Belgium, telling mute
story of the terrible suffering that the
inha bitants of that war stricken coun-
try. The Red Cross has conspicu-
Gus and convincing poster and so do
other departments of the State Coun-
Gil Of Defense, advising all loyal
Americans to Immediately report all
suspicion or disloyal acts The dis
play on farm and home sanitation
likewise attracts attention and the
Hartford County League Farm bureau
has a display of interest This tent
is one that should be visited by ALL
There is nothing to buy but a great
deal to be learned
Exhibits of Products.
The exhibition of farmers products
Is unexcelled anywhere. In the main
administration building, directly in
front of the entrance, the entire floor
space is devoted to a large array of
farm and garden truck. Every conceiv-
able form of vegetable is on exhibit
ton, ranging from a 200 pound
pumpkin to a little piece of aspara-
gus seed. The tent occupied by the
New Britain exhibit is also one of
importance since it shows that the
Hardware City has been doing with
it's available land. this summer The
Municipal Farm, with 43 acres, and
the City Gardens, with lis acres, lead
in acreage but the Town Farm exhibit
under the head of the charity depart
ment, has the most complete exhibit
here superintendent Kibbe has stalks
of corn twelve feet high, heads of cab
bage weighing 20 pounds, mangel
beets weighing six pounds, all varie-
ties of table and field corn, beets and
other vegetables. The Municipal Farm
has a sample of the 10000 bushels of
potatoes it expects to harvest shortly
and the City Gardens, in addition to
samples of the products raised, has on
exhibition a number of jars of pre-
served fruits and vegetables. The
Row Scouts the Rows, club ReSse-I 1e-