New Britain herald., 1918-09-24


 war.
 Food Administration,
 The food administration committee of the Connecticut State Council of Defense has an exhibit which is we'll worth seeing. There are several sec tions One sets forth specimens of the different kinds of substitutes and their nutritive values. The food pre- serving section and demonstrations are also interesting and instructive.
 The Junior Food Army.
 The exhibit of the Junior Food Army of Connecticut surpasses the expectations of all in it's completeness. The exhibition hall is we'll filled with the entries of products of boy and girl farmers from all parts of Con- necticut The variety of the display and the quality of the things is what excites the admiration of the visitors. Different placards tell of what each boy or club has accomplished. The State Council of Defense recruited nearly 50, ,000 boys and girls of the state in this work and those in charge are deserving of the warm cOmmenda- ton which the excellence of the ex- hibit eXcites.
 New Britain Exhibit. The city of New Britain has every reason to feel proud of the exhibit ot the home garden products assem bled under the direction of the specially authorized committee of which Her bert V. Camp is chairman. Alder man Richards. Superintendent George F. kibbe of the New Britain tow I farm, Mrs. M. K. Pasco of the canning committee and Miss Mary Campbell are deserving of the congratulations extended today when the excellence of their exhibition came to public notice. The array of Vegeta bles is very large ! and the quality is excellent. Albin Holm nberg. who went about procuring i the specimens for exhibition. obtained 1 excellent samples to illustrate the suc- l cess attained by the amateur farmers. 1 Edward 0. KilbOurne of Stanley 1 Quarter is a very large exhibitor and 1 he has giant squashes, pumpkins, gourds and other smaller vegeta bIes, 1 which are admired for size and ap- l pearance. Superintendent Kibbe of l the New Britain town farm exhibits some of the products of his gardens 1 in which he takes pride. A row of l fodder cornstallIs serve as sort of a partition in the tent and 10 stalk is much less than 4 feet in height. The l Vegeta bleS grOWn on the farm are also of fine quality.
 Chief of Police William ]. Rawlings, ! Lieutenant Eamforth and Traffic Su- 1 pervisor Clarence Lamphere are com 1 petitors in the potato class. The spec imens shown by Officer Lamphere are 1 like himself-the largest of the police ! force.
 There is a nice exhibit by Edward Hollinger. He shows strawberries growing at this time of year. and one of the berries is ready to be picked. The variety of canned fruits and vegetables is most temptingly ar ranged. Judging from outward ap- pearance the women of New Britain have attained a degree of success that
 almost reaches perfection. The vari- ety is most complete and the judges 1 passing on these exhibits will be con. l fronted with a difficult task
 Much interest is being manifested l the exhibit of the vocational higf school. A printing press in opera l ton attended by a pupil of the schoo is turning out literature which is handed to visitors at the tent. In the same section of the tent there Is z machine lathe in operation under the direction of a pupil of the machinery class. Boys who are members of the mechanical drawing class are busil. engaged daily in their work.
 Visitors from outside New Britain who visited the tent today were loue in their congla tulations to the New
 Britain farmers.
 K of C. Booth.
 booth used by the Knights O
 Columbus has for it's purpose the ed
 ucation of the public on it's war work
 "Everybody Welcome Everything
 Free", is the legend which one o
 the placards announces and such i
 the sign which the soldier boys i,
 France find at K. of c. quarters There the soldiers can obtain base
 balls, bats, gloves, various other kint
 of sporting goods and things to eat such as coffee tea. cocoa, chocolatt and sweetmeats. At the K of C l booth which is in charge of Stat
 Warden William F. Brown of Eas , 1 Berlin, the public has an opportunit
 to see how the money they contrib , ute through the agency of this orde
 is expended. There will be a bette A understanding of the reason of tn :, soldiers appreciation of the K. of ( :. war work
 = Fruit Show.
 0 The society's fruit show contains [ section in which the Connecticu
 Pomological society has an exhibit y Judged from the size and quality o . the exhibit the quite generally know fruit failure of this year would b little realized. There is an absenC L ot the numerous varieties of peacehs
 but those exhibited are fine quality d The apple display is somewhat larger