Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-09-12
Combined. Exhibits of This State Will Reflect it's Mar
 velous Farm Progress.
GOING AFTER MONEY
 IN THE SWINE SHOW
Corn and Small Grain Ex- hibits From State Will
 Be Among Features.


 Memphis, Tenn, Sept. 11.-Arkan- sas will be splendidly represented in every department of the eleventh an- nual Tri-State Fair at Memphis Sept. Fl to 28, and the combined exhibits will reflect the marvellous agricultur- al progress of that great state.
 It has :been a notable fact that at every livestock sale in the south with in the last five years, Arkansas bid ders were to be found on the front row. They had the money and paid the price for pure-bred cattle and hogs. These breeders have lain low thus far, but are beginning to come out into the open. The result is that Arkan. sas hogs will be strongly represented in every class in the swine show. Practically every county in East ern Arkansas will be included in the agricultural department, where ex- hibits will be arranged by county agents from the counties represented. These counties will hhow an amazing display of grains and grasses that would do credit to the celebrated far ming lands of Iowa, Illinois and Mis- souri.
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 Owing to the fact that the drout'1 dealt ahard blow to the corn crop this year, the Tri-State Fair will make a l special feature of it's corn show. In- asmuch as the demand for increased production of grain will be just as ur- gent in 1919 as in 1918, it is the purpose of the fair to make the corn exhibit of commercial value to the farmer, as well s. as of educational worth to the visitor. This will be accomplished through the following means: Over each exhibit will be placed a placard giving the name and address of the exhibitor, the name and characteristic of the variety of corn shown, and the conditiaons and soil to which it is best suited. If the exhibi- tor has seed for sale the placard will so state.
 Exhibit Small Grains. 1 On account of the failure of the hay crop, this year, southern farmers are being urged to SOW rye, wheat, and barley this fall. This is highly important to provide pasturage for livestock through the winter months. 4uC 411-OG1tC Y dlI lldS dI dHkCu WlGIl c. s. Looney of Winchester, Tenn, the leading southern authority on small grains, to make special exhibit of small grains at Memphis. This dis play will not be competitive, but purely for educational purposes. McCrory Man Chosen. Louis Sawyer of Little Rock has been selected as superintendent of the agricultural department, but he has been called into the army. R. w. Beck of McCrory, Ark, has consented to serve in. his stead Agricultural sex- hibits will be judged by Judge George D. Karsner of Lexington; ky. ~s
 The agricultural building will be unusually attractive this year. Missis- sippi has been assigned the center space, with sArkansass at the right and Tennessed at the left. Rivalry be- tween the Tfi.State exhibitors will be unusually keen.
 Miss Sallie Chamberlain, district home demonstration agent for South eastern Arkansas, and Miss Nell Min ton, district home demonstration agent for Northeastern Arkansas, visited Memphis last week and arranged for their exhibit space. These exhibits will be judgedsby Miss Mary E. Cres- we'll, head of the home economies de- partment of New York.
 The Arkansas Agricultural College and Experimental Station has arran- ged general exhibit for the Tri-State Fair. It will be shown under the dir ection of Prof. Lasseter as supple nrnt to the elaborate United States government exhibit.
 Although the fair will be better balanced than ever before, the out standing feature this year will be the government war exhibit which will be sent to Memphis by special train to| occupy an entire building of 10,000| feet floor space.
 Owing to the educational value of the Tri-State Fair, the United States Railroad Administration has granted special rates to Memphis the week of the fair.