Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-10-09
AIR ATTENDANCE
RECORDS SMASHED
Richmond Day ct Great Expo
sition Patronized by Over
$4,000 People.
THIS Is FARMERS DAY"
Showing of Boys and Girls
Clubs Proves Agriculture Ex-
hibits Large Features.
THIS is FARMERS DAY"
Awards VIII BE Found on
Pages IL and II.

ancc AT the virginia state Fair was
broken Observation-Disclosures Day
when crowds estimated as totallinE
more than 10000 persons. thronged
through the gates and into the eaposi-
tion grounds.
Richmond Day crowds have always
been the largest OF the week in former
years but the human mass yesterday
was without peer in point of num-
bers and in interest in the almost
countless exhibits laid out for it's in
spection Whole families were present
and went from place TO place. finding
sfGmHiihinF sfrnni, to attract all before the
.. Thousands of farmers and their
ran saG'iies fror from al parts Of the State
attendance. For them the exhibits Of
the products OF the best farms in the
0!d I Dominion held the greatest charm.
machinery or the cattle and live stock
They saw all and will 60 homo to inn
prove their methods.
This Is "Farmera' Day.
II the farmer did not have the fullest
have his desire fulhlied today. To-day
W,. s,Iess be viii Fa5mers, 5n Day. and special
The various exhibitions under the
general direction OF the extension
al Tee xssoa nj he ss nns
DAY vim .sdrpass them % Il iroIn9s otinasrest. as.
VIII in in s,tendanee sHef as fiVe faS asSise S9fs
and make demonstrations.
neer cnaaies as ne T. X. XSeitz. agricultural engi-
SStiiute. viii be in charge OF the exhi-
largest collection OF the different types
State. The tractors vary in size from
~ me powertui machine hauling a group
use in the garden, which are manipu-
!ated by one man. just as the ordinary
plow.
Boys md Girls Clubs, Exhibits.
>, In nth the exhibit Of the boys and girls
state under the direction of county
.senIs. the young farmers are proving
own 10 all ,has Ths they arc coming into their
TheGe fug Is a-e tns Sz5 largest eyer assembled.
eGsn IS exsStea faSh hs mIjGIy Of sae
that it may be infinitely Inspected.
"a According to Charles G. Burr. In
time this method Of showing prize
corn has ever been used here ex;ene
ST sifyeiy; n1rn OF ,s the 275 Individual EXHIBITS
and los Of colored boys There are
only about thirty individual exhibits
ot corn grown by the best farmers Of
with this, the work OF the boys stand
out as a signal achievement.
Midway Is Crowded.
Never has such a day of big crowds
bees been see seen ,Sa on ,she the Midway at fair
men Yesterday who have been Coming
tion neTe ef each ~ season since the. Inaugural
IN the grand stand, other thousands
ionnd ,ouia Their pleasure on the Midway
co!orcd blankets and boxes Of csudN
and cans of coffee and every imariny
iiDinp 6ie kind INC OF prize from the stands
wrapped them around their shouiSerrss
ana an! proudly paraded the length Of The
iaiF Rn, Gay white way. vac
good good order prevailed. During the day
only two arrests were made hv ihss
ponce. p These were for rowdyism on
est old patrons Of the fair reme6Ssr
eA eAoerlenclng in the amusement zonn
,Gonfetti Ion filled the air and-feather tick
OF many of the strollers. Not show
on the course went without its crowds
yesterday afternoon. and last night
onnnri,ni,,. ol concessions nc were given an
Day by well-filled Golfers.
MODEL Army Camp Drew Many.
TO TO the man interested in military
anaind nroHnd ahe m model camp of the army
Kitchen and all the field eauipmeni
used by army units was shown in The
camp. AT the headquarters Of the
army army recruiting service a number Of
tory buttons, and these were given on
the presentation of discharge papers.
Thirty men from the SiXty-second
infantry AT Camp Lee have established
depot as well as remount depot
In In charge of six men and two officers.
daily. and the exhibit of the Army
Navy and Marine Corps in the indus
trlai BulIdins, were sent to the fair
the public with the work OF the dir
ierent examinations. Captain Rogers
Is in charge of the central army officn
near the industrial building,
Cattle Judging In Progress.
Judging of cattle and live stock
Nent on almost without intermission
were made. Thekliv stock exhibit Is
the largest one ever brought 10 t,be
fair here. and 1t will be Friday afternoon ,
before the work Of judging the cattle,
ing. ring has been built near the main
cattie building. and there the animals
are brought for inspections.
stand has been erected there to
care for any farmers or Others In.
Judges as they distributed their blue
ribbons to the choicest specimens from
Ihis and other states. One OF the
from the Middle West. =.
Canned goods packed by Manager
paimerf W. BOYD and four youthful as-f
sistants at the School and Homo for
Homeless Boys at Covington. Va, at
tention in the farm products building.
: Manager Palmer was for five months
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