The Penn's Grove record., 1919-08-22
Friday, August %, 1919
Over The River
Delaware State Fair

The Delaware State Fair which will
be held from Sept. l to 9Th inclusive,
at Elsmere, near Wilmington, promises
to be fifty per cent bigger than ever
before. One of the attractions will be
the exhibits under the management of
Delaware State College.
With twice the number of exhibits
to be shown in a new building back of
grand stand, with 5000 feet of floor
space and 5000 feet of table and wall
space additional, these exhibits along
with those of Delaware College and
the Agricultural Extension Service
will provide an attraction that will
interest evry granger, Three new ex-
hibits in addition to those of last year
will feature this year, being the work
OF the Department of Agronomy, Hor-
ticulture and plant Pathology.
The New Castle County farm bureau
which has been the most active of any
in the State of developing and promot-
ing the dairy industry will have an
educational exhibit of dairy cattle of
special interest to everyone seeking
greater milk production per COW. $
Four OF five heifers of good con-
formation and type will be shown as
the get of n bull to demonstrate
the value of a pure breed sire. The
Farm bureau in this exhibit is driving
home their slogan, "a pure breed bull
on every farm" This will be the
climax of the fight against the scrub
bull, which will continue throughout
the State. Along with the cattle will
be shown the exhibits of the Bows
Livestock Clubs. More than fifty boys
are expected to exhibit their pigs,
chickens, corn, s~elf-feeders, and chick
en- 'coops, which are a part of the home
project work going on.
The Agronomy Department of the
College has finished ten years work
in field crop experiments at the college
farm. The results of various kinds of
fertilizer will be shown graphically
by means of bags of wheat filled to
show the yield per acre of each treat
ment. A similar exhibit will be made
showing the results secured with the
rotation and fertilization of the corn
crop. A special feature of this exhibit
will consist of numerous varieties OF
wheat which has been selected this
year to show the variation in quality
and the range of disease resistance
shown between varieties.
The Department Of plant Pathol-
ogy, by means of enlarged colored
photographs and by specimens of some
of the worst plant diseases will show
what is being done and can be done in
the control of most plant diseases.
By reason of it's being devoted tc
numerous truck crops, Delaware is
subject to enormous losses from plant
diseases, each year. The department
of Horticulture will have an exhibit
of photographs and an exhibit of fruit
to illustrate the work, that is being
carried on at college farm 1!fc in co.
operations with the farm bureau.
The Home Economics Department
has arranged to give demonstration
daily in canning and preparation OF
food, etc. Byymeans of several sets Of
slides and a specially constructed Ian.
tern, the department Will show the res
ults of work which it has been carry.
ing on in this State.
Members of each department county
agents and others will be present tc
explain the various lines of work ir
which they are engaged and to discuss
any phase of eXhibots.
This building will be the headquar.
tiers for the 1000 farm bureau mem.
bers in the State, a majority of whom
will be in attendance.