The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1920-05-21
Friday, May 2lst. 1920
FARMERS DAY AT COLLEGE PARK


Secretary Of Agriculture, will be
the speaker at the seventh annual
Farmers Day celebration at Col
lege Park, Saturday, May 70,
when farmers and their families
and others interested in rural
activities will be drawn from all
of the State by the interesting
features which mark this year
ly event.
The many difficulties which
are now confronting the farmers,
the increased attention which
society i. Ca~e~a' is devoting to
farm roln"tion, due to constant
reports of decf eased acreage and
depopula O. : many rural COM
munities, will lend added weight
to the words of the Secretary of
Agriculture. The farmers Of
Maryland are anxious to see and
to hear the man who is direct
ing the agricultural policies of
the nation aud whose practical
knowledge of agriculture so we'll
fits him for the big task ahead
of him.
Secretary Meredith will speak
at2 o'clock ia. the afternoon and
his address will be followed at 4
o'clock by the annual base ball
game between Maryland State
College and Johns Hopkins Uni
versity. During the morning the
visitors will be invited to attend
the many varied demonstrations
which will be in progress from
9 until l o'clock.
Arrangements are being made
to care for a large number of
visitors and it is expected that
the attendance will equal that of
last year when the crowd which
thronged the college grounds
broke all previous records. Re.
freshment booths will be erected
at different points on the college
grounds and lunches will be serv-
ed by the members of the Junior
Class, who have charge of this
feature of the program.
In planning the program, every
effort was made to interest all
classes of visitors. There will
be special features for women
and the attention of the men will
be claimed by the machinery,
plant and livestock demonstra-
tons.
Of chief interest to the tobias
CO growers and truckers Of south
ern Maryland will be a demon
stration at the Experiment Sta
tion which will show the relative
values of potash, PHOSPHORUS
and nitrogen as fertilizing agents.
By means of charts and photo
graphs this demonstration will
prove that nitrogen is the domi-
mating plant food. Illustration
also will be given, pointing out
the relative merits of the differ
ent sources of nitrogen,
Tobacco growers alsoswill have
opportunity lear the results
of experiments which have re-
Gently beel G uducted in an eff
fort to produce seed from Nam
moth Tobacco, the species which
has been developed by the Mary
land Agricultural Experiment
Station. This new variety of to-
bacco has already proven it's val
ue in many ways for it not only
produces large yields but is cap
able of yielding large crops on
highly fortified soils without
showing deterioration in quality,
performance which ordinary
varieties are not capable of dupli-
eating. 1t is difficult, however,
to obtain seed from this new to-
bacco plant because I'm der ordi-
nary conditions it shows no ten
dency to bloom. The Experiment
Station has discovered a way to
produce this seed and the demon
stSation will deal chiefly with
this phase of the work,
The latest findings in the pro-
ducing OF lpotatoes, which will
apply chiefly to the late crop
which is planted the latter part
of June or early in July, will be
demonstrated together with a
discussion of many fallacies re-
garding the cutting sof the size
of the piece and the quantity of
seed per acre necessary for max
imum results.
There will be other demons
trations of interest to poultrymen
and to those who are interested
in the raising of hogs. Farmers
who bring samples of soil from
their farms may have them test
ed for lime content and special
go, o1co will bo nroDaro0 fO