The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-08-21
Q. S. Dept. Of Agriculture Elk
hibit Free Fair Feature.
Show Field and Laboratory Ac-
tlvities of Each Bureau.
EDUCATIONAL AND AMUSING
Lessons in Daily Problems for
Old and Young.
Displays Of Special Interest to
Farmers and StOckraisers.

Visitors to the Kansas free fair. to
be held in Topeka. September 10 to
Is, inclusive, have a real treat in
store for them-the exhibits OF the
United States department of agricul-
'ture.. No pains or expense have been
spared by the specialists of the various
bureaus of the department. which is
doing big things of vital interest TO
the country generally to make the
government exhibit as complete ana
entertaining as possible.
The exhibits will cover about 5000
square feet of floor space and promise
abundant entertainment for old and
young. Within this space exhibits
will be placed to illustrate the activi-
ties Of the department and to bring
before the people, in an attractive and
forceful way. the results achieved.
How Storms Are Forecast.
There will be actual working models
that give a graphic presentation of the
objects they are designed to Illustrate
Some Of these are of particularly in
genious construction and bid fair to
keep crowds lingering about them
from opening to closing time. There
also will be beautifully colored trans
parencies. charts, maps and photo
graphs. Instruments and appliances
of all kinds used in the various IN
teresting activities of the department
will be on display to show how work
of every day value to the people OF
the country is performed.
The weather bureau for instance,
will show how it is able to forecast
storms. frosts and floods for the
protection of agriculture. commerce
and navigation and will display It's
daily weather map showing conditions
in the immediate locality of the eX-
hibit. The bureau of animal industry
= nd
crease the country's supplies OF meat,
milk and poultry; how it guards the
health of the public thru its meat m
speetion service and how to prevent or
exterminate destructive animal dis
eases that annually take a toll of meat
worth millions of dollars.
For Better Plant Growth.
Another great CO. ordinated branch
OF the department. the bureau of plant
industry, will treat its activities in the
same graphic manner, with special
reference to lettering and stimulating
plant production and the eradication |
Of plant diseases. The production of
grains, fruits and vegetables will be |
illustrated and other exhibits will show I
how to increase soil fertility and plart |
growth by the use of soil bacteria, and |
how crops may be saved from destruc- .
ton caused by rust. smut and other |
fungus diseases.
Insects that carry fever and other |
diseases, or that attack various field, |
garden and orchard crops and how |
dhese attacks can be prevented and |
the pests themselves destroyed, will |
be explained in the exhibits of the |
bureau OF entomology
An exceedingly interesting series of |
models illustrating step by step, the
construction of various types of roads, |
and other subjects of interest to the
farmer and rural engineer, is the fea-
ture Of the display of the office of
rural engineering, bureau of public
roads
Closely connected with this in point
of ingenuity and entertainment are the
models that will be displayed by the
forest service. The work of this
bureau lends itself particularly well to
graphic demonstration. Its models
have always been of keen interest to
fair goers. This year efforts have
been made to surpass even its previous
exhibits. A seriers ot~models will il
lustrate its work in preventing and
combating forest fires. VARIOUS
phases of its work in managing the
national forests will be shown also,
together with the proper handling of
the home woodlot, that it may supply
ample fuel for domestic use without
injury to future growth of timber
Even Show Fake Drugs.
The principal exhibits of the bureau
work in connection with the enforce
ment of the food and drugs act and
the act controlling the manufacture
and sale of fungicides. Differences be-
tween genuine and imitation CONNER
cial articles will be shown, and light
will be thrown on adulterated or mis-
branded medicinal preparations in
Guiding headache remedies" beauty
preparations and other alIegedA
cures
Samples OF soils found in the United
States, including some around Topeka.
together with information relating to
their best use will be among the dis
plays of the bureau of soils
The states relations service will
show its work. in cooperation with
the state agricultural colleges. in
spreading farming information thru
county agents, home demonstration
agents and boys and girls clubs. II
will illustrate food conservation bN,
canning and drying and home econo.
mics, and present a model Of an up-to-
date kitchen with its entire equipment
so arranged as to economic labor and
save steps for the overworked house,
wife.
Everyone of these exhibits has beoni
prepared with the view of teaching
some important fact or some lesson