Arizona republican., 1920-11-07
News of the Past Week at
 University of Arizona

.NAN HitStTY OF ARIZONA. TUG S''>' Nov. s--The College of Agricul- '-re or tho university win take it's nsual leading part in the exhibits at ,'e Fair this year W. s. cook, li- 'ec'or Of the extension service. re- .-rned from. Phoenix yesterday to ..nplete all plans for the week. The -.toit VIII Dc moved from the Agri- -t.ral building to the Dairy build
 this year, In order that tho Agri- cultural College Experiment station and the extension service may be -nited and near the boys encamp- HienJ carload Of livestock will be .nippeu from the university farm at A9cson and the agricultural exhibits eth Dc largely gathered and brought rom the Mesa experiment station There will be daily demonstrations nh me club dyeing team. showing the -iftcrent fabrics and their treatment .Nr oleing- Charts win show the dif- terent fabrics and also the color scale Ana its combinations. There win be s.so an exhibition of clothing dyed by me girls of the team. A canning eemonStration and a hot school lunch oemonstration will be two other inter esung features. These will be given From a real kitchen showing how this work can be done in practical way in the home.
 Twenty-Five boys over i4 years of age and Of good club standing have been selected for the farm boys en- camrment. Special instruction in agri- culture and the organization of live stock judging teams will be a part of the course. Evening camp fires are scheduled where speakers will address - .f-.r terest Tents are being provided for the boys.
 There win be daily Demonstrations featuring peanuts. Teppery beans, sor- Uhun. honey. gifs. dates and carrots 1s foods grown successfully fin Arizona, Irich in nutrition and we'll adapted to the warmer climate of this locality An actual winter garden laid out in "a plot win be another interesting fea- ture.
 Miss Alice Joyce. state leader of home demonstration agents, will leave for the fair at g o'clock in the morn- ing. She will go by airplane, leaving tho aviation field in Tucson and arriv- ing at the fair grounds in Phoenix at lo. SO. Last year an award of the fair commission was a free trip in an air. plane for the stae champion of boys and girls club work. and the club
 
 pleasure this year.
 A daily bulletin board will be posted at the entrance Of the Dairy building which will inform visitors concerning the program each day. A visitors book win also be near the entrance where all persons desiring may sign their names and have the free publications of the university sent to their address
 Tn the matter of horticulture some of the features will be the propaga- tion of the walnut fin Arizona. It has been found that the walnut in this state adapts itself splendidly to the soil and climate. This is timely fin view of the fact that two and one-hali million dollars goes to Holland every year for the pickle nut variety oi the Persian walnut which has been found to gro wsuccessfully in Arizona Among other displays will be one oi the standard apple packs Illustrating the different methods of packing ap- nles Another will be a display Of about twenty-five varieties of olives which IS perhaps the largest collection of olives in the country. There will be also chart of the horticultural plant ing at the Salt River Valley expert rnent station farm indicating the col lection of over four hundred varieties of fruit planted at this station. There will be perhaps thirty varieties oi  sweet potatoes grown at the different experiment stations in the state Another chart will show all the diff. ferent garden products grown in Ari Eona with actual specimens of the seef and indicating exactly what month fl which 10 plant them.
 Mir Clark of the agronomy depart ncnt will have charge of the grain ex hfhit He will take fifteen varieties o bundle grain and ten varieties of fod der sorghums, with thirty-five vari ties or threshed samples. The horti culture and agronomy departments vii put their exhibits together to make composite exhibit Several charts vii show the value of cotton seed as fertilizer and cattle feed. showing tn proper crop rotation where cotton i the primary crop and one showing tn amount of plant food removed fror tho soil by a crop of cotton producin five hundred pounds to the acre.
 Professor R. B. Thompson, of tn rouiirv department will have an in tcrcsting chicken exhibit which h terms "Encoh and his Rainbow"