The Washington herald., 1921-08-02
SENDING AGRIcULTURAL
EXHIBITS TO THE WEST.

Il
EXHIBITS TO THE WEST.
Different bureaus Of the Depart
ment Of Agriculture are busy pack
ing up exhibits that will make a
round OF the State fairs OF the Cen
scheduled 70 leave for Missouri this
week
In the nrst car Of exhibits the
Bureau OF Public Roads has m odels
Of farmsteads. ssnd-clay. and brick
] highway construction and panels
showing drainage, rural engineer
ing and Federal-aid highway work.
/ The Bureau Of Animal Industry
! will send models Of farrowing
houses. sheep racks and sheep
barns; appliances used in sheep han
ding and pathological specimens.
shown in cabinets; models Of poul-
try colony house. trap nest, brood
coop and feed hopper. and panels
showing popular standard varieties
OF fowls: panels showing sheep
shearing, breeds Of sheep, proper
method Of administering antihog-
cholera serum. and a pathological
exhibit showing the progress ~ tu-
bereulosis in cattle and the bureaus
method Of eradication
, The Bureau OF Markets has mod
els Of the approved refrigerator car
designed by its star. known as the
United States Standard Refrieera-
tor car; Irish potato storage cellar.
as IL has been used for several years
by the bureau in Idaho: panels con-
tanning exhibits OF wool iliustrat-
ing methods OF manufacturing, and
standard grading: standard con-
tainerS designed to protect the pub
Tic against false measures when
buying in markets: transparencies
illuminated. showing different live
stock grades, and the commercial
cuts Of meat The exhibit OF CHIEF
interest. perhaps. will be the dem
onstrstion. in daily use, OF the va
dio service Of the Bureau OF Mar
kets. A competent operator will
accompany this exhibit, and daily
market reports will be received and
posted. u is hoped also to have
the governors Of the States visited
address the people at the fairs over
the wireless telephones. quipped by
the bureau. and IL is possible that
President Harding and Secretary
Wallace may participate in one Of
these demonstrations by speaking
over the wireless
/ The Bureau Of Plant Industry Is
20 show a cereal containing type
heads OF, f,leading varieties Of wheat.
oats and barley; eolored panels
showing the most important DIS
eases affecting these grains: dis
eases Of fruits and vegetables under
helS, transit and storage conditions
illustrated in colored photographs:
troublesome weed seeds shown
under the microscope: and bromide
panels OF cultural methods used In
producing good seed corn, cereal
! and forage crops
The once of Farm Management
and Farm Economics sends out this
year panels OF hsymakinE scenes
conveying helpful suggestions. and
a model Of a community house
From the biological survey 70
eight panels showing the work IN
Connection with the brown rat.
pocket gophers. ground SQUIRRELS
predatory animals Of many kinds,
and cabinets containing groups OF
several OF these injurious animals
and rodents. Other cabinets win
have displays OF plumss Of the birds
OF paradise Goura pigeons. and
aiGrettes. with an exhibit OF henef-
cial and injurious birds OF America.
| A set Of harness, used for thirty
I four years on 4 farm and stin IN
good order when the Bureau OF
Chemistry bought Il from the farmer
; owner. will be shown by that bu-
I reau this year to demonstrate the
! importance OF good care Of feather.
In contrast is another set. used for
four or nve years, and almost ready
to be discarded. 20 show what neg
lect Will do. The bureau also has
panels showing proper methods OF
fskinning cattle. sheep and other an
imals 20 obtain the be results On
hides and leather. Other panels H.
A lustrate methods Of water-proonng
various materials on the farm for
wagon Acovers, machinery or horse
covers. The processes Of manutac-
turing sugar from beets are shown.
with samples of the sugar; the man.
ufacture Of dyes and dyestuffs, and
the destruction Of condemned foods
| seized by the bureau in enforcing
the pure food and drug act
The Forest Service contributes
models OF post-treating, box-testing
methods, wood-treating, and with
! these will show six fence posts
taken from the ground where they
had served for ten years on a Lou
ehNAs WING
breaks and farm timber treatment.
Cabinets and colored maps, sent
out by the Bureau Of Soils, will
show the survey work done over
the United States by this bureau.
Samples OF various soils in glass
fronted cases, of local interest IN
each instance, IL possible. will be
especially interesting TO farmers
everywhere.
Austria may soon be able 20 re-
sumo her former production OF por-
celain, due 20 the discovery, OF ex-
\ tensive beds OF hne white kaolin
within her boundaries. Although
Austria made large ausneities OF
porcelain before the war, the ksolin
from which 4 was made came ersu
Germany.