Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1922-05-20
CONGRESSMAN ANDERSON
SPEAKER FOR OCCASION

With Demonstrations of How
Science Helps the Farmer" as the
keynote of the occasion, officials of
the University of MARYLAND have ar
ranged an extensive program for the
celebration of Farmers Day at Col
lege Park, the seat of the University
on Saturday of next week. The days
ceremonies will come to a close with
baseball game between teams of
the University and Silver Spring.
Montgomery county.
The complete program follows:
900 a. m.-5:00 p. m.-AgrieulturaI
| Demonstrations and Exhibits. in field,
arms, tents, and laboratories.
1000 a. m.-4:00 D. m.-Home Eco
ionic Demonstration at Agricultural
Building.
1000 a. m.-4;00 p. m.-Engineering
and Farm Mechanic Demonstrations
1t Engineering Building.
1000 a. m.-Conferences on Dairy
Breeders Associations Conference
IF Maryland Bee Keepers Association.
1000 a. m.-4:00 p. m.-Prince
George County School Rally and Attn
letic Meet. New Athletic Field.
HOO a. m.-2:O0 D. m.-Motion Pic
lures in Auditorium.
1870 a. m.-Competitive Drill for
Alumni Medals and Sword.
12:O0-2:O p. m.-Band Concert ON
Campus.
1880 a. m.-2:00 p. m.-Lunch (froe
20 visitors)
2:3O p. m.-Earmers' Day Address,
Hon. Sydney Anderson. Chairman
Joint Commission of Agricultural In
luiry, U. S. Congress. Music by Uni
;ersity (Men's) Glee Club.
400 p. m.-Baseball, University Of
Maryland VS.. Silver Spring.
Grouping OF Exhibits
The Farm Home: Making over the
| old and planning the now farm home.
its equipment, furnishings, heating.
lighting, sanitation, decoration and
grounds. Training for home MAX
! ing at the University.
Farm Engineering and Mechanics:
Buildings, marketing, machinery.
The Dirt Road and its maintenance.
The Radio Telephone and the Farmer.
Farm Organizations: The Grange.
County Community Council, Selling
and Purchasing Organizations.
Boys and Girls Clubs: Inspiring
ho fuff 70 nd
Live Stock: Its relation to produce
ton, profit. and prosperity.
Dairying: Dairy Breeds. Breeding
Associations, Testing Associations,
Efficient Production Milk and Milk
Products, Fly and Disease Control
The Horse and Mule: Types and
| selection.
The Hog. Breeds, care. diseases,
housing, feeding, marketing and pre- !.
pairing and cooking hog products. The
hog as the farm mortgage litter.
Sheep: Breeds, types, care and
feeding.
Wool: From sheep to textiles.
Poultry: Breeds, selection, houses,
appliances, rations, ailments, market
ing A profitable medium for convert
ing time and feed into money.
Bees: Excmplifiers of Thrift
Producers of food and a necessary
fruit and seed growers assistant.
Breeds, Hives, Pasturing, Manage
ment, Diseases, Marketing of Prod
ucts.
Forestry: The wood lot, harvest
ing, trees for different purposes, fire
protection, recreation and camping
grounds.
Soils: Types, classification, selec-
tion for crops, testing lime require
mcnts, kinds of lime for agriculture,
machinery for applying lime. Deter
mining the plant food requirements
of crops.
| Farm Crops: Good VS.. poor seeI.
Grain, hay and forage crops. VAR
iety tests Of wheat, corn, soy beans,
vetch, alfalfa, clover and timothy.
Grain grading. Crop rotation. Weed
control.
Tobacco: Seed growing and selec-
ton, making and sterilizing the seed
bed, variety tests, fertilizer tests. In
sects and diseases.
Potatoes: Relation OF size Of seed
to yield, diseases, storage and ferti-
> liZation.
The Farmers Garden and Market
Garden Crops: The students gar-
! Continued On Page 81