Smyrna times., 1925-07-29
FARM PRODUCTS SHOW WILL Be
BIG FEATURE KENT-SUSSEX FAIR
STATE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE
PLANNING ELABORATE EXHIBIT

Will Exhibit Japanese Beetles so Per-
sons in Lower Counties Can See
How Pests WOrk-Other Exhibits
The State Board of Agriculture is
planning for a more elaborate exhibit !
than ever for the Kent and Sussex
Fair. While the board has had dis
plays of some of the activities in
which it is engaged at previous Kent
and Sussex Fairs, none has been as
extensive as this one promises to be.
The Fair opened at Harrington yes
terday, Tuesday, July Is, and will
close Saturday, August 1st.
There will be quite a showing of
the results of the fight against tu-
berculosis among cattle. Government
charts and exhibits will be sent to
Harrington for the exhibit and it is
possible that government men will be
in charge of the display.
Another exhibit of much interest to
the farmers will be the seed germina-
tion apparatus and tests going for
ward during the Fair. Farmers
know that if seed is not fertile they
cannot expect any crops and hundreds
of them have come to have seed tested
every year by the state chemist. The
terminating ovens will be on display
at the Fair and in operation.
Another display of interest to ev-
eryone will be a shown g of japanese
beetles. With the State of Delaware
expending $4,000 in trying to keeT
the beetle out and with the future Of
the crops of the state more or less II
the balances unless the beetle problem
is solved, this display is of create
importance than most people conceive
Another show at the Fair will hav'
! to do with poultry. The raising o
= chickens is one of the most importan
industries in the state and the pOultr
exhibit will doubtless attract as muc
if not more attention than any Othe
n at the Fair.
Charts showing poultry disease
/ will be a feature of the exhibit, to
: gether with plans that the Stat
Board Of Agriculture is making to ad
e to the industry.
Boys and Girls Club Work
S, From a position of comparative oil
y security few years ago, boys an
n girls farm club work in Delaware hs
r. risen to a point which this year Wi
entitle it to a place of prominence
the Kent-SusseX Fair.
In discussing her plans for II
- Youngsters exhibits at the fair, MI
IS. Helen Comstock, Kent County Cll
Ia agent, pointed out that the clubs ha
%. after several years of hard wor
been recognized as the true cradle
ur agricultural work in this country.
At this years Harrington fair Il
BOYS and girls will for the first tin
ts' have a building of their own in whi
90. to display their products. The CIR
ost division is to have three sections, O.
led each for cooking, canning and clot
ing. while the boys will display ta1
4 produce and dairy products in t
ht. same building and will show the
poultry, pigs and calves in the genel
livestock building.
Yesterday, the opening day OF t
fair, was taken up in judging by
IL young ladies, the morning being
. voted to the clothing exhibits a
the afternoon to canned and bak
goods. The boys will try their har
and heads at judging to-day, TAXI
up farm products in the forenoon a
livestock after lunch. Ed. Will
New Castle County Club agent, Y
be in charge of the boys judgiI
Miss Comstock in charge of the clio
ing work, and Miss Anne b. Moo
Sussex County Agent, in charge
: cooking and canning.
L "a Scholarships to Be Given
Twenty-four scholarships, prov
ing attendance at the junior sh
course to be given at the Univer;
y of Delaware in August, comprise
4& awards for judging. Two schOlarsf
in each county will be given for Gle
j ing Judging, two for cooking and c
# ming, two for crop judging and
d for live stock.
If Prizes valued at $1,000 will
awarded for quality and neatness
the various exhibits. Four prizes
be given in each of the 79 classe
this department,while fifth prize
4 been added to the sewing club clas
In addition, IS in gold will be aw
ed as a sweepstake prize in the ju
St" sewing clubs class and sin
award in the senior sewing cl
class.
With the judging contests helc
Tuesday and Wednesday, the
and girls department will be g
over on Thursday to an open fC
. at which time visitors may have
planned to them by the young
? themselves the nature of their
and the methods by which the exh
vvara nrenared On Friday the VO